Synopses & Reviews
Explore cultural anthropology in an applied and fascinating way with Gary Ferraro and Susan Andreatta's CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY: AN APPLIED PERSPECTIVE. This contemporary text is highly relevant to today's students and gives you all the key material you need for your introductory course. With real-world applications of the principles and practices of anthropology, this book will help you learn to appreciate other cultures as well as your own and to apply what you learn to situations in your personal and professional life. Check out the real-life examples of cross-cultural misunderstandings and issues (in popular "Cross-Cultural Miscues" features) to view "culture at work." Also, the book takes a look at specialized vocabularies such as "chickspeak" (the language of single, urban, upwardly mobile women) and contemporary topics such as the war in Iraq and environmental degradation.
About the Author
Gary Ferraro, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, received his BA in history from Hamilton College and his MA and Ph.D. degrees from Syracuse University. He has been a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Swaziland in southern Africa and at Masaryk University in the Czech Republic, and has served as a visiting professor of anthropology in the University of Pittsburgh's Semester at Sea Program (1983 and 2003), a floating university that travels around the world. He has conducted research for extended periods of time in Kenya and Swaziland and has traveled widely throughout many other parts of the world. Ferraro has served as a consultant for such organizations as USAID, the Peace Corps, and the World Bank. In addition to publishing in a number of professional journals, he is the author of many books, including THE TWO WORLDS OF KAMAU (1978) THE CULTURAL DIMENSION OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 5E (2006), GLOBAL BRAINS: KNOWLEDGE AND COMPETENCIES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY (2002), and CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY: AN APPLIED PERSPECTIVE (2008).
Table of Contents
1. What is Anthropology? 2. The Concept of Culture. 3. Applied Anthropology. 4. The Growth of Anthropological Theory. 5. Methods in Cultural Anthropology. 6. Language And Communication. 7. Making a Living. 8. Economics. 9. Marriage and the Family. 10. Kinship and Descent. 11. Sex and Gender. 12. Social Stratification. 13. Political Organization and Social Control. 14. Supernatural Beliefs. 15. Art. 16. Culture Change and Globalization. Summary. Key Terms. Suggested Readings.