The anthropological lens : harsh light, soft focus

The anthropological lens : harsh light, soft focus / James L. Peacock.

"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 methodolog...

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Main Author: Peacock, James L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Anthropology > Philosophy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Anthropology > Philosophy
Culturele antropologie.
Methodologie.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Substance 1
  • It's real! Culture beheld 1
  • Anthropology defined: a holistic discipline 8
  • Perceiving holistically 11
  • Wholes differentiated into parts: analytical constructs 20
  • Culture and experience 23
  • The concept of culture in relation to nature 24
  • Society 36
  • The exotic location of community and culture 42
  • Culture and community in relation to individual and meaning 45
  • Globalization, power, and gender 49
  • Power 55
  • Essentialism and gender 57
  • Travel 64
  • Fieldwork 69
  • Fieldwork and related endeavors 78
  • Interpretation 85
  • Generalization 95
  • The middle ground: ethnographic generalization 100
  • Deduction, experimentation, and introspection 104
  • Fieldwork, ethnography, and theory 109
  • 3 Significance 113
  • The greatest story ever told 114
  • The evolutionary and the interpretive perspectives 120
  • Implications for practice: the mastery of our future and the future of our mastery 123
  • Harsh light and soft focus 144.

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