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Conformity and Conflict: Readings in Cultural Anthropology 11/e
James Spradley
David W. McCurdy
Published May 2002 by Allyn & Bacon
Copyright 2003, 464 pp., Paper
ISBN: 0-205-35479-3
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$42.60
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Features

  • Unique expanded part introductions parallel the basic concepts taught in introductory courses. These outstanding introductions include key terms and explanations, which allow the book to be used alone as a text/reader or in conjunction with a main text.
  • Presents balanced coverage of non-Western and Western cultures (including American) so students can make their own cultural comparisons and see the relevance of anthropology to their lives.
  • Organizes selections according to traditional topics such as language and communication, economic systems, kinship and family, and religion. Several articles are interrelated and provide opportunities for students to compare and contrast differing perspectives.
  • Provides review questions at the end of each article.
  • Retains the map program that provides students with a way to locate the societies discussed in the book.
Table of Contents

Each new article is indicated by a “*”.

World Map and Geographical Placement of Readings.

Preface.

I. CULTURE AND ETHNOGRAPHY.

 1. James P. Spradley, Ethnography and Culture.

 2. Richard Borshay Lee, Eating Christmas in the Kalahari.

 3. Laura Bohannan, Shakespeare in the Bush.

 *4. Claire E. Sterk, Fieldwork on Prostitution in the Era of AIDS.

 5. George Gmelch, Lessons from the Field.

II. LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION.

 *6. Martin A. Nowak, Homo Grammaticus.

 *7. Enid Schildkrout, Body Art as Visual Language.

 8. David S. Thomson, Worlds Shaped by Words.

 *9. Sarah Boxer, The Military Name.

10. Deborah Tannen, Conversation Style: Talking on the Job.

III. ECOLOGY AND SUBSISTENCE.

11. Richard Borshay Lee, The Hunters: Scarce Resources in the Kalahari.

12. Jared Diamond, Adaptive Failure: Easter's End.

*13. Richard K. Reed, Cultivating the Tropical Forest.

14. Jared Diamond, Domestication and the Evolution of Disease.

IV. ECONOMIC SYSTEMS.

15. Lee Cronk, Reciprocity and the Power of Giving.

16. Jack Weatherford, Cocaine and the Economic Deterioration of Bolivia.

17. Philippe Bourgois, Workaday World Crack Economy.

*18. Nathan Williamson, Illegal Logging and Frontier Conservation.

*19. Theodore C. Bestor, How Sushi Went Global.

V. KINSHIP AND FAMILY.

20. Nancy Scheper-Hughes, Mother's Love: Death Without Weeping.

21. David W. McCurdy, Family and Kinship in Village India.

*22. Lu Yuan and Sam Mitchell, Matrilineal Kinship: Walking Marriage in China.

23. Margery Wolf, Uterine Families and the Women's Community.

VI. ROLES AND INEQUALITY.

24. Elizabeth W. Fernea and Robert A. Fernea, Symbolizing Roles: Behind the Veil.

25. Ernestine Friedl, Society and Sex Roles.

26. Jeffrey M. Fish, Mixed Blood.

27. Jack Weatherford, Blood on the Steppes: Ethnicity, Power, and Conflict.

*28. Dianna Shandy, New Americans: the Road to Refugee Resettlement.

VII. LAW AND POLITICS.

*29. James P. Spradley and David W. McCurdy, Law and Order.

30. Anne Sutherland, Cross-Cultural Law: The Case of the Gypsy Offender.

*31. Marvin Harris, Life Without Chiefs.

VIII. RELIGION, MAGIC AND WORLD VIEW.

32. Stanley A. Freed and Ruth S. Freed, Tarakas Ghost.

33. George Gmelch, Baseball Magic.

*34. Charlanne Burke, Witchcraft Tswana Style.

35. Stephen C. Leavitt, Cargo Beliefs and Religious Experience.

IX. CULTURE CHANGE AND APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY.

36. Terence Turner, The Kayapo Resistance.

*37. Sonia Patten, Medical Anthropology: Improving Nutrition in Malawi.

38. David W. McCurdy, Using Anthropology.

39. John T. Omohundro, Career Advice for Anthropology Undergraduates.

Glossary.

Photo Credits.

Index.



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