Essentials of cultural anthropology / Garrick Bailey, James Peoples. 6

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1.The Study of Humanity Subfields of Anthropology Biological Anthropology Archaeology Cultural Anthropology Anthropological Linguistics Applications of Anthropology Cultural Anthropology Today Anthropological Perspectives Holistic Perspective Comparative Perspective Relativistic Perspective Lessons of Anthropology Summary Key Terms Chapter Notes Online Study Resources Concept Review Primary Subjects in Anthropological Subfields 2.Culture A Definition of Culture Shared... ...Socially Learned... ... Knowledge... ... and Patterns of Behavior Cultural Knowledge Norms Values Symbols Constructions of Reality World Views Culture, Biology, and Human Life Concept Review Components of Cultural Knowledge 3.Culture and Language The Power of Language How Language Works Contents note continued: Variations in Sound Systems Words and Meanings On Foreign Morphemes Language and Social Behavior Nonverbal Communication Social Context of Speech Language and Cultural Knowledge Language and Cultural Constructions Language and World Views Globalization and the Survival of Languages 4.Culture and Globalization The World Before Globalization The World on the Eve of Globalization Initial European Expansion The Americas Africa Asia The Industrial Revolution Oceania The Cultural Consequences of Globalization 5.Studying Cultures Nineteenth Century: Origins Unilineal Evolutionism Early Twentieth Century: Development American Historical Particularism (ca. 1900-1940) British Functionalism (ca. 1920-1950) Contents note continued: Evolution Reborn (ca. 1940-1970) Anthropology Today: Divisions Materialism Postmodernism Whose Ethnocentrism? The Fieldwork Experience Procedures and Problems Recent Issues Concept Review Overview of the Scientific and Humanistic Approaches in Cultural Anthropology 6.Environments and Cultures Understanding Human-Environment Interactions Hunting and Gathering Foraging and Culture The Decline of Hunters and Gatherers Domestication Agriculture Horticulture Cultural Impacts of Horticulture Intensive Agriculture Cultural Impacts of Intensive Agriculture Pastoralism Nature and Culture Industrialism Globalization of Industrial Production Globalization and the Environment Global Markets and Environmental Dilemmas Global Warming: Who Should Pay? Contents note continued: Concept Review Human-Nature Interactions and Their Cultural Impacts 7.Exchange and Economic Systems Economics and Exchange Reciprocity Generalized Reciprocity Balanced Reciprocity Negative Reciprocity Reciprocity and Social Distance Redistribution Market Exchange Money Market Economies The Globalization of Markets Losers and Winners Buy Locally, Act Globally 8.Marriage, Family, and Kinship Marriage in Comparative Perspective Is Marriage Universal? Marriage Rules How Many Spouses? Marital Exchanges Kinship Diagrams Postmarital Residence Patterns and Households Wider Kinship Relationships and Groups Unilineal Descent Unilineal Descent Groups in Action Nonunilineal Descent Influences on Kinship Systems Will the Real Backbone Please Show Itself? Contents note continued: Online Study Resources Concept Review Forms of Descent 9.Gender Cultural Construction of Gender The Sexual Division of Labor Understanding Major Patterns Understanding Variability Gender Stratification Universal Subordination? Influences on Gender Stratification Gender Crossing and Multiple Gender Identities Cross-Gender Occupation or Work Roles Transvestism Associations with Spiritual Powers Same-Sex Relations A Fifth Gender? Globalization and Gender Stratification Concept Review Factors Affecting the Major Patterns in the Sexual Division of Labor Concept Review Influences on Gender Stratification 10.Ethnicity and Social Inequality Ethnicity and Ethnic Groups Levels of Ethnic Identity Civilizations Systems of Social Inequality Egalitarian Societies Ranked Societies Stratified Societies Contents note continued: Castes in Traditional India Classes in Industrial Societies: The United States Globalization and Changes in Ethnic Identity and Social Inequality Concept Review Levels of Ethnic Identity Concept Review Systems of Equality and Inequality 11.Politics and Law Forms of Political Organization Bands Tribes Chiefdoms States Social Control and Law Social Control Law Legal Systems Self-Help Systems Court Systems Globalization and the State and Regulatory Law Concept Review Political Organization Concept Review Legal Systems 12.Religion and World View Defining Religion Supernatural Powers: Beings and Forces Teachings Rituals Rites of Passage Forms of Religious Practices Individualistic Practices Shamanistic Practices Communal Practices Contents note continued: Ecclesiastical Practices Theories of Religion Intellectual/​Cognitive Psychological Social Sorcery and Witchcraft Sorcery Witchcraft Interpretations of Sorcery and Witchcraft Globalization and Religion Concept Review Components of Religion Concept Review Religious Organization Concept Review Theories of Religion 13.Globalization and Indigenous Peoples The Global Economy Population Growth Economic Growth Indigenous Minorities The Rights of Indigenous Peoples Vanishing Knowledge Medical Knowledge Adaptive Wisdom Cultural Alternatives Online Study Resources.

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