PREFACE Chapter 1 Anthropology 1.1 An Anthropological Perspective 1.2 The Subfields of Anthropology 1.3 Is Anthropology a Science? Modernism, Postmodernism, and Beyond 1.4 Reflexive Anthropology 1.5 Moral Anthropology Chapter 2 Theory in Sociocultural Anthropology? 2.1 Anthropology as Science? 2.2 Nineteenth-Century Approaches? 2.

3 Early Twentieth-Century Approaches? 2.4 Mid-Twentieth-Century Approaches? 2.5 Late Twentieth-Century Debates? 2.6 New Directions in the Twenty-First Century? Chapter 3 Culture? 3.1 Culture Against Racism: The Early Twentieth Century? 3.2 The Evolution of Culture? 3.3 Culture and Symbolism? 3.4 Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism? 3.

5 The Boundaries of Culture?? 3.6 The Concept of Culture in a Global World: Problems and Practices 3.7 Culture: Contemporary Discussion and Debate 3.8 Culture: A Contemporary Consensus? Chapter 4 Meaning-Making and Language 4.1 Making Meaning? 4.2 Studying Language: A Historical Sketch 4.3 The Building Blocks of Language 4.4 Language and Culture 4.

5 Language and Society 4.6 Discourse 4.7 Language Contact and Change 4.8 Meaning-Making and Art 4.9 The Anthropology of Media and the Arts Chapter 5 Worldview and Religion 5.1 Religion 5.2 Myth 5.3 Ritual 5.

4 Magic and Witchcraft 5.5 Religious Practitioners 5.6 Change in Religious Systems 5.7 Secularism, Fundamentalism, and New Religious Movements Chapter 6 The Dimensions of Social Organization 6.1 What Is Social Organization? 6.2 Dimensions of Social Organization 6.3 Caste and Class 6.4 Race 6.

5 Ethnicity Chapter 7 Sex, Gender, and Sexuality 7.1 Sex, Gender, and Feminism in the Twentieth Century 7.2 Sex, Gender, Race, and Class 7.3 Gender Performativity 7.4 Theoretical Diversity in Studies of Sex and Gender 7.5 Sex, Gender, and the Body 7.6 Sex, Gender, and Sexuality 7.7 Sex, Gender, and Sexuality in Ethnographic Context Chapter 8 Relatedness: Kinship, Marriage, Family, and Friendship 8.

1 Kinship Versus Biology 8.2 Descent 8.3 Bilateral Descent 8.4 Unilineal Descent 8.5 Kinship Terminologies 8.6 What Is Marriage? 8.7 Whom to Marry and Where to Live 8.8 How Many Spouses? 8.

9 Marriage as Alliance 8.10 Family 8.11 Divorce 8.12 Friendship Chapter 9 Political Anthropology 9.1 Power 9.2 Political Ecology and Political Economy 9.3 Disputes and Dispute Resolution 9.4 Forms of Political Organization 9.

5 Social Stratification 9.6 Forms of Political Activity 9.7 Social Control and Law 9.8 Nationalism and Hegemony Chapter 10 Economic Anthropology 10.1 The "Arts of Subsistence" 10.2 Subsistence Strategies 10.3 Explaining the Material Life Processes of Society 10.4 Modes of Exchange 10.

5 Production, Distribution, and Consumption 10.6 Mode of Production 10.7 Peasants 10.8 Consumption 10.9 The Anthropology of Food and Nutrition 10.10 Politics, Economics, and the Anthropology of Development Chapter 11 Globalization 11.1 The Cultural Legacy of Colonialism 11.2 Analyzing Sociocultural Change in the Postcolonial World 11.

3 Globalization 11.4 The Cultural Effects of Contact 11.5 Globalization, Citizenship, and Human Rights 11.6 New Global Institutions Chapter 12 The Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Medicine 12.1 Science and Anthropology 12.2 Anthropology, Science, and Technology 12.3 The Anthropology of Medicine 12.4 Human Health in Evolutionary Context 12.

5 Human Health and Nutrition 12.6 Health and Human Reproduction 12.7 Sickness and Health in the Global Capitalist Economy Appendix Reading Ethnography The Parts of an Ethnography The Use of Indigenous and Local Terms The Photographs Why Are You Reading This Ethnography (and How Should You Read It)? BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX.