The New Invitation to Anthropology

The New Invitation to Anthropology, Fifth Edition, offers a fresh and accessible introduction to the discipline, exploring its historical roots, cultural concepts, and ethnographic field methods in relation to European imperialism and discourses on race. It illustrates how the concept of culture shaped specific domains of anthropological study, including ecological adaptation, social class, gender, family, marriage, religion, and medicine, and explores anthropological perspectives on real-world problems, helping students think like anthropologists and become better citizens of the world.

Format: Hardback
Length: 276 pages
Publication date: 09 October 2023
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Anthropology has sought to comprehend the diversity of human experience in ethical and transformative ways, emerging within and against the violence of European colonial conquest. The New Invitation to Anthropology, Fifth Edition, offers a fresh and accessible text that takes students to the heart of the discipline and reveals the ongoing relevance of anthropology today. Part I covers the history of the discipline, the emergence of the concept of culture, and ethnographic field methods in relation to European imperialism and discourses on race. Part II illustrates how the concept of culture shaped specific domains of anthropological study, including ecological adaptation, social class, gender, family, marriage, religion, and medicine. As a timely and engaging "non-textbook," The New Invitation to Anthropology explores anthropological perspectives on real-world problems, helping students think like anthropologists and become better citizens of the world.

New to this edition:

• Significantly revised Chapter 1, "The Origins of North American Anthropology," demonstrates how modern anthropology emerged out of 19th century theories of race and social evolutionism and develops critical understandings of modern forms of racism.

• New sections on social class and globalization in Chapter 4 offer insights into the complexities of modern global problems like climate change.

• Elaborations of intersectionality in Chapter 5, "Sex, Gender, and Inequality" reinforce discussions of gender-based inequality.

• Chapter 7 on religious experience now incorporates healing and medicine to expand a framew.

Weight: 640g
Dimension: 237 x 159 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781442277144
Edition number: Fifth Edition