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• Alphabetical List of Contents Chronological List of Contents Contributors Introduction. Fifty Key Anthropologists
• Appendix 1: Some Key Anthropological Terms
• Appendix 2: A Timeline Index.
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"Fifty Key Anthropologists" surveys the life and work of some of the most influential figures in anthropology. The entries, written by an international range of expert contributors, represent the diversity of thought within the subject, incorporating both classic theorists and more recent anthropological thinkers. Names discussed include: Clifford Geertz, Bronislaw Malinowski, Zora Neale, Hurston Sherry B. Ortner, Claude Levi-Strauss, Rodney Needham, Mary Douglas, and, Marcel Mauss. This accessible A-Z guide contains helpful cross-referencing, a timeline of key dates and schools of thought, and suggestions for further reading. It will be of interest to students of anthropology and related subjects wanting a succinct overview of the ideas and impact of key anthropologists who have helped to shape the discipline.
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Paul Sinclair joins a team of female anthropologists and runs away to a magical Mexican village to find a certain something that is missing from his life. Meanwhile, his wife discovers that sometimes the one who stays behind travels the farthest in this remarkable tale of myth and reality. "A D.H. Lawrencian adventure with a nice sense of humor".--USA Today.
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• Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction, Alice Beck Kehoe
• 1. Vows
• 2. At Home on the Range
• 3. The Kah'nii
• 4. Missing Bomb City
• 5. Anthropology: A Mirror for Man
• 6. Two Italian Towns
• 7. Not Worrying
• 8. The Tribal Council
• 9. Why Anthropology?
• 10. Crossing Boundaries
• 11. The Murder
• 12. Drawing Lessons
• 13. Kinship Patterns
• 14. Game-Playing
• 15. Two-Thirds of the Way
• 16. Who We Are
• 17. The Rabbit Net
• 18. Ethnobabble
• 19. Ruin...
• 20. ...and Reprieve
• 20. The Killer
• 21. The Mission
• 22. The Parting Epilogue Discussion Points and Exercises References and Further Readings.
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A young trainee anthropologist leaves her violent Mafia-run hometown-Youngstown, Ohio-to study an "exotic" group, the Paiute Indians of Nevada. This is 1964; she'll be "the expert, " and they'll be "the subjects." The Paiute elders have other ideas. They'll be "the parents." They set themselves two tasks: to help her get a good grade on her project and to send her home quickly to her new bridegroom. They dismiss her research topic and introduce her instead to their spirit creature, the outrageously mischievous rule-breaking trickster, Coyote. Why do the Paiutes love Coyote? Why do Youngstown mill workers vote for Mafia candidates for municipal office? Tricksters become key to understanding how oppressed groups function in a hostile world. For more information visit www.trickster.ie.
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