" As entertaining as it is thoughtful....Few contemporary writers have Weatherford's talent for making the deep sweep of history seem vital and i...
* Provides a comprehensive survey of contemporary thinking in biological, social and cultural anthropology and establishes the interconnections ...
Raymonde Carroll presents an intriguing and thoughtful analysis of the many ways French and Americans—and indeed any members of different culture...
This study is about the principles for constructing polite speeches. The core of it first appeared in Questions and Politeness, edited by Esther...
Anthropologist John Fox sets off on a worldwide adventure to thefarthest reaches of the globe and the deepest recesses of our ancientpast to answ...
At some point during the last 100,000 years, humans began exhibiting traits and behavior that distinguished us from other animals, eventually cre...
From the author of The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, Stigma is analyzes a person’s feelings about himself and his relationship to people...
"Unique and important . . . Patterns of Culture is a signpost on the road to a freer and more tolerant life." -- New York Times A remarkable intr...
Life can sometimes thrust us into troubling circumstances that threaten to undo our thin mastery over those things that matter most. In this mov...
Until recently, to be in a 'public place' meant to feel safe. That has changed, especially in cities. Urban dwellers sense the need to quickly r...
Our usual representations of the opposition between the "civilized" and the "primitive" derive from willfully ignoring the relationship of dista...
Bateson uses her background as an anthropologist and her own reflections on our rapidly changing world to propose a new vision of learning throug...
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