Social and Cultural Anthropology: A Very Short Introduction

This Very Short Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology combines an accessible account of some of the disciplines guiding principles and methodology with abundant examples and illustrations of anthropologists at work. Peter Just and John Monaghan begin by discussing anthropologys most important contributions to modern thought, and then examine specific ways in which social and cultural anthropology have advanced our understanding of human society and culture, drawing on
case studies from their own fieldwork.

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<br>"I cannot imagine a better short introduction to anthropology... it is firmly anchored in the traditional concerns of fieldwork and participant observation."--Kent V. Flannery, University of Michigan<p><br>"The most original introduction to anthropological thinking I have seen... The reader is made to experience anthropology as it is practiced, as a process that begins in the field of observations and continues on as an explanatory, interpretive, theoretical, and finally disciplinary activity-- anthropology as it is done rather than talked about. The writing is notably lucid, simple, and unpretentious. The book gives the reader a sense of unique achievements of anthroplogy amopng the social disciplines, and of its position as evolving and never finished business."--Igor Kopytoff, University of Pennsylvania<p><br>

(Oxford)

1. FIELDWORK AND ETHNOGRAPHY; 2. CULTURE; 3. SOCIETY; 4. SEX AND BLOOD; 5. CLASS AND CASTE, VILLAGE AND CITY, HOME AND THE WORLD; 6. LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL LIFE; 7. THE CULTURALLY CONSTRUCTED SELF 8. THE FUTURE OF ANTHROPOLOGY; FURTHER READING; INDEX

(Oxford)