An ideal complement to standard anthropology texts or as a stand-alone text/reader, the best-selling Conformity and Conflict continues to offer an in-depth look at anthropology as a powerful way to study human behavior and events.
The 37 articles cover a broad range of theoretical perspectives and demonstrate basic anthropological concepts. The twelfth edition retains the previous edition's accessibility and the view that anthropology provides a fascinating perspective on the human experience.
The 13th edition has been shaped by the current concerns in both anthropology and American society, including globalization, the study of women's lives, race and ethnicity, and the practical applications of anthropology and the ways it leads to everyday careers.
The newly revised table of contents reflects the suggestions of Conformity and Conflict users. Thirty percent of the readings are either revised or entirely new to this edition. Nine new articles appear in this edition of Conformity and Conflict (Readings 7, 12, 15, 18, 22, 25, 29, 32, 33), three of which were expressly commissioned for this edition (12, 29, 25). Four articles (5, 28, 31 and 35) have been updated for this edition.
More attention is paid to cultural ecology, to the impact of the world market and world systems on human social life, and to human change in increasingly large and complex societies. An entirely NEW section on globalization includes three new articles that introduce readers to key concepts - how popular culture spreads to different societies, the processes by which cultural artifacts, social structures, and how ideas are adopted and changed as they reach new societies.
Preface
World Map and Geographical Placement of Readings
Ch. 1: Culture and Ethnography
1 Ethnography and Culture, James P. Spradley
2 Eating Christmas in the Kalahari, Richard Borshay Lee
3 Shakespeare in the Bush, Laura Bohannan
4 Fieldwork on Prostitution in the Era of AIDS, Claire E. Sterk
5 Nice Girls Don’t Talk to Rastas, George Gmelch
Ch. 2: Language and Communication
6 Managing Meaning: The Military Name Game, Sarah Boxer**
7 Conversation Style: Talking on the Job, Deborah Tannen
8 Tattoo Talk: “Juicing” Customers, Jennifer Boehlke
9 Anthropologists Investigate Communications Technology, Belle Mellor
Ch. 3: Ecology and Subsistence
10 The Hunters: Scarce Resources in the Kalahari, Richard Borshay Lee
11 Adaptive Failure: Easter’s End, Jared Diamond
12 When the Turtle Collapses, Bernard Nietschmann**
13 Forest Development the Indian Way, Richard K. Reed
Ch. 4: Economic Systems
14 Reciprocity and the Power of Giving, Lee Cronk
15 Global Women in the New Economy, Barbara Ehrenreich and Arlie Russell Hochschild
16 Cocaine and the Economic Deterioration of Bolivia, Jack Weatherford
17 Malawi versus the World Bank, Sonia Patten
Ch. 5: Kinship and Family
18 Mother’s Love: Death without Weeping, Nancy Scheper-Hughes
19 Family and Kinship in Village India, David W. McCurdy
20 Polyandry: When Brothers Share a Wife, Melvyn C. Goldstein**
21 Uterine Families and the Women’s Community, Margery Wolf
Ch. 6: Identity, Roles, and Groups
22 Heading Home: Women, Work, and Identity in America, Dianna Shandy
23 Poverty , Office Work, and the Crack Alternative, Philippe Bourgois
24 Symbolizing Roles: Behind the Veil, Elizabeth W. Fernea and Robert A. Fernea
25 Mixed Blood, Jeffrey M. Fish
Ch. 7: Law and Politics
26 Cross-Cultural Law: The Case of the Gypsy Offender, Anne Sutherland
27 Life without Chiefs, Marvin Harris28 The Founding Indian Fathers , Jack Weatherford
29 The Kindness of Strangers: The U.S. and Iraq, Robin Fox
Ch. 8: Religion, Magic, and World View
30 Taraka’s Ghost, Stanley A. Freed and Ruth S. Freed
31 Baseball Magic, George Gmelch
32 Run for the Wall: An American Pilgrimage, Jill Dubisch33 Body Ritual Among the Nacirema, Horace Miner
Ch. 9: Globalization
34 New Americans: The Road to Refugee Resettlement , Dianna Shandy35 Why Tourism Matters, Sharon Gmelch
36 Japanese Hip-Hop and the Globalization of Popular Culture, Ian Condry
Ch. 10: Culture Change and Applied Anthropology
37 The Kayapo Resistance, Terence Turner
38 Medical Anthropology: Improving Nutrition in Malawi, Sonia Patten
39 Using Anthropology, David McCurdy
40 Career Advice for Anthropology Undergraduates, John T. Omohundro
Glossary
Index