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Feminist Anthropology

Lisa Anderson-Levy

Subject: Anthropology »

Date Added: 2012-01-11

Feminist Anthropology Introduction Feminist anthropology is simultaneously a critique of male as well as Euro-centered and biased anthropology;...

Geertz, Clifford

Matthew D. Thompson

Subject: Anthropology »

Date Added: 2012-01-11

Clifford Geertz Introduction Clifford Geertz (b. 1926–d. 2006) has had a tremendous impact on cultural anthropology and, more generally, all of...

Gender

Rebecca L. Upton

Subject: Anthropology »

Date Added: 2012-01-11

Gender Introduction Gender is a key concept in the discipline of anthropology. Sex and gender are defined differently in anthropology, the form...

Genetics

Omer Gokcumen

Subject: Anthropology »

Date Added: 2012-01-11

Genetics Introduction The inherited traits that shape human variation have been a major focus of anthropologists and biologists alike. Recently...

Genocide

Jeff Benvenuto, Alex Hinton

Subject: Anthropology »

Date Added: 2012-01-11

Genocide Introduction Genocide is one of the most serious problems confronting humanity. It has produced extreme suffering, hundreds of m...

Globalization

Gregory S. Gullette

Subject: Anthropology »

Date Added: 2012-01-11

Globalization Introduction In effect, globalization is the development and proliferation of complex, interdependent international connections c...

Gluckman, Max

Emanuel Marx

Subject: Anthropology »

Date Added: 2013-03-19

Max Gluckman Introduction Max (Herman) Gluckman (b. 1911–d. 1975) was a South African who became a pathbreaking British social anthropologist....

Human Adaptability

Daniel E. Brown

Subject: Anthropology »

Date Added: 2012-01-11

Human Adaptability Introduction The field of human adaptability is a subdiscipline within the broader field of biological anthropology. Human a...

Human Evolution

Jonathan Marks

Subject: Anthropology »

Date Added: 2012-01-11

Human Evolution Introduction The changes from Miocene ape to modern person, over several million years, make up the subject matter of human evo...

Interpretive Anthropology

Neni Panourgiá

Subject: Anthropology »

Date Added: 2012-01-11

Interpretive Anthropology Introduction “Interpretive anthropology” refers to the specific approach to ethnographic writing and practice interre...

Kinship

Robert Parkin

Subject: Anthropology »

Date Added: 2012-01-11

Kinship Introduction Kinship has traditionally been one of the key topics in social and cultural anthropology. There are two principal reasons ...

Language Ideology

Judith T. Irvine

Subject: Anthropology »

Date Added: 2012-01-11

Language Ideology Introduction Language ideologies are conceptualizations about languages, speakers, and discursive practices. Like other kinds...

Legal Anthropology

Tobias Kelly

Subject: Anthropology »

Date Added: 2012-01-11

Legal Anthropology Introduction Legal practices, processes, and claims are among the most powerful forces that shape our lives. Legal anthropol...

Linguistic Anthropology

Valentina Pagliai

Subject: Anthropology »

Date Added: 2012-01-11

Linguistic Anthropology Introduction Alternatively called linguistic anthropology or anthropological linguistics, this subfield of anthropology...

Literary Anthropology

Nigel Rapport

Subject: Anthropology »

Date Added: 2012-01-11

Literary Anthropology Introduction The field of “literary anthropology” actually covers two fields of study. The first is an exploration of the...

Magic

Pamela A. Moro

Subject: Anthropology »

Date Added: 2012-01-11

Magic Introduction Theories of magic began with the mid-19th century origins of anthropology. Despite periodic attempts to dissolve the concept...

Mead, Margaret

Paul Shankman

Subject: Anthropology »

Date Added: 2012-01-11

Margaret Mead Introduction Margaret Mead (1901–1978) was the best-known anthropologist of the 20th century. At the time of her death, she was a...

Media Anthropology

Rebecca Pardo, Elizabeth ErkenBrack, John L. Jackson

Subject: Anthropology »

Date Added: 2012-01-11

Media Anthropology Introduction Although anthropologists have long addressed topics related to media and communications technologies, some ha...

Morgan, Lewis Henry

Robert Launay

Subject: Anthropology »

Date Added: 2012-01-11

Lewis Henry Morgan Introduction Lewis Henry Morgan (b. 1818–d. 1881) is considered one of the founding fathers of modern anthropology. As a you...

Museum Anthropology

Alaka Wali, Rosa Cabrera, Jennifer Anderson

Subject: Anthropology »

Date Added: 2012-01-11

Museum Anthropology Introduction The field of museum anthropology predates the institutionalization of anthropology as an academic disciplin...

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