Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology Alan Barnard (University of Edinburgh, UK)

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Summary

This Encyclopedia provides description and analysis of the terms, concepts and issues of social and cultural anthropology. International in authorship and coverage, this accessible work is fully indexed and cross-referenced.

Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology Summary

Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology by Alan Barnard (University of Edinburgh, UK)

This is the only encyclopedia of social and cultural anthropology to cover fully the many important areas of overlap between anthropology and related disciplines. This work also covers key terms, ideas and people, thus eliminating the need to refer to other books for specific definitions or biographies.
Special features include:
* over 230 substantial entries on every major idea, individual and sub-discipline of social and cultural anthropology
* over 100 international contributors
* a glossary of more than 600 key terms and ideas.

Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology Reviews

'This is one of those few privileged works that may actually redefine a field. Situating current debates in the context of the historical development of anthropology ... it charts a contemporary discourse that is vibrant, sophisticated and unexpectedly coherent. This is what post postmodernist anthropology looks like.' - Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute.

'An intelligent, informative and entertaining addition to the deplorably small number of reference works in the field.' - Choice

About Alan Barnard (University of Edinburgh, UK)

Alan Barnard studied at George Washington, McMaster and London Universities and is Reader in Social Anthropology at the University of Edinburgh. He has done extensive fieldwork and is author of Hunters and Herders of Southern Africa (Cambridge University Press, 1992), Research Practices in the Study of Kinship (with Anthony Good, Academic Press, 1984), and numerous articles on hunter-gatherers, kinship and the history of anthropology. Jonathan Spencer studied anthropology at the Universities of Edinburgh, Chicago and Oxford and is now Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Edinburgh. He has carried out extensive research in Sri Lanka and is the author of A Sinhala Village in a Time of Trouble (Oxford University Press, 1990) and many articles on politics, nationalism and religion.

Acknowledgements, Introduction, List of Entries, List of Contributors, Analytical Table of Contents, Entries by Contributor, Entries, Biographical appendix, Glossary, Index

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GOR006937307

ISBN 13

9780415099967

ISBN 10

041509996X

Title

Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology by Alan Barnard (University of Edinburgh, UK)

Author

Alan Barnard (University of Edinburgh, UK)

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Year published

19960919

Number of pages

684

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