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Linguistic Anthropology: A Reader is a comprehensive collection of the best work that has been published in this exciting and growing area of anthropology, and is organized to provide a guide to key issues in the study of language as a cultural resource and speaking as a cultural practice.

This anthology brings together important classical works and contemporary scholarship for a complete anthropological evaluation of the relationship between culture and climate change. The essays cover a range of topics, including environmental determinism, climatic events as social catalysts, and climatic disasters.

The Anthropology of Performance is an invaluable guide to this exciting and growing area. This cutting-edge volume on the major advancements in performance studies presents the theories, methods, and practices of performance in cultures around the globe.

Foundations of Anthropological Theory presents a selection of key texts that reflect the broad range of anthropological thought on human behavior, from Herodotus and Ibn Battuta to Adam Smith and Adam Ferguson.

The Anthropology of Citizenship introduces the theoretical foundations of and cutting edge approaches to citizenship in the contemporary world, in local, national and global contexts. Key readings provide a cross-cultural perspective on citizenship practices, and an individual citizen s relationship with the state.

This text provides readers with a broad overview of the range and complexity of fieldwork in anthropology. The updated selections offer insight into the ethnographer's experience of gathering and analyzing data, and a richer understanding of the conflicts, hazards and ethical challenges of pursuing fieldwork around the globe.

Presents a key collection of both classic and new agenda-setting articles in this central area of anthropology Provides analytic and historical contextual introductions by leading figures in medical anthropology, medical sociology, science studies, social theory and general anthropology .

Psychological Anthropology: A Reader in Self inCulture presents a selection of readings from recent andclassical literature with a rich diversity of insights into theindividual and society.

Presents an overview of the essential theoretical debates in the anthropology of art. Drawing together significant work in the field from the second half of the 20th century, this title helps readers to appreciate the art of different cultures at different times. It provides the basis for the appreciation of art of different cultures and times.

Feminist Anthropology surveys the history of feminist anthropology and offers students and scholars a fascinating collection of both classic and contemporary articles, grouped to highlight key themes from the past and present. * Offers vibrant examples of feminist ethnographic work rather than synthetic overviews of the field.

* Brings together for the first time both classic works from Evans-Pritchard, Levi-Strauss, Leach, and Schneider, as well as articles on such electrifying contemporary debates as surrogate motherhood, and gay and lesbian kinship.

This unprecedented collection of articles is an introduction to the study of cultural variations in childhood across the world and to the theoretical frameworks for investigating and interpreting them.

Work done within the area of political anthropology has been instrumental in exploring some of the most significant issues of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. In this work readers will find a collection of classic and contemporary articles on the subject.

Traces the history of the anthropological study of kinship from the early 1900s onwards. This book presents classic works from Evans-Pritchard, Levi-Strauss, Leach, and Schneider, as well as articles on contemporary debates as surrogate motherhood, and gay and lesbian kinship.

Foundations of Anthropological Theory presents a selection of key texts that reflect the broad range of anthropological thought on human behavior, from Herodotus and Ibn Battuta to Adam Smith and Adam Ferguson.

A Reader in the Anthropology of Religion is a collection of some of the most significant classic and contemporary writings in the field.

Environmental Anthropology: A Historical Reader is a collection of historically significant readings, dating from early in the twentieth century up to the present, on the cross-cultural study of relations between people and their environment.

This unprecedented collection of articles is an introduction to the study of cultural variations in childhood across the world and to the theoretical frameworks for investigating and interpreting them.

Linguistic Anthropology: A Reader is a comprehensive collection of the best work that has been published in this exciting and growing area of anthropology, and is organized to provide a guide to key issues in the study of language as a cultural resource and speaking as a cultural practice.

Environmental Anthropology: A Historical Reader is a collection of historically significant readings, dating from early in the twentieth century up to the present, on the cross-cultural study of relations between people and their environment.

The Anthropology of Development and Globalization is a collection of readings that provides an unprecedented overview of this field that ranges from the field's classical origins to today's debates about the "magic" of the free market.

In The Anthropology of Politics: A Reader in Ethnography, Theory and Critique, editor Joan Vincent offers her readers a selection of classic and contemporary articles on the anthropology of politics. Her introduction, headnotes, and suggested readings make this an indispensable resource for students, scholars, and instructors alike.

This anthology provides a single-volume overview of the essential theoretical debates in the anthropology of art. Drawing together significant work in the field from the second half of the twentieth century, it enables readers to appreciate the art of different cultures at different times.

Feminist Anthropology surveys the history of feminist anthropology and offers students and scholars a fascinating collection of both classic and contemporary articles, grouped to highlight key themes from the past and present. * Offers vibrant examples of feminist ethnographic work rather than synthetic overviews of the field.

Presents an overview of the field of law and anthropology. This book also explores historical issues and contemporary ones such as illegal migration, human rights, gender discrimination, political corruption.

The Anthropology of Development and Globalization is a collection of readings that provides an unprecedented overview of this field that ranges from the field's classical origins to today's debates about the "magic" of the free market.