Ferraro, Gary P.

Classic readings in cultural anthropology / by Gary Ferraro. - 4th ed. - xiii, 143 pages ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Coping with culture shock / Gary P. Ferraro and Elizabeth K Briody -- Not a real fish : the ethnographer as inside outsider / Roger M. Keesing -- Rapport -talk and report- talk / Deborah Tannen -- The sounds of silence / Edward T. Hall and Mildred Reed Hall -- The worst mistake in the history of the human race / Jared Diamond -- The domestication of wood in Haiti : a case study in applied evolution / Gerald F. Murray -- Arranging a marriage in India / Serena Nanda -- No more angel babies on the Alto de Cruzeiro / Nancy Scheper-Hughes -- Society and sex roles / Ernestine Friedl -- Do Muslin women really need saving / Lila Abu-Lughod -- Gypsy identity, names, and social security numbers / Anne Sutherland -- Customary law development in Papua New Guinea / Richard Scaglio -- The adaptive value of religious ritual / Richard Sosis -- Baseball magic / George Gmelch -- Dharavi: Mumbai's shadow city / Mark Jacobson -- The glaciers of the Andes are melting : indigenous and anthropological knowledge merge in restoring water resources / Inge Bolin.

Provides an introduction to the field of anthropology and the contributions it makes to understanding the world around us.



9781285738505

2015936371


Ethnology.
Ethnic groups.

GN316 / .C59 2009

305.8/F41