Small Places, Large Issues An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology, Third Edition

Name: Small Places, Large Issues An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology, Third Edition
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ISBN: 9780745330501

ISBN-10: 0745330509

ISBN-13: 9780745330501

Edition: 3rd 2010 (Revised)

Authors: Thomas Hylland Eriksen

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This concise introduction to social and cultural anthropology has become a modern classic, revealing the rich global variation in social life and culture. The text provides a clear overview of anthropology, focusing on central topics such as kinship, ethnicity, ritual and political systems, offering a wealth of examples that demonstrate the enormous scope of anthropology and the importance of a comparative perspective. Unlike other texts on the subject, Small Places, Large Issues incorporates the anthropology of complex modern societies. Using reviews of key monographs to illustrate his argument, Eriksen's lucid and accessible text remains an established introductory text in…

Book details

List price: $100.00
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Pluto Press
Publication date: 6/4/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 376
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English

Thomas Hylland Eriksen is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo and the Free University of Amsterdam. He is author of numerous works including Ethnicity and Nationalism, Small Places - Large Issues, Common Denominators and Engaging Anthropology.



Series Preface


Preface to the Third Edition



Anthropology: Comparison and Context



A Brief History of Anthropology



Fieldwork and Ethnography



The Social Person



Local Organisation



Person and Society



Kinship as Descent



Marriage and Relatedness



Gender and Age



Caste and Class



Politics and Power



Exchange and Consumption



Production, Nature and Technology



Religion and Ritual



Language and Cognition



Complexity and Change



Ethnicity



Nationalism and Minorities



Anthropology and the Paradoxes of Globalisation


Epilogue: Making Anthropology Matter


Bibliography


Index