Investigating Culture

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An Experiential Introduction to Anthropology

By Carol Delaney

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Investigating Culture offers an experiential introduction to cultural anthropology, inviting students to explore human culture through topics such as language, the body, food, and time. This revised third edition includes updated examples and new material drawing on research from Malawi, New England, and Spain, while addressing contemporary issues like nuclear waste and electronic media. Student exercises and selected readings enhance the learning experience.
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Ideal for students beginning their study of cultural anthropology and educators seeking an innovative, interactive textbook that encourages critical thinking and real-life application of anthropological concepts.

The third edition of Investigating Culture: An Experiential Introduction to Anthropology, the highly praised innovative approach to introducing aspects of cultural anthropology to students, features a series of revisions, updates, and new material.

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The third edition of Investigating Culture: An Experiential Introduction to Anthropology, the highly praised innovative approach to introducing aspects of cultural anthropology to students, features a series of revisions, updates, and new material.

Offers a refreshing alternative to introductory anthropology texts by challenging students to think in new ways and apply cultural learnings to their own lives.
Chapters explore key anthropological concepts of human culture including: language, the body, food, and time, and provide an array of cultural examples in which to examine them.
Incorporates new material reflecting the authors’ research in Malawi, New England, and Spain.
Takes account of the latest information on such topical concerns as nuclear waste, sports injuries, the World Trade Center memorial, the food pyramid, fashion trends, and electronic media.
Includes student exercises, selected reading and additional suggested readings.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781118868621

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 April 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Edition: 3rd edition

Contributors:

With Deborah Kaspin

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 185.0mm

Height: 241.0mm

Weight: 930g

Pages: 432

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Carol Delaney Education & Reference Non-Fiction

About the Author

Carol Delaney is Associate Professor Emerita of Cultural and Social Anthropology at Stanford University. She is author of The Seed and the Soil: Gender and Cosmology in Turkish Village Society (1991), Abraham on Trial: The Social Legacy of Biblical Myth (1998), and Columbus and the Quest for Jerusalem (2011).

Deborah Kaspin is an Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at Rhode Island College and has also taught at Yale University, the University of Virginia, and Wheaton College. She is editor of Images and Empires: Visuality in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa (2002) with Paul Landau.