Preface Chapter 1. Anthropology 1.1 An Anthropological Perspective 1.2 The Subfields of Anthropology 1.3 Is Anthropology a Science? Modernism, Postmodernism, and Beyond 1.4 Reflexive Anthropology 1.5 Moral Anthropology Chapter 2. Culture 2.

1 Culture Against Racism: The Early Twentieth Century 2.2 The Evolution of Culture 2.3 Culture and Symbolism 2.4 Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism 2.5 The Boundaries of Culture? 2.6 The Concept of Culture in a Global World: Problems and Practices 2.7 Culture: Contemporary Discussion and Debate 2.8 Culture: A Contemporary Consensus Chapter 3.

Meaning-Making and Language 3.1 Making Meaning 3.2 Studying Language: A Historical Sketch 3.3 The Building Blocks of Language 3.4 Language and Culture 3.5 Language and Society 3.6 Discourse 3.7 Language Contact and Change 3.

8 Meaning-Making and Art 3.9 The Anthropology of Media and the Arts Chapter 4. Worldview and Religion 4.1 Religion 4.2 Myth 4.3 Ritual 4.4 Magic and Witchcraft 4.5 Religious Practitioners 4.

6 Change in Religious Systems 4.7 Secularism, Fundamentalism, and New Religious Movements Chapter 5. The Dimensions of Social Organization 5.1 What Is Social Organization? 5.2 Dimensions of Social Organization 5.3 Caste and Class 5.4 Race 5.5 Ethnicity Chapter 6.

Sex, Gender, and Sexuality 6.1 Sex, Gender, and Feminism in the Twentieth Century 6.2 Sex, Gender, Race, and Class 6.3 Gender Performativity 6.4 Theoretical Diversity in Studies of Sex and Gender 6.5 Sex, Gender, and the Body 6.6 Sex, Gender, and Sexuality 6.7 Sex, Gender, and Sexuality in Ethnographic Context Chapter 7.

Relatedness: Kinship, Marriage, Family, and Friendship 7.1 Kinship Versus Biology 7.2 Descent 7.3 Bilateral Descent 7.4 Unilineal Descent 7.5 Kinship Terminologies 7.6 What Is Marriage? 7.7 Whom to Marry and Where to Live 7.

8 How Many Spouses? 7.9 Marriage as Alliance 7.10 Family 7.11 Divorce 7.12 Friendship Chapter 8. Political Anthropology 8.1 Power 8.2 Political Ecology and Political Economy 8.

3 Disputes and Dispute Resolution 8.4 Forms of Political Organization 8.5 Social Stratification 8.6 Forms of Political Activity 8.7 Social Control and Law 8.8 Nationalism and Hegemony Chapter 9. Economic Anthropology 9.1 The "Arts of Subsistence" 9.

2 Subsistence Strategies 9.3 Explaining the Material Life Processes of Society 9.4 Modes of Exchange 9.5 Production, Distribution, and Consumption 9.6 Mode of Production 9.7 Peasants 9.8 Consumption 9.9 The Anthropology of Food and Nutrition Chapter 10.

Globalization 10.1 The Cultural Legacy of Colonialism 10.2 Analyzing Sociocultural Change in the Postcolonial World 10.3 Globalization 10.4 The Cultural Effects of Contact 10.5 Globalization, Citizenship, and Human Rights 10.6 Global Assemblages Chapter 11. The Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Medicine 11.

1 Science and Anthropology 11.2 Anthropology, Science, and Technology 11.3 The Anthropology of Medicine 11.4 Human Health in Evolutionary Context 11.5 Human Health and Nutrition 11.6 Health and Human Reproduction 11.7 Sickness and Health in the Global Capitalist Economy Chapter 12. Theory in Cultural Anthropology 12.

1 Anthropology as Science 12.2 Nineteenth-Century Approaches 12.3 Early-Twentieth-Century Approaches 12.4 Mid-Twentieth-Century Approaches 12.5 Late-Twentieth-Century Debates 12.6 New Directions in the Twenty-First Century Appendix: Reading Ethnography The Parts of an Ethnography The Use of Indigenous and Local Terms The Photographs Why Are You Reading This Ethnography (and How Should You Read It)? Bibliography Index.