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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...
Malinowski, Bronisław
Chris Holdsworth
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2013-06-25
Bronisław MalinowskiIntroductionBronisław Malinowski (b. 1884–d. 1942) is arguably the most influential anthropologist of the 20th century, certainly ...
Margaret Mead, Gregory Bateson, and Visual Anthropology
Ira Jacknis
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2020-07-29
Margaret Mead, Gregory Bateson, and Visual AnthropologyIntroductionThe work of Margaret Mead (b. 1901–d. 1978) and Gregory Bateson (b. 1904–d. 1980) h...
Maritime Archaeology
Alexis Catsambis, Benjamin Ford, Jessi Halligan
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2017-04-27
Maritime ArchaeologyIntroductionMaritime archaeology is an evolving field whose main focus is understanding and interpreting the past relationship bet...
Marriage
Nancy E. Levine
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2014-02-25
Marriage Introduction The anthropological study of marriage has undergone a series of transformations over the past 150 years, as have individ...
Material Culture
Sophie Woodward
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2013-05-28
Material Culture Introduction The study of material culture centers upon objects, their properties, and the materials that they are made of, a...
Materiality
Elana Resnick
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2022-02-21
MaterialityIntroductionMateriality is the study of objects and their relationships to and in social life. This bibliography overlaps with others in th...
Mathematical Anthropology
Dwight W. Read
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2019-04-24
Mathematical AnthropologyIntroductionMathematical anthropology has as its raison d’être formally expressing models, ideas, and concepts developed by a...
Matriarchal Studies
Barbara Alice Mann, Heide Goettner-Abendroth
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2015-03-30
Matriarchal StudiesIntroduction and DefinitionEvidence of matriarchy had always existed in Western chronicles, albeit scattered or hidden amid other e...
Mead, Margaret
Paul Shankman
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2012-01-11
Margaret MeadIntroductionMargaret Mead (1901–1978) was the best-known anthropologist of the 20th century. At the time of her death, she was also one o...
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...
Medical Anthropology
Michele Rivkin-Fish
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2014-11-25
Medical Anthropology Introduction Medical anthropology examines health and illness, disease categories and treatments, the body, biotechnologi...
Medical Technology and Technique
Sameena Mulla
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2020-01-15
Medical Technology and TechniqueIntroductionThe rich array of anthropological research on medical technology has primarily been carried out by anthrop...
Mediterranean
Dionigi Albera
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2019-04-24
MediterraneanIntroductionThe Mediterranean does not occupy a central position in the symbolic geography of anthropology. This field of regional specia...
Memory
Carol A. Kidron
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2016-11-28
MemoryIntroductionIn order to explore anthropological perspectives on memory, it is necessary to begin with a review of canonical sociological studies...
Mendel, Gregor
Anne Buchanan, Kenneth Weiss
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2013-06-25
Gregor Mendel Introduction Gregor Mendel (b. 1822–d. 1884) was an Augustinian friar from what is now the Czech Republic. He became known posth...
Mental Health and Illness
Jocelyn Lim Chua
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2021-06-23
Mental Health and IllnessIntroductionAnthropological contributions to the study of mental health and illness span diverse literatures and track a wide...
Mesoamerican Archaeology
Brent Woodfill
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2018-10-25
Mesoamerican ArchaeologyIntroductionMesoamerica, a region located in modern-day Mexico and northern Central America, is one of the cradles of early ci...
Mexican Migration to the United States
Luis F.B. Plascencia
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2014-07-30
Mexican Migration to the United States Introduction Since the early 1970s, academic analyses of Mexican migration to the United States have be...
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