The Human Portrait: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

Abstract

I. ANTHROPOLOGY: ITS BREADTH AND SCOPE. 1. What Is Anthropology? Culture and the Contemporary World. II. CULTURE, METHOD, AND LANGUAGE. 2. The Origin and Evolution of Culture. Game: The Prehistoric Origin of Sports. 3. The Concept of Culture. Shakespeare in the Bush. 4. Aims and Methods of Cultural Anthropology. Assault on Paradise. 5. Language and Communication. The Laws of Looking. III. SUBSISTENCE STRATEGIES. 6. Hunting and Gathering Societies. Eating Christmans in The Kalahari. 7. Horticultural, Pastoral, and Agricultural Societies. India's Sacred Cow. IV. SOCIAL ORGANIZATION. 8. Social Structure and Social Organization. Society and Sex Roles. 9. Kinship, Marriage, and the Family. When Brothers Share a Wife. 10. Economic Systems: Gifts, Obligations, and Other Exchanges. Guelaguetza: Reciprocal Exchange in a Mexican Village. 11. Political Organization, Dispute Resolution, and Social Control. Law and Order. 12. Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion. Baseball Magic. V. THE DYNAMICS OF ANTHROPOLOGY. 13. Social and Cultural Change. Bali's New Gods. 14. Anthropology and the Modern World. Rituals at McDonald's.