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Abraham Rosman is professor emeritus of anthropology at Barnard College, Columbia University.
Paula G. Rubel is professor emerita of anthropology at Barnard College, Columbia University.
Maxine Weisgrau is adjunct professor of anthropology at Columbia University and New York University—McGhee Division.
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
1. Anthropological Perspectives
2. Anthropological Methods
3. Language and Culture
4. Learning Language and Learning Culture: Culture and the Individual
5. Symbolic Meanings
6. Ties That Connect: Marriage, Family, and Kinship
7. Gender, Sexualities, and Age
8. The Economic Organization of Societies: Production, Distribution, and Consumption
9. Power, Politics, and Conflict
10. Religion and the Supernatural
11. Myths, Legends, and Folktales: Past, Present, and Future
12. Artistic Dimensions
13. Living/ Working in the Globalized World: Colonialism, Globalization,and Development
14. States and Identities: Ethnicity, Race, and Nationalism
Epilogue
Glossary
References
Index
I have used The Tapestry of Culture throughout my years of teaching introductory anthropology. This new edition retains all that was effective in previous editions, with several new topics and updated cases. I am impressed and grateful that the authors are so comprehensive and yet so concise. Key concepts, fascinating examples, and apt comparisons are used to create a vivid panorama of anthropology, and to show students just how the discipline can be so compelling and so relevant to understanding their lives and the contemporary world.
— William W. Kelly, Yale University
The Tapestry of Culture succeeds in presenting all that one could want in an introduction to cultural anthropology. The engaging prose and approach make the book read more like a narrative than a standard text. The authors root the work within the broader field of American anthropology, with chapters on hominin evolution and language—a refreshing and most welcome bonus. This is a great read for students and lay people alike.
— Jill Shapiro, Columbia University
This new edition of The Tapestry of Culture provides an overview of key theories and categories within cultural anthropology, now significantly updated to reflect current debates and trends in the discipline such as fictive kinship, globalization and migration, and the human genome project. Undergraduate students will gain familiarity with core concepts used in anthropological research and see them applied to up-to-date examples from around the world. This text is especially suited to introductory courses in anthropology for majors and non-majors.
— Jean Scandlyn, University of Colorado Denver
- An accessible overview of key principles of cultural anthropology
- Presents ethnography and comparative approaches as distinguishing features of cultural anthropology
- Addresses both historical issues and contemporary debates in anthropology
- Includes new examples throughout the book, with a particular focus on engaging ethnographic examples
- Enhanced discussions of gender, transnationalism, and globalization throughout the book
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