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The SAGE Handbook of Cultural Anthropology is the first instalment of The SAGE Handbook of the Social Sciences series and encompasses major specialities as well as key interdisciplinary themes relevant to the field. Globally, societies are facing major upheaval and change, and the social sciences are fundamental to the analysis of these issues, as well as the development of strategies for addressing them. This handbook provides a rich overview of the discipline and has a future focus whilst using international theories and examples throughout. The SAGE Handbook of Cultural Anthropology is an essential resource for social scientists globally and contains a rich body of chapters on all major topics relevant to the field, whilst also presenting a possible road map for the future of the field. Part 1: Foundations; Part 2: Focal Areas; Part 3: Urgent Issues; and Part 4: Short Essays: Contemporary Critical Dynamics.
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology: Foundations, Focal Areas, Urgent Issues, and Critical Dynamics
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology: Foundations, Focal Areas, Urgent Issues, and Critical Dynamics
When we were first approached to edit a volume for the SAGE Handbook of the Social Sciences series, it was a request to assemble a Handbook on anthropology. The request came from a sociologist, and over a coffee and conversation we explained that in the American tradition of anthropology, there are at least four subfields within the discipline (archaeology, biological anthropology, linguistic anthropology, and cultural anthropology). Assembling a Handbook on any of those subfields alone would be daunting; but on the whole discipline? Impossible. And so we agreed to wrangle the broad ...
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