Peoples and cultures of the world

El profesor Fischer ofrece conferencias en antropología, sociedad, y costumbres; una comparación en común entre la sociedad precapitalista y la sociedad moderna.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Formato: Desconocido
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Chantilly, Va. : The Teaching Company, c2004.
Colección:Social sciences ; no. 4617
Materias:
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt.1.
  • disc 1.
  • The study of humanity ;
  • the four fiels of anthropology ;
  • culture and relativity ;
  • fieldwork and the anthropological method ;
  • nature, nurture, and human behavior ;
  • languages, dialects, and social categories
  • disc 2.
  • Languaje and thought ;
  • constructing emotions and identities ;
  • magic, religion and codes of conduct ;
  • rites of passage ;
  • family, marriage, and incest ;
  • multiple spouses and matrilineality
  • part 2.
  • disc 3.
  • Gatherers and hunters ;
  • headmen and horticulturists ;
  • cannibalism and violence ;
  • the role of reciprocity ;
  • chiefdoms and redistribution ;
  • cultural contact and colonialism
  • disc 4.
  • cultures of capitalism ;
  • is economics rational? ;
  • late capitalism-from ford to Disney ;
  • the Maya resurgence in Guatemala and Mexico ;
  • the Janus face of globalization