Dynamics of Human Biocultural Diversity A Unified Approach

Name: Dynamics of Human Biocultural Diversity A Unified Approach
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ISBN: 9781611321906

ISBN-10: 1611321905

ISBN-13: 9781611321906

Edition: 2013

Authors: Elisa J. Sobo

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This lively text offers a unique, holistic approach to human diversity for undergraduate courses in fields including anthropology, medicine, human ecology, and general education. Leading medical anthropologist Elisa Sobo rises to the challenge of truly integrating biology and culture. Her inviting writing style and fascinating examples make important new ideas from complexity theory and epigenetics accessible to undergraduates from all disciplines, regardless of academic background. Students learn to conceptualize human biology and culture concurrently—as an adaptive biocultural capacity that has helped to produce the rich range of human diversity seen today. With clearly structured topics,…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 11/15/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 356
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English



Preface



A Systems View of Human Adaptation



Anthropology and Complexity



Genetic Adaptation



Developmental Adjustment and Epigenetic Change



Emergence of Culture and People Like Us



Global Expansion, Human Variation, and the Invention of 'Race'



Socio-political and Economic Factors



Foraging: A Human Baseline



Agricultural Revolution: Another Great Divide



Epidemics: Human Settlement and Sociality



Political Economy of Variation in Human Health



Meaningful Practices



Diversity in Mind-Body Relations: Stress, Meaning, and Health



Gender Diversity



Variation in Body Ideals and Outcomes



Kinship: So Relative


Conclusion Respecting Connections


Appendix Selected Websites


Glossary


References


Index


About the Author