The third edition of
Investigating Culture: An Experiential Introduction to Anthropology, the highly praised innovative approach to introducing aspects of cultural anthropology to students, features a series of revisions, updates, and new material.
- Offers a refreshing alternative to introductory anthropology texts by challenging students to think in new ways and apply cultural learnings to their own lives
- Chapters explore key anthropological concepts of human culture including: language, the body, food, and time, and provide an array of cultural examples in which to examine them
- Incorporates new material reflecting the authors’ research in Malawi, New England, and Spain
- Takes account of the latest information on such topical concerns as nuclear waste, sports injuries, the World Trade Center memorial, the food pyramid, fashion trends, and electronic media
- Includes student exercises, selected reading and additional suggested readings
Acknowledgments xi
1 Disorientation and Orientation 1
Introduction; how culture provides orientation in the world; what is culture and how do anthropologists investigate it? Learning to think anthropologically.
Exercises 24
Reading: Laura Bohannan, “Shakespeare in the Bush” 27
2 Spatial Locations 33
How do we situate or locate ourselves in space? Are notions of space “universal” or are they shaped by culture? This chapter explores these questions from macro to micro contexts, including discussion of maps, nations, segregation, public spaces, invisible spaces, and that space that is no place: cyberspace.
Exercises 65
Reading: Sue Bridwell BlcĒ
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