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SHARING OUR WORLDS
AN INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL AND SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY |
| By: |
Joy Hendry |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£70.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0814737102 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780814737101 |
| Publisher: |
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 April, 2008 |
| Edition: |
2nd Revised edition |
| Pages: |
328 |
| Description: |
Introduces readers to divergent views on various subjects, including food, hygiene, gift-exchange, rites of passage, symbolism, religion, politics, and the environment, and raising awareness of the emotional value people place on those views. |
| Synopsis: |
Sharing Our Worlds offers the perfect introduction to cultural and social anthropology for anyone approaching the subject for the first time. Hendry introduces classic theoretical ideas of the key founders of cultural and social anthropology, placing them in their historical and geographical context. Carefully structured so that one chapter builds on the next, Sharing Our Worlds covers the core topics in an even-handed and illuminating manner, introducing the reader to divergent views on all the most basic subjects-food, hygiene, gift-exchange, rites of passage, symbolism, religion, politics, and the environment-and raising awareness of the emotional value people place on those views. Covering a wide array of countries, it brings the subject of cultural and social anthropology right into the neighborhood of the reader, wherever they are in the world. Written in a refreshingly accessible style, Sharing Our Worlds offers a compelling introduction to an enigmatic and exciting subject, drawing out its relevance and value for the complex multicultural world in which we live. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
New York University Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |