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Cultural anthropology / Nancy Bonvillain.

By: Bonvillain, Nancy.
Publisher: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2006Description: xxii, 516 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 28 cm.ISBN: 0130455458 (pbk.).Subject(s): EthnologyDDC classification: 306
Contents:
1. What is anthropology? - 2. The nature of culture - 3. Studying culture - 4. Language and culture - 5. Learning one's culture - 6. Making a living - 7. Economic systems - 8. Kinship and descent - 9. Marriage and the family - 10. Gender - 11. Equality and inequality - 12. Political systems - 13. Conflict and conflict resolution - 14. Religion - 15. The arts - 16. Colonialism and cultural transformations - 17. Living in a global world.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 486-495) and index.

1. What is anthropology? - 2. The nature of culture - 3. Studying culture - 4. Language and culture - 5. Learning one's culture - 6. Making a living - 7. Economic systems - 8. Kinship and descent - 9. Marriage and the family - 10. Gender - 11. Equality and inequality - 12. Political systems - 13. Conflict and conflict resolution - 14. Religion - 15. The arts - 16. Colonialism and cultural transformations - 17. Living in a global world.