Distant Mirrors America as a Foreign Culture

Name: Distant Mirrors America as a Foreign Culture
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ISBN: 9780534556488

ISBN-10: 0534556485

ISBN-13: 9780534556488

Edition: 3rd 2002 (Revised)

Authors: Philip R. DeVita, James D. Armstrong

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Anthropology has a long history of the "other," yet we can look right here at home for the strangeness we seek. We often neglect to ask the questions that reveal our own culture's underlying value and beliefs. In this volume, we bring the American culture into focus. For students to understand the full impact of ethnography, to experience cultural relativity and to gain a foundation to build informed comparisons, students need a firm grasp of their own culture--and need to use this volume. The Third Edition consists of 19 essays written by anthropologists and other scholars using an ethnographic perspective. The essays enable students to understand themselves better by focusing on their own…

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List price: $94.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 6/12/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Understanding Ourselves: About the Third Edition



Acknowledgments



One Hundred Percent American




The American Cultural Configuration




Body Ritual Among the Nacirema




Professor Widjojo Goes to a Koktel Parti




An Outsider's View of American Culture




Growing Up American: Doing the Right Thing




My American Glasses




American Graffiti: Curious Derivatives of Individualism




The Young, the Rich, and the Famous: Individualism as an American Cultural Value




America and I




Encounters with the Elderly in America




Neighborly Strangers




Pais de mis Suenos: Reflections on Ethnic Labels, Dichotomies, and Ritual Interactions




Giving, Withholding, and Meeting Midway: A Poet's Ethnography




A Russian Teacher in America




First Impressions: Diary of a French Anthropologist in New York City




Life and Cultures: The Test of Real Participant Observation




Learning to Hug: An English Anthropologist's Experiences in North America




A European Anthropologist's Personal and Ethnographic Impressions of the United States