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The Anthropological Lens

The Anthropological Lens

The Anthropological Lens

Harsh Light, Soft Focus
2nd Edition
James L. Peacock, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
February 2002
Available
Paperback
9780521004596

    Anthropology is an ever changing field and James L. Peacock's revised version of his successful text, first published in 1986, covers current issues in cultural anthropology. It includes new topics such as globalization, gender and postmodernism, and reflects recent changes in perspective and language. Designed for students, it will also interest professional anthropologists.

    • 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

    Product details

    February 2002
    Paperback
    9780521004596
    176 pages
    216 × 138 × 13 mm
    0.248kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • 1. Substance
    • 2. Methodology
    • 3. Significance.
      Author
    • 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.