Cultural Anthropology

Cultural Anthropology by Gary Ferraro

Helps you explore cultural anthropology and its relevance in today's world. This book provides examples and applications of the principles and practices of anthropology, helping readers appreciate other cultures as well as their own - and apply what they learn to situations in their personal and professional life.

1What Is Anthropology? 2. The Concept of Culture. 3. Applied Anthropology. 4. The Growth of Anthropological Theory. 5. Methods in Cultural Anthropology. 6. Language and Communication. 7. Subsistence Patterns. 8. Economics. 9. Marriage and the Family. 10. Kinship and Descent. 11. Sex and Gender. 12. Social Stratification. 13. Political Organization and Social Control. 14. Belief Systems. 15. Art. 16. The Modern World Order, Global Challenges, and the Role of Applied Anthropology.

Gary Ferraro, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, received his BA in history from Hamilton College and his MA and PhD degrees from Syracuse University. He has been a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Swaziland in Southern Africa (1979-80) and again at Masaryk University in the Czech Republic (2003), and has served twice as a visiting professor of anthropology in the University of Pittsburgh's Semester at Sea Program, a floating university that travels around the world. He has conducted research for extended periods of time in Kenya and Swaziland and has traveled widely throughout many other parts of the world. He has served as a consultant/trainer for such organizations as USAID, the Peace Corps, the World Bank, IBM, Georgia Pacific, Duke Energy, and J.M. Huber, among others. From l996 to 2000 Dr. Ferraro served as the Director of the Intercultural Training Institute at UNC-Charlotte, a consortium of cross cultural trainers/educators from academia and business, designed to help regional organizations cope with cultural differences at home and abroad. In 2000 he became the president of Intercultural Associates, a private firm specializing in cross cultural training, consulting, and coaching. In addition to a number of articles in professional journals, he is the author of: - THE TWO WORLDS OF KAMAU (1978), - THE CULTURAL DIMENSION OF INTL. BUSINESS (l990, l994, l998, 2002, 2006, and 2010)- CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY: AN APPLIED PERSPECTIVE (1992, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010)- APPLYING CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY: READINGS (1998)- GLOBAL BRAINS: KNOWLEDGE AND COMPETENCIES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY (2002)- CLASSIC READINGS IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY (2004, 2009)

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Titel	Cultural Anthropology
Autor	Gary Ferraro
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Cengage Learning, Inc
Erscheinungsjahr	2014-01-01
Seitenanzahl	480
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