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Applying cultural anthropology : an introductory reader / [edited by] Aaron Podolefsky, Peter J. Brown.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Mountain View, Calif. : Mayfield Pub. Co., [2001]Copyright date: ©2001. Edition: Fifth editionDescription: xv, 316 pages : map ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0767418379
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306 21 A.
Online resources:
Contents:
Summary: "This supplementary reader is composed of both classic and contemporary articles that demonstrate the significant contributions that cultural anthropologists make; the emphasis is on the applicability of cultural anthropology to understanding and improving the present day human condition."--Amazon.com viewed Dec. 31, 2020.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Body ritual among the Nacirema --
Letter from Peri --
Manus II --
Fieldwork on prostitution in the era of AIDS --
Crack in Spanish Harlem --
Corporate Anthropologists --
Shakespeare in the bush --
Cultural approach to male-female miscommunication --
Ancient bodies, modern customs, and our health --
Chinese table manners --
Culture and the evolution of obesity --
Worst mistake in the history of the human race --
Domestication of wood in Haiti: a case study in applied evolution --
Indigenous peoples versus environmental protection agencies --
Race without color --
Official statement on race: American anthropological association --
White privilege --
Race, higher education, and American society --
Eating Christmas in the Kalahari --
Using cultural skills for cooperative advantage in Japan --
Family planning outreach and credit programs in rural Bangladesh --
Society and sex roles --
Doing gender, doing surgery --
Anthropology in education --
Intercultural education --
Suite for ebony and phonics --
Polyandry --
African polygamy --
Dowry death in India --
Refugee research and service --
Kpelle moot --
Warfare in new guinea --
How Americans project their image into baseball --
Hallucinogenic plants --
Ritual in the operating room --
AIDS as human suffering --
Welfare reform --
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"This supplementary reader is composed of both classic and contemporary articles that demonstrate the significant contributions that cultural anthropologists make; the emphasis is on the applicability of cultural anthropology to understanding and improving the present day human condition."--Amazon.com viewed Dec. 31, 2020.

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