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Through the Lens of Cultural Anthropology Laura Tubelle de Gonzalez

Through the Lens of Cultural Anthropology By Laura Tubelle de Gonzalez

Through the Lens of Cultural Anthropology by Laura Tubelle de Gonzalez

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With heightened sensitivity to issues surrounding diversity, this text is inclusive, using gender neutral pronouns throughout, and covers a wide range of provocative topics that will engage students.

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Through the Lens of Cultural Anthropology by Laura Tubelle de Gonzalez

Addressing important and timely topics, including global climate change and the #MeToo movement, Through the Lens of Cultural Anthropology is a fresh and contemporary textbook designed to engage students in the world surrounding them. The book offers a sustained focus on language, food, and sustainability in an inclusive format that is sensitive to issues of gender, sexuality, and race. Integrating personal stories from her own fieldwork, the author brings her passion for transformative learning to students in a way that is both timely and thought-provoking. Beautifully illustrated with over sixty full-color images, including comics and maps, the text brings concepts to life in a way sure to resonate with undergraduate readers. Through the Lens of Cultural Anthropology is supplemented by a full suite of instructor and student supports that can be accessed at lensofculturalanthropology.com.

About Laura Tubelle de Gonzalez

Laura Tubelle de Gonzalez is a professor of anthropology at San Diego Miramar College.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations List of Boxes Acknowledgments About the Author Preface Note to Instructors Note to Students 1. Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Learning Objectives Introduction: The Lens of Cultural Anthropology? The Culture Concept The Field of Anthropology Frameworks A Brief History of Anthropological Thought Anthropology and Colonialism The Importance of Cultural Anthropology Today Summary Review Questions Discussion Questions 2. Studying Contemporary Culture Learning Objectives Introduction: Studying Culture What Are the Parts of Culture? Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism Cultural Adaptation and Maladaptation The Functions of Culture Child Rearing Fieldwork Methods and Ethics Applied Anthropology Summary Review Questions Discussion Questions 3. Race and Ethnicity Learning Objectives Introduction: Is Race Real? Human Race Is Not Biological Biocultural Connections: Prejudice and Health History of the Race Concept Defining Ethnicity The Privilege of Fair Skin Discrimination Based on Caste Summary Review Questions Discussion Questions 4. Language Learning Objectives Introduction: Language and Culture Definition of Language Language Origins Language and Communication: Signs and Symbols What Does a Linguistic Anthropologist Do? Communication beyond Words Ethnolinguistics Language Use in the Digital Age Language Loss Summary Review Questions Discussion Questions 5. Food Learning Objectives Introduction: Food-Getting Practices Adaptive Strategies: Food Foragers and Food Producers Food Foragers Food Producers: Horticulturalists Food Producers: Pastoralists Food Producers: Industrialism Globalization of Food The Human Diet Summary Review Questions Discussion Questions 6. Economic Resources Learning Objectives Introduction: Who Gets What and How? What Drives Economic Decisions? Production: Making the Things People Need and Want Distribution: How People Get the Things They Need and Want Consumption: How People Use the Things They Need and Want Summary Review Questions Discussion Questions 7. Marriage and Family Learning Objectives Introduction: Marriage and Family Defining Marriage Spouses: How Many and Who Is Eligible? Family Residence Patterns Marriage as Economic Exchange Kinship Summary Review Questions Discussion Questions 8. Gender and Sexuality Learning Objectives Introduction: Social Roles Based on Sex and Gender Defining Sex, Gender, and Sexuality Sexual Identity Masculine and Feminine Gender Identity Gendered Body Modifications Gendered Speech Gender Inequality Gendered Occupations Summary Review Questions Discussion Questions 9. Politics and Power Learning Objectives Introduction: Politics and Power Power, Authority, and Prestige Social Controls and Conflict Resolution Types of Political Organization Social Inequality Violence and War Summary Review Questions Discussion Questions 10. Supernaturalism Learning Objectives Introduction: Religion as a Symbolic System Defining Religion Reasons for Supernatural Belief Systems Sacred Roles Religious Practitioners Religious Resistance Supernatural Beliefs and Cultural Expression Summary Review Questions Discussion Questions 11. Illness and Healing Learning Objectives Introduction: Studying Concepts of Illness and Healing Understanding Illness Cultural Concepts of Healing Health Inequality Disability Summary Review Questions Discussion Questions 12. Anthropology and Sustainability Learning Objectives Introduction: Anthropology and Sustainability History of Human-Environment Issues Defining Sustainability Anthropological Approaches to Sustainability Studies Issues in Sustainability Studies How Can Anthropologists Help? Summary Review Questions Discussion Questions Glossary References Index

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CIN1487594054VG
9781487594053
1487594054
Through the Lens of Cultural Anthropology by Laura Tubelle de Gonzalez
Laura Tubelle de Gonzalez
Used - Very Good
Paperback
University of Toronto Press
2019-06-03
352
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