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7 sty 2008 · Anthropology: Humanity, Culture, and Social Life by Tim Ingold; A Dictionary of Cultural. and Critical Theory by Michael Payne. Review by: Herbert S. Lewis. American Anthropologist, New...
Anthropological research encompasses hundreds of cultures and provides a valuable perspective on an increasingly globalized world. Written by a researcher and librarian expert in the fields of social and cultural anthropology, this Concise Dictionary offers an invaluable reference to the terminology and accomplishments of this far-reaching and ...
The books edited by Thomas Barfield and Tim Ingold are presented as works of and about anthropology and draw mostly upon the cultural and social anthropology developed in the United States and Britain from 1900 to the 1960s. (There is, of course, the hovering presence of Claude Levi-Strauss as well.)
3 lut 2011 · Written by a researcher and librarian expert in the fields of social and cultural anthropology, this Concise Dictionary offers an invaluable reference to the terminology and accomplishments of this far-reaching and diverse field.
16 cze 2005 · What makes us human? Why do people think, feel, and act as they do? What is the essence of human nature? What is the basic relationship between the individual and society? These questions have fascinated people for centuries.
The Dictionary of Anthropology. Thomas Barfield. ed. Maiden, MA: Blackwell, 1997. 626 pp. Companion Encyclopedia of Anthropology: Humanity, Culture, and Social Life.
This new dictionary provides concise, authoritative definitions for a range of concepts relating to cultural anthropology, as well as important findings and intellectual figures in the field. Entries include adaptation, kinship, scientific racism, and writing culture, providing its readers with a wide-ranging overview of the subject.
