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Federal Indian Law
Leo Killsback
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2021-02-24
Federal Indian LawIntroductionFederal Indian law (FIL), also known as American Indian law, is the body of doctrine that regulates the political relati...
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;...
Film, Ethnographic
Matthew Durington
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2013-09-30
Ethnographic Film Introduction Ethnographic film is the visual manifestation of anthropological practice organized into a lineal and moving me...
Folklore
Simon J. Bronner
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2013-10-29
FolkloreIntroductionFolklore as a scholarly term is used in a broad sense to refer to manifestations of traditional knowledge: that is, cultural pract...
Food
Brad Weiss
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2016-09-28
FoodIntroductionThe study of food is at once a classic theme in anthropological theorizing, as well as a burgeoning field in contemporary ethnography....
Forensic Anthropology
Nicholas Márquez-Grant, Vail Johnson
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2016-07-27
Forensic AnthropologyIntroductionForensic anthropology (or “forensic physical anthropology,” some may argue) can be defined as the application of phys...
Francophonie
Kathe Managan
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2014-10-28
Francophonie Introduction The term “Francophonie” can be used to refer broadly to French-speaking areas, especially those outside of France, o...
Frazer, Sir James George
Robert Segal
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2018-11-29
Sir James George FrazerIntroductionJames George Frazer was the son of a prosperous Scottish pharmacist. He was educated at the University of Glasgow a...
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...
Gender and Religion
Sophie Bjork-James
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2019-01-15
Gender and ReligionIntroductionGender is central to most religious orders. In turn, religions have a significant impact on gendered relations. The stu...
Gene Flow
Blaine Maley
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2014-06-30
Gene Flow Introduction Gene flow is a term that describes mechanisms of gene transfer from one population to another. In anthropology, gene fl...
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...
GIS and Archaeology
Edward Gonzalez-Tennant
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2021-07-28
GIS and ArchaeologyIntroductionGeographic (sometimes geographical or spatial) information systems (GIS) refer to hardware, software, and practices rel...
Global Health
Ramah McKay
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2019-03-27
Global HealthIntroductionThe term global health encompasses a variety of meanings, including the impact of globalization on health as well as threats ...
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 GluckmanIntroductionMax (Herman) Gluckman (b. 1911–d. 1975) was a South African who became a pathbreaking British social anthropologist. In his st...
Graphic Anthropology
Coleman Nye
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2021-06-23
Graphic AnthropologyIntroductionGraphic anthropology, broadly construed, approaches drawing as a mode of anthropological inquiry. Most commonly, drawi...
Grass
Amy Malek
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2020-02-26
GrassIntroductionSeeking to capture a “natural drama” of epic proportions, in 1924 three American explorers spurred by wanderlust—Merian C. Cooper, Er...
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