Kottak's best selling text continues to offer a holistic introduction to anthropology that approaches the course from a four-field perspective. To emphasize anthropology's integrated and comparative nature, "Bringing It All Together" essays show how anthropology's sub-fields and dimensions combine to interpret and explain a common topic. Another distinctive feature, "Understanding Ourselves," illustrates the relevance of anthropological facts and theories to students' everyday lives
The text I used to teach Anthropology 100.at The Borough of Manhattan Community College, N.Y.C. I found that, even though Mr. Kottak was late comer to anthropology he, managed to put together a test that dealt with modern cultural pardigms, i.e. hip-hop, Netiquette, Mudders, and Baseball in the context of "race."
Efendim yazarı Kottak olsun, çevirmen hocalarımız olsun içinde değerli şahsiyetler barındıran güzide bir başucu kitaptır. Anlamak için antropolojide yüksek lisans öğrencisi olmaya falan gerek de yoktur. Öyle sadedir dili. Antropolojinin alt dallarını barındıran bölüm başlıkları ve her bölümün sonunda Kottak ağabeyimizin ukteleri yer alır.
This book (and the class I used it for) made me fall in love with Anthropology. So much so, that I've made Anthropology my new minor in college! What I really loved about it was the Appreciating Diversity tidbits in each chapter that would relate each topic to a real life example. Overall, the book is fascinating - one of my most interesting college textbooks yet. :)