Social & Cultural Anthropology

A Very Short Introduction

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9780192853462

Publication date:

12/05/2000

Paperback

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ISBN:

9780192853462

Publication date:

12/05/2000

Paperback

John Monaghan, Peter Just

Rights:  OUP UK (Indian Territory)

John Monaghan, Peter Just

Description

If you want to know what anthropology is, look at what anthropologists do. This Very Short Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology combines an accessible account of some of the disciplines guiding principles and methodology with abundant examples and illustrations of anthropologists at work. Peter Just and John Monaghan begin by discussing anthropologys most important contributions to modern thought

John Monaghan, Peter Just

Table of contents

  • 1. Fieldwork and Ethnography; 2. Culture; 3. Society; 4. Sex and blood; 5. Class and caste, village and city, home and the world; 6. Language and social life; 7. The culturally constructed self 8. The future of anthropology; Further reading; Index.

John Monaghan, Peter Just

Features

  • A very good idea, these Very Short Introductions, a new concept from OUP Nicholas Lezard, GuardianAuthors draw on their own experience of anthropology, including fieldwork in Mexico and IndonesiaAccessible and stimulatingSuccess of the VSI series so far, and plans for expansion

John Monaghan, Peter Just

John Monaghan, Peter Just

Description

If you want to know what anthropology is, look at what anthropologists do. This Very Short Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology combines an accessible account of some of the disciplines guiding principles and methodology with abundant examples and illustrations of anthropologists at work. Peter Just and John Monaghan begin by discussing anthropologys most important contributions to modern thought

Table of contents

  • 1. Fieldwork and Ethnography; 2. Culture; 3. Society; 4. Sex and blood; 5. Class and caste, village and city, home and the world; 6. Language and social life; 7. The culturally constructed self 8. The future of anthropology; Further reading; Index.