This general anthropology text takes a holistic approach that emphasizes critical thinking, active learning, and applying anthropology to solve contemporary human problems. Building on the classical foundations of the discipline, Anthropology: Asking Questions About Human Origins, Diversity, and Culture, Second Edition, shows students how anthropology is connected to such current topics as food, health and medicine, and the environment. Full of relevant examples and current topics--with a focus on contemporary problems and questions--the book demonstrates the diversity and dynamism of anthropology today.
Author(s): Robert L. Welsch, Luis A. Vivanco, Agustín Fuentes
Edition: 2
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 576
PART I The Anthropological Perspective
1 Anthropology: Asking Questions About Humanity
2 Culture: Giving Meaning to Human Lives
3 Human Biocultural Evolution: Emergence of the Biocultural Animal
4 Cross-Cultural Interactions: Understanding Culture and Globalization
PART II Becoming Human
5 Living Primates: Comparing Monkeys, Apes, and Humans
6 Ancestral Humans: Understanding the Human Family Tree
7 Human Biodiversity Today: Understanding Our Differences and Similarities
8 The Body: Biocultural Perspectives on Health and Illness
PART III Humans and Their Material Worlds
9 Materiality: Constructing Social Relationships and Meanings with Things
10 Early Agriculture and the Neolithic Revolution: Modifying the Environment to Satisfy Human Demands
11 The Rise and Decline of Cities and States: Understanding Social Complexity in Prehistory
PART IV Human Social Relations and Their Meanings
12 Linguistic Anthropology: Relating Language and Culture
13 Economics: Working, Sharing, and Buying
14 Sustainability: Environment and Foodways
15 Power: Politics and Social Control
16 Kinship and Gender: Sex, Power, and Control of Men and Women
17 Religion: Ritual and Belief
Epilogue: Anthropology and the Future of Human Diversity
