Small Places, Large Issues - Second Edition: An Introduction to Social and Cultural AnthropologyRanging from the Pacific islands to the Arctic north and from small villages to modern nation states, this concise introduction to social and cultural anthropology reveals the rich global variation in social life and culture. The text also provides a clear overview of anthropology, focusing on central topics such as kinship, ethnicity, ritual and political systems, offering a wealth of examples that demonstrate the enormous scope of anthropology and the importance of a comparative perspective. Unlike previous texts on the subject, Small Places, Large Issues broadens the study to incorporate the anthropology of complex modern societies, thus providing a unique key text for all students of social and cultural anthropology. Using reviews of key monographs to illustrate his argument, Eriksen's lucid and accessible text remains an established introductory text in anthropology. This new edition is updated throughout and includes a new chapter on the history of anthropology. It also shows clearly and comprehensively, through numerous new examples, why classic studies of small-scale societies are relevant for the study of complex phenomena such as nationalism, consumption and the Internet. In this way, the book bridges an often perceived gap between "classic" and "contemporary" anthropology. |
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Page 35
... exist only rarely in the societies we study : they form part of our world , not theirs . How , then , can we justify accounting for an alien society in terms which are demonstrably not its own , if the aim of anthropology is to ...
... exist only rarely in the societies we study : they form part of our world , not theirs . How , then , can we justify accounting for an alien society in terms which are demonstrably not its own , if the aim of anthropology is to ...
Page 98
... exist in the Scandinavian languages for example ) . Most of these societies have traditionally given the father's side a certain priority , since the father's surname has been passed on to the children . However , in recent years many ...
... exist in the Scandinavian languages for example ) . Most of these societies have traditionally given the father's side a certain priority , since the father's surname has been passed on to the children . However , in recent years many ...
Page 103
... exist , and the man has no rights in his children - only in his sister's children ( Gough 1959 ) . According to custom , the marriage is broken off after only a few days , and the woman is later allowed to take lovers . Her children ...
... exist , and the man has no rights in his children - only in his sister's children ( Gough 1959 ) . According to custom , the marriage is broken off after only a few days , and the woman is later allowed to take lovers . Her children ...
Contents
The Social Person | 41 |
Local Organisation | 58 |
Person and Society | 73 |
Copyright | |
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