This unprecedented collection of articles is an introduction to the study of cultural variations in childhood across the world and to the theoretical frameworks for investigating and interpreting them.
Presents a history of cross-cultural approaches to child-development
Recent articles examine diverse contexts of childhood in ecological, semiotic, and sociolinguistic terms
Includes ethnographic studies of childhood in the Pacific, Africa, Latin America, East Asia, Europe and North America
Illuminates the process through which...
This unprecedented collection of articles is an introduction to the study of cultural variations in childhood across the world and to the theoretical ...
This anthology provides a single-volume overview of the essential theoretical debates in the anthropology of art. Drawing together significant work in the field from the second half of the twentieth century, it enables readers to appreciate the art of different cultures at different times.
Advances a cross-cultural concept of art that moves beyond traditional distinctions between Western and non-Western art.
Provides the basis for the appreciation of art of different cultures and times.
Enhances readers' appreciation of the...
This anthology provides a single-volume overview of the essential theoretical debates in the anthropology of art. Drawing together significant work in...
Environmental Anthropology: A Reader is a collection of historically significant readings, dating from early in the twentieth century up to the present, on the cross-cultural study of relations between people and their environment.
Provides the historical perspective that is typically missing from recent work in environmental anthropology
Includes an extensive intellectual history and commentary by the volume's editors
Offers a unique perspective on current interest in cross-cultural environmental relations
Divided into five thematic sections: (1)...
Environmental Anthropology: A Reader is a collection of historically significant readings, dating from early in the twentieth century up to the...
A Reader in the Anthropology of Religion is a collection of some of the most significant classic and contemporary writings in the field. Updated in its second edition, this volume examines numerous aspects of religion in a diversity of cultures and expands upon the idea of what we mean by 'religion', linking it to some of the broader questions of culture and politics.
Collects classic and contemporary articles from the major thinkers in both North American and British anthropology
Emphasizes the ongoing conversation among anthropologists with respect to...
A Reader in the Anthropology of Religion is a collection of some of the most significant classic and contemporary writings in the field. Update...
Linguistic Anthropology: A Reader is a comprehensive collection of the best work that has been published in this exciting and growing area of anthropology, and is organized to provide a guide to key issues in the study of language as a cultural resource and speaking as a cultural practice.
Revised and updated, this second edition contains eight new articles on key subjects, including speech communities, the power and performance of language, and narratives
Selections are both historically oriented and thematically coherent, and are accessibly grouped according to four...
Linguistic Anthropology: A Reader is a comprehensive collection of the best work that has been published in this exciting and growing area of a...
A Reader in Medical Anthropology: Theoretical Trajectories, Emergent Realities brings together articles from the key theoretical approaches in the field of medical anthropology as well as related science and technology studies. The editors' comprehensive introductions evaluate the historical lineages of these approaches and their value in addressing critical problems associated with contemporary forms of illness experience and health care.
Presents a key selection of both classic and new agenda-setting articles in medical anthropology
Provides analytic and historical...
A Reader in Medical Anthropology: Theoretical Trajectories, Emergent Realities brings together articles from the key theoretical approaches in ...
Psychological Anthropology: A Reader in Self in Culture presents a selection of readings from recent and classical literature with a rich diversity of insights into the individual and society.
Presents the latest psychological research from a variety of global cultures
Sheds new light on historical continuities in psychological anthropology
Explores the cultural relativity of emotional experience and moral concepts among diverse peoples, the Freudian influence and recent psychoanalytic trends in anthropology
Addresses childhood and the acquisition of...
Psychological Anthropology: A Reader in Self in Culture presents a selection of readings from recent and classical literature with a rich diver...