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ANTH 275: Faces of Culture: An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (Rev. C14) Report a Broken Link

ANTH 275 focuses on the cross-cultural study of human diversity. Study topics include patterns of social organization, the family, economics, politics, religion, the arts, and language.

Unit 1

Straus, Anne S. 2001. "Tell Your Sister to Come Eat." In Strangers to Relatives: The Adoption and Naming of Anthropologists in Native North America, pp. 175-184. Sergei Kan, ed. Lincoln, NB: University of Nebraska Press.

Unit 2

Lewis, Henry T. 1989. “A Parable of Fire: Hunter-Gatherers in Canada and Australia.” In Traditional Ecological Knowledge: A Collection of Essays, pp. 11-19; 77-77. R. E. Johannes, ed. Cambridge, UK: IUCN Publication Services.
Coe, Michael D. 1964. “The Chinampas of Mexico.” Scientific American 211(1): 90-98.

Unit 3

Murphy, Yolanda, and Robert F. Murphy. 1985. “The Woman’s World.” Women of the Forest, pp. 137-167. New York: Columbia University Press.
Broude, Gwen J. 1988. “Rethinking the Couvade: Cross-Cultural Evidence.” American Anthropologist 90(4): 902-911.
Sokefeld, Martin. “Debating Self, Identity, and Culture in Anthropology.” Current Anthropology 40(4): 417-431.

Unit 4

Stone, Linda. 1997. “Case 2: Nepalese Brahmans.” In Kinship and Gender: An Introduction, pp. 85-108. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
Fish, Jefferson M. “Mixed Blood.” 1995. Psychology Today 28(6): 55-61; 76; 80.

Unit 5

Jacka, Jerry. 2001. “Coca-Cola and kolo: Land, Ancestors and Development.” Anthropology Today 17(4): 3-8.

Unit 6

Herle, Anita. 1994. “Museums and Shamans: A Cross-cultural Collaboration.” Anthropology Today 10(1): 2-5.
Tannen, Deborah. 2003. “Power Maneuvers or Connection Maneuvers? Ventriloquizing in Family Interaction.” In Linguistics, Language, and the Real World: Discourse and Beyond, pp. 50-62. Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics 2001. Deborah Tannen and James E. Alatis, eds. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.