The Routledge Companion to Contemporary Anthropology

by Simon Coleman (Editor), Susan Hyatt (Editor), Ann Kingsolver (Editor)

Contemporary anthropology is a lively and fast-moving discipline, responding to the challenges of globalisation with exciting new directions and an increasingly interdisciplinary approach. Written by an experienced international team of contributors, this Companion:


introduces key contemporary perspectives and approaches within the field explores significant issues that can be analysed usefully through an anthropological lens includes essays by anthropologists working at the intersection of anthropology with other disciplines, providing a powerful overview of anthropology as a discipline that is always being transformed.

The Routledge Companion to Contemporary Anthropology covers the concerns of the discipline and comments on its construction through texts, classroom interactions, engagements with various publics, and changing relations with other academic subjects. It is an invaluable guide and major reference source for students and scholars alike.

Genres: Anthropology

546 pages, Hardcover

First published May 31, 2013