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Introductory readings in anthropology

Callan, Hilary(Edited by)Street, Brian(Edited by)Underdown, Simon(Edited by)
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Anthropology seeks to understand the roots of our common humanity, the diversity of cultures and world-views, and the organisation of social relations and practices.

As a method of inquiry it embraces an enormous range of topics, and as a discipline it covers a multitude of fields and themes, as shown in this selection of original writings.

As an accessible entry point, for upper-level students and first year undergraduates new to the study of anthropology, this reader also offers guidance for teachers in exploring the subject's riches with their students.

That anthropology is an immensely expansive inquiry of study is demonstrated by the diversity of its topics - from nature conservation campaigns to witchcraft beliefs, from human evolution to fashion and style, and from the repatriation of indigenous human remains to research on literacy.

There is no single 'story of anthropology'. Taken together, these fundamental readings are evidence of a contemporary, vibrant subject that has much to tell us about all the worlds in which we live.

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Berghahn Books
0857459694 / 9780857459695
Paperback / softback
301
01/05/2013
United Kingdom
English
xvi, 442 pages : illustrations (black and white)
26 cm
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