Cultural Anthropology in a Globalizing World

by Barbara D. Miller

Integrating current material on globalization, gender, class, race, ethnicity, and other contemporary social issues throughout the book, Barbara Miller's "Cultural Anthropology in a Globalizing World " text engages students with compelling ethnographic examples and demonstrates the relevance of cultural anthropology to their lives. Rich examples of gender, ethnicity, race, class, and age thread through the topical coverage of economic systems, the life-cycle, health, kinship, social organization, politics, language, religion, and expressive culture. Each chapter highlights applied anthropology and provides students with practical tips about how they can use anthropology in their everyday lives. The last two chapters address the urgent issues of how migration is changing world cultures and the importance of local cultural values in shaping international development policies and programs. This book, based on Miller's full-length "Cultural Anthropology " text, will generate class discussion, increase faculty-student engagement, and enhance student learning. Through clear writing, a balanced theoretical approach, and engaging examples, Miller stresses the importance of social inequality, cultural change, and applied aspects of anthropology throughout the book.

Genres: Anthropology, Textbooks, Nonfiction

337 pages, Paperback

First published December 24, 2008

Reviews

[Ietrio · Rating 1 out of 5]

Late 19th century stupidity, with some cosmetic adjustments for the 20th century and a lot of Marxist dogma. Nothing about "globalizing world", that's just added to catch the eye.

[Marie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read for a college class I was required to take. It was a quick read over the course. Informative and educational.

[Hope · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was probably the best textbook I've used in all of my college experience.

[Sharon Mariampillai · Rating 3 out of 5]

This had some interesting topics but I actually found this book to be boring and not useful. I didn't look at it that much! It also was a very long class.

[AmyBob Stevens · Rating 4 out of 5]

Informative, interesting, well put together with lots of example stories to interrupt the textbookness of it.