Anthropology
Anthropology
Textbooks:
Cultural Anthropology: The Exploration of Human Diversity
Conrad Phillip Kottak, University of Michigan- Ann Arbor10/e, 11/e, 12/e or 13th editions - . Reading assignments will be given for the most recent edition. Earlier editions, even as old as the 9th, are sufficiently similar that many/most of the readings will be the same.
"The new edition of Kottak's best selling text for cultural anthropology continues to offer a holistic introduction to cultural anthropology that approaches the course from a four-field perspective and a book that is good for students and professors. The new edition is a major revision offering many new and exciting features that build on the strengths of this approach. The text has two new themes --"Bringing It All Together" and "Understanding Ourselves." The "Bringing it All Together" theme, emphasizing anthropology's integrated, comparative and four-field nature, can be found in new "Bringing it All Together" essays that show how anthropology's subfields and dimensions combine to interpret and explain a common topic. The "Understanding Ourselves" theme, helping to explain the relevance of facts and theories to students, can be found in new "Understanding Ourselves" paragraphs that answer the question "So What?"Table of Contents
Part I: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
1. What is Anthropology
2. Culture
3. Methods and Theory in Cultural Anthropology
4. Applying Anthropology
Part II: ExploringCultural Diversity
5. Language and Communication
6. Ethnicity and Race
7. Making a Living
8. Political Systems
9. Gender
10. Families, Kinship and Descent
11. Marriage
12. Religion
13. The Arts, Media and Sports
Part III: The Changing World
14. The World System and Colonialism
15. Global Issues
Other usable textbooks: Cultural Anthropology, various editions, Conrad Phillip Kottak, McGraw Hill
