Talking About People Readings in Contemporary Cultural Anthropology

Summary: How do people learn and experience their culture? How do people make a living? What does it mean to be in a family? How do we make sense of peoples' beliefs and ritual practices? In exploring questions such as these, this cultural anthropology reader focuses on contemporary global concerns and includes a significant number of articles by authors from outside the United States. A dynamic development in the fourth edit...ion is the inclusion of " Anthropology and Public Debate" sections, in which opposing anthropological arguments on current hot topics are featured. In addition, " Doing Fieldwork" essays consider the nature and dilemmas of fieldwork, the changing status of the field, the nature of anthropological learning in the field, and ethical issues and dilemmas. [read more]