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Sharing Our Worlds: An Introduction to Cultural and Social Anthropology - Couverture souple

Hendry, Joy

 
9781479883684: Sharing Our Worlds: An Introduction to Cultural and Social Anthropology
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1479883689 ISBN 13 : 9781479883684
Editeur : New York University Press, 2016

Synopsis

An accessible and comprehensive introduction to cultural and social anthropology

Sharing Our Worlds offers readers the perfect introduction to cultural and social anthropology, introducing the classic theoretical ideas of its key founders and placing them in their historical and geographical context. This new edition is fully updated, including "topics for reflection" at the end of each chapter which offer topics for debate and further discussion as well as a new final chapter illuminating the valuable ways in which anthropology may be used in the world at large.

This comprehensive text covers the anthropology's core topics in an even-handed and illuminating manner, introducing the reader to divergent views on all of the most basic subjects, including food, hygiene, gift-exchange, rites of passage, symbolism, religion, politics, and the environment, and raising awareness of the emotional value people place on those views. Incorporating a wide array of countries, it brings the subject of cultural and social anthropology right into the neighborhood of the readers, wherever they are in the world.

Written in a refreshingly accessible style, the volume offers a compelling introduction to an enigmatic and exciting subject, drawing out its relevance and value for the complex multicultural world in which we live.

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À propos de l'auteur

Joy Hendry is Professor Emerita of Oxford Brookes University, a Senior Member of St. Antony's College, Oxford University, and an Honorary Fellow of Edinburgh University. She is the author of many books, including Wrapping Culture: Politeness, Presentation and Power in Japan and Other Societies.

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Éditeur
New York University Press
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1479883689
ISBN 13 
9781479883684
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
3
Nombre de pages
350
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