Explore the most fascinating, creative, dangerous, and complex species alive today: you and your neighbors in the global village. With compelling photos, engaging examples, and select studies by anthropologists in far-flung places, the authors of CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY: THE HUMAN CHALLENGE, 15th Edition, provide a holistic view of anthropology to help you make sense of today's world. With this text, you will discover the different ways humans face the challenge of existence, the connection between biology and culture in the shaping of human beliefs and behavior, and the impact of globalization on peoples and cultures around the world. It comes with MindTapa digital interactive learning platform with an array of tools and appsfrom video clips to notetaking and flashcardswhich will enliven your study and help you achieve better grades.Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
1. The Essence of Anthropology.
2. Characteristics of Culture.
3. Ethnographic Research: Its History, Methods, and Theories.
4. Becoming Human: The Origin and Diversity of Our Species.
5. Language and Communication.
6. Social Identity, Personality, and Gender.
7. Patterns of Subsistence.
8. Economic Systems.
9. Sex, Marriage, and Family.
10. Kinship and Descent.
11. Grouping by Gender, Age, Common Interest, and Class.
12. Politics, Power, War, and Peace.
13. Spirituality, Religion, and Shamanism.
14. The Arts.
15. Processes of Change.
16. Global Challenges, Local Responses, and the Role of Anthropology.
Glossary.
Bibliography.
Credits.
Index.
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