Discovering Anthropology

PART I. WHAT IS ANTHROPOLOGY? 1. Studying People: The Work of Anthropology 2. Using Scientific Methods: The Tools of Anthropology * A Study of Lobster Fishing, James M. Acheson PART II. LANGUAGE AND MEANING 3. Cultural Meanings * Language as Social Semiotic: Linguistic Anthropology Fieldwork among the Xavante Indians of Brazil, Laura Graham 4. Language * Studying Language, Carol Eastman PART III. EVOLUTION AND ORIGINS 5. Evolution and Genetics * Studying the Genetic Basis of Arthritis, Kenneth Turner 6. Primates and Early Hominids * The 2-Million-Year-Old Ancestor, Robert J. Blumenschine 7. The Rise of the Genus Homo * The What, Why, and How of Forensic Anthropology, Douglas Owsley 8. Human Variation * An Evolutionary Perspective on Childbirth, Wenda Trevathan PART IV. SOCIETY AND ADAPTATION 9. The Elements of Social Life * Kinship among Monkeys, Carolyn Ehardt 10. The Foraging Life * Hunting with the Agta Women, Agnes Estioko-Griffin 11. Ecology and Exchange * Fishing in Panama, John R. Bort 12. Intensification and Technology * Studying Tubuai Agriculture, Victoria Lockwood PART V. BASIC SOCIAL AND CULTURAL PATTERNS 13. Sex, Gender, and Sexuality * Sex, Gender, and the Mehinaku Division of Labor, Thomas Gregor 14. Marriage, Family, and Kinship * Family Life in Bengali Culture, Lauren Anita Corwin 15. Following the Leader * Problem Solving and Collaboration: A Model for Applied Anthropology from the Field, Carlos G. Velez-Ibanez PART VI. CONFLICT AND FORMAL INSTITUTIONS 16. Warfare, Violence, and Law * Fieldwork among the Yanamamo, Raymond Hames 17. The Rise of the State * Sampling the Uruk Past, Gregory A. Johnson 18. Social Inequality * Inequality and Exploitation in the Peruvian Andes,John H. Bodley PART VII. CONTEMPORARY CULTURAL PATTERNS 19. Development and Underdevelopment * Third World and Development, Tony Barclay 20. Urban and Industrial Culture * First Home: Brazilians in New York City, Maxine L. Margolis 21. Health, Disease, and Culture * Anthropology, Child Survival, and Food Security in Western Kenya, Miriam Chaiken PART VIII. EXPRESSION IN SOCIETY 22. Religion and Social Structure * Interviewing a Diviner, Alma Gottlieb 23. Art and Culture * Interpreting the Image-Making of the Upper Paleolithic, Margaret Conkey 24. Society and the Individual * Sioux Nationalism, Robert Daniels References IndexDaniel R. Gross is the author of 'Discovering Anthropology', published 1992 under ISBN 9780874849097 and ISBN 0874849098.