Visions of Culture: An Introduction to Anthropological Theories and TheoristsAn accessible, balanced undergraduate textbook on anthropological theory. Jerry D. Moore's Visions of Culture presents students with a brief, readable treatment of theoretical developments in the field from the days of Tylor and Morgan through contemporary postmodernists and cultural materialists. The key ideas of 21 major theorists are briefly described and linked to biographical and fieldwork experiences that helped shape those theories. An assessment of the scholar's impact on contemporary theorizing is presented, along with numerous explanatory examples, illuminating quotes from the theorists' writings, and a description of the broader intellectual setting in which these anthropologists worked. An ideal book for classes on the theory or the history of anthropology. |
Contents
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| 13 | |
| 25 | |
| 37 | |
Part II THE NATURE OF CULTURE | 49 |
Chapter 5 Alfred Kroeber | 51 |
Chapter 6 Ruth Benedict | 63 |
Chapter 7 Edward Sapir | 89 |
Chapter 14 Julian Steward | 209 |
Chapter 15 Marvin Harris | 229 |
Chapter 16 Eleanor Burke Leacock | 245 |
Part V STRUCTURES SYMBOLS AND MEANING | 275 |
Chapter 17 Claude LéviStrauss | 277 |
Chapter 18 Victor Turner | 299 |
Chapter 19 Clifford Geertz | 315 |
Chapter 20 Mary Douglas | 343 |
Chapter 8 Margaret Mead | 107 |
Part III THE NATURE OF SOCIETY | 123 |
Chapter 9 Marcel Mauss | 125 |
Chapter 10 Bronislaw Malinowski | 137 |
Chapter 11 A R RadcliffeBrown | 153 |
Chapter 12 Edward E EvansPritchard | 169 |
Part IV EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTIONIST AND MATERIALIST THEORIES | 185 |
Chapter 13 Leslie A White | 187 |
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