An Open Invitation to Cultural Anthropology

Overview

• Title: Perspectives: An Open Invitation to Cultural Anthropology

• Edition: 2nd Edition

• Produced by: Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges

• Format: Open-access textbook, peer-reviewed

• Availability: Free of charge

• First Edition Published: 2017

• License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

• Purchase: Available for online reading, download, or print order through Amazon

  

Unique Features

• Edited volume with each chapter by different authors
• Authors incorporate personal experiences working as anthropologists
• Accessible introduction to cultural anthropology

Chapters Overview

• Preface: By Nina Brown, Laura Tubelle de Gonzlez, Thomas McIlwraith
• Introduction to Anthropology: By Katie Nelson, Lara Braff
• The Culture Concept: By Priscilla Medeiros, Emily Cowall
• Doing Fieldwork: Methods in Cultural Anthropology: By Katie Nelson
• Language: By Linda Light
• Subsistence: By Isaac Shearn
• Economics: By Sarah Lyon
• Political Anthropology: A Cross-Cultural Comparison: By Paul McDowell
• Family and Marriage: By Mary Kay Gilliland
• Race and Ethnicity: By Justin Garcia
• Gender and Sexuality: By Carol C. Mukhopadhyay, Tami Blumenfield, Susan Harper, Abby Gondek
• Religion: By Sashur Henninger-Rener
• Globalization: By Lauren Miller Griffith, Jonathan S. Marion
• The History of Anthropological Ideas: By Laura Nader
• Culture and Sustainability: Environmental Anthropology in the Anthropocene: By Christian Palmer
• Performance: By Lauren Miller Griffith, Jonathan S. Marion
• Media Anthropology: Meaning, Embodiment, Infrastructure, and Activism: By Bryce Peake
• Health and Medicine: By Sashur Henninger-Rener
• Seeing Like an Anthropologist: Anthropology in Practice: By Logan Cochrane
• Public Anthropology: By Robert Borofsky

Teaching & Learning Resources

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• Contributions from instructors are welcomed

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Additional Open Access Resources

• Explorations: An Open Invitation to Biological Anthropology
• Global Perspectives on Gender
• Public Anthropology: An Open Access Series
• Teaching and Learning Anthropology Journal
• Cultural Anthropology Journal

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