Visions of Culture

Visions of Culture An Annotated Reader

Second edition

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Publisher's Synopsis

Visions of Culture: A Reader, Second Edition, has been revised and expanded with new selections and is coordinated for use with Visions of Culture: An Introduction to Anthropological Theories and Theorists, Fifth Edition. Each selection is prefaced with a brief introduction about the anthropologist and the text. Each primary text is followed by a section titled "Queries and Connections," a series of questions designed to help students focus on the central issues in each text and to relate them to other readings. NEW TO THIS EDITION Part VII: Neo-Darwinian Evolutionary Theories 25: Leda Cosmides and John Toobey, from The Evolutionary Primer 26: Eric Alden Smith, from Why Do Good Hunters Have Higher Reproductive Success? 27. Robert Boyd and Peter Richerson, from "Introduction" from The Origin and Evolution of Culture Part VIII-The Ontological Turn 28: Philippe Descola, from Beyond Nature and Culture 29: Tim Ingold, from Anthropology beyond Humanity 30: Bruno Latour, from "Introduction" from Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory

Book information

ISBN: 9781442270565
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pub date:
Edition: Second edition
DEWEY: 306
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: vii, 519
Weight: 798g
Height: 162mm
Width: 236mm
Spine width: 21mm