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The Anthropological Lens

The Anthropological Lens
Harsh Light, Soft Focus

2nd Edition

Author: James L. Peacock, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Date Published: December 2001
availability: Available
format: Paperback
isbn: 9780521004596

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Anthropology is a complex, wide-ranging, and ever-changing field. This clear, coherent, and well-crafted book is a revised version of a very successful text first published in 1986, designed to supplement standard textbooks and monographs. It covers the central concepts, distinctive methodologies, and philosophical as well as practical issues of cultural anthropology, and it is accessible to the anthropological novice, and of value to the professional. The updated version covers current issues in cultural anthropology, and includes topics such as globalization, gender, post-modernism and public issues, and reflects changes in perspective and language.
- Lucid but sophisticated depiction of anthropology
- Has proved useful for a wide range of readers - from beginners to advanced and graduate students
- New edition adds current topics (globalization, gender, post-modernism, public issues) and revises text to reflect recent changes in perspective and language
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Product details
- Edition: 2nd Edition
- Date Published: December 2001
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521004596
- length: 176 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 138 x 13 mm
- weight: 0.248kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Substance
2. Methodology
3. Significance.
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James L. Peacock, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
James L. Peacock is Kenan Professor of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and President of the American Anthropological Association. His publications include Rites of Modernization (1968), The Human Condition (1970), Indonesia: Anthropological Perspectives (1973), Consciousness and Change (1975), Muslim Puritans (1978) and Pilgrims of Paradox (1989). He was President of the American Anthropological Association 1993–5, and was initiated into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1995.

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