Introductory Readings in Anthropology - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0857459694 ISBN 13: 9780857459695

Publisher: Berghahn Books, 2013

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Hilary Callan was Director of the Royal Anthropological Institute from 2000 to 2010, and is a member of the Institute's Education Committee.

About this edition

• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0857459694
• ISBN 13: 9780857459695
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 458
• Editor: Callan Hilary, Street Brian, Underdown Simon