Designed for courses that make extensive use of ethnographies and other supplementary readings, this is a concise, accurate introduction to the basic ideas and practices of contemporary cultural anthropology. Not a standard textbook, Core Concepts in Cultural Anthropology is more an annotated bibliography of the terms and concepts that anthropologists use in their work. The book prepares students to read ethnography more effectively and with more understanding. Features of the third edition: A major revision and reordering of the Globalization chapter (11) includes new or expanded sections on neoliberalism, transnational citizenship, human rights, cultural hybridization, multiculturalism, and cosmopolitanism. A new Appendix on Reading Ethnography assists students with a detailed discussion on how to read this central genre of anthropological writing effectively. New coverage includes: Multi-sited fieldwork as a contemporary research approach and a brief discussion of medical anthropology in Chapter 1, A brief discussion of language ideology in Chapter 3, Discussions of subjectivity and political power as well as trauma and structural violence in Chapter 4 on Culture and the Individual, A new section on art in Chapter 5 including discussions of aesthetics, visual art, music, and dance, An expanded discussion of commodity consumption and cultural imperialism in Chapter 8 on Economic Anthropology, A discussion of the concept of relatedness in Chapter 9 on Kinship and Descent. Book jacket.