Core Concepts in Cultural Anthropology

Designed for courses that make extensive use of ethnographies and other supplementary readings, this is a concise introduction to the basic ideas and practices of contemporary cultural anthropology. Not a standard textbook, Core Concepts in Cultural Anthropology, seventh edition, is more of an annotated bibliography of the terms and concepts that anthropologists use in their work. This book is the only brief cultural anthropology text specifically designed to prepare students to read ethnography more effectively and with greater understanding.NEW TO THIS EDITIONNew material on archaeology of the contemporary world, engaged anthropology, reflexivity, STS, the ontological turn, and the AnthropoceneInclusion of recent work on migration, media ideologies, and anthropology "against the grain"Extended discussions of race, kinship, and the state.This title is available as an eBook. Please contact your Learning Resource Consultant for more information.

“"Core Concepts is an extended glossary of core terms in the field, placed within highly readable and comprehensible historical and thematic narratives. I love that it can be used sequentially as numbered, but also that the chapters can be presented out of sequence without losing the logic and flow. The 'how to read an ethnography' section is brilliant; I love the approach. I know of no text like it on the market."--David M. Buchman, Hanover College”

"Core Concepts is an extended glossary of core terms in the field, placed within highly readable and comprehensible historical and thematic narratives. I love that it can be used sequentially as numbered, but also that the chapters can be presented out of sequence without losing the logic and flow. The 'how to read an ethnography' section is brilliant; I love the approach. I know of no text like it on the market."--David M. Buchman, Hanover College

Robert H. Lavenda is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at St. Cloud State University.

Emily A. Schultz is Professor of Anthropology at St. Cloud State University.

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