''Other Cultures'' provides a lucid introduction to the relatively new field of social anthropology. The author devotes the first part of the book to a consideration of what social anthropology is and seeks to do, what areas it covers, and the methods of investigation employed by social anthropologists.
The second part discusses the major categories of research through which social anthropologies have advanced our knowledge of other cultures. These include marriage, kinship, political organization, law, economic and property relations, magic, religion, and social change. The final chapter surveys some of the contributions social anthropology has made to the understanding of other cultures. A short reading list follows each chapter.
''Other Cultures'' will be valuable as a text or as supplementary reading for introductory courses in Anthropology, especially Social and Cultural Anthropology.
Author(s): John H.M. Beattie
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 1966
Language: English
Pages: 296
Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 7
Foreword to the Dutch edition, 1975......Page 11
PART ONE......Page 12
1 Introduction and Background......Page 14
SHORT READING LIST......Page 25
2 Social Anthropology and Some Other Sciences of Man......Page 26
SHORT READING LIST......Page 42
3 What Social Anthropologists Study: the Need for Theory......Page 44
SHORT READING LIST......Page 58
4 Explanation in Social Anthropology: Social Function and Social Structure......Page 60
SHORT READING LIST......Page 74
5 Beliefs and Values......Page 76
SHORT READING LIST......Page 87
6 Fieldwork......Page 88
SHORT READING LIST......Page 100
PART TWO......Page 102
7 Kinship......Page 104
SHORT READING LIST......Page 126
8 Marriage and Affinity......Page 128
SHORT READING LIST......Page 148
9 Social Control: Political Organization......Page 150
SHORT READING LIST......Page 174
10 Social Control: Law and Social Sanctions......Page 176
SHORT READING LIST......Page 192
11 Economic and Property Relations......Page 194
SHORT READING LIST......Page 211
12 The Field of Ritual: Magic......Page 212
SHORT READING LIST......Page 227
13 The Field of Ritual: Religion......Page 228
SHORT READING LIST......Page 247
14 Social Change......Page 250
SHORT READING LIST......Page 272
15 Conclusion and Assessment......Page 274
Index......Page 286
