Small Places, Large Issues by Thomas Hylland Eriksen
This introduction to social and cultural anthropology has become a modern classic, revealing the rich global variation in social life and culture across the world. Presenting a clear overview of anthropology, it focuses on central topics such as kinship, ethnicity, ritual and political systems, offering a wealth of examples that demonstrate the enormous scope of anthropology and the importance of a comparative perspective. Unlike other texts on the subject, Small Places, Large Issues incorporates the anthropology of complex modern societies. Using reviews of key works to illustrate his argument, Thomas Hylland Eriksen's lucid and accessible overview remains an established introductory text in anthropology. This fourth edition is updated throughout and increases the emphasis on the interdependence of human worlds. It incorporates recent debates and controversies, ranging from globalisation and migration research to problems of cultural translation, and discusses the challenges of interdisciplinarity in a lucid way.
Thomas Hylland Eriksen is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo. He is the author of numerous books on anthropological issues, including Ethnicity and Nationalism, also available from Pluto Press.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780745317724 |
| ISBN 10 | 0745317723 |
| Title | Small Places, Large Issues |
| Author | Thomas Hylland Eriksen |
| Series | Anthropology Culture And Society |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pluto Press |
| Year published | 2001-04-20 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
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