Cultural Anthropology

by William A. Haviland

COMPREHENSIVE, READABLE AND WRITTEN FOR THE STUDENT, HAVILAND'S MARKET-LEADING TEXT, CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, IS A RELEVANT, HIGH-QUALITY TEACHING TOOL. IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, HAVILAND CHALLENGES AND SUPPORTS STUDENTS WITH A THOUGHTFUL LOOK AT THE DIVERSITY OF THE HUMAN CONDITION; AN EXAMINATION INTO THE FIELD OF CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, ITS FINDINGS, AND ITS RELEVANCE; AND THE CONTINUING ROLE OF CULTURAL SURVIVAL ISSUES.

Genres: Anthropology, Nonfiction, Sociology, Textbooks, Social Science, History, Reference

391 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1978

Reviews

[Dimitris Hall · Rating 5 out of 5]

Phew! Finally done with this 500-page+ undertaking of a textbook. Reviewing textbooks is kind of weird, but I have to say that staying with this book and reading it bit by bit over almost a period of two years has made me seriously consider studying (cultural) anthropology more formally. I mean I already have a BA in Cultural Technology, why not add some cultural anthropology in there?

Seriously, after reading this book, my official position is that anthropology is for the humanities what physics is to the hard sciences---psychology would be mathematics and sociology would be chemistry. Just like studying physics, studying anthropology (especially combined with cultural studies) you can't help but look at reality and your circumstances from a more detached standpoint, more objectively as it were. You get to see that your life is the result of the mixture of an endless array of possible sets of circumstances. It teaches humility, it teaches tolerance, curiosity, it awakens a deeper awareness of what being a human person in a world of human and non-human persons is all about.

I still think it's about laughing, cooking and listening to/ playing music, but that's just me.

My favourite chapters were on sex and marriage, art, patterns of subsistence food, language, cultural change and the anthropology of futurology. Any overlap with any of my more general interests, including what I believe to be the fundamentals of human culture as exposed above, is purely coincidental, I swear.

[Talha Güneş · Rating 2 out of 5]

Antropolojinin üniversitede giriş ders kitabı olarak okutulan bir kitabı. Girişte de kitap bunu belirtiyor; ama insan böyle bir kitaptan daha ayrıntılı ve insanoğlunun geçmişten günümüze hangi davranışları niçin getirdiğine dönük daha yorumlamacı ve açıklayıcı cümleler bekliyor. Sadece sınavlarda sorulduğunda yazılması için kitaba konulmuş dünyadaki birsürü klan kabile ve topluluk alışkanlıklarından başka hiçbir şey yok kitapta.

[Lucinda · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good book for getting a basis of the ideas and concepts of anthropology, with plenty of examples pulled from actual anthropologists writings.

[Cihan Deniz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kitabı geniş bir zamanda okudum. Beklentim antropolojiye dair genel bir bilgi edinmekti, bunu fazlasıyla sağladı. Hatta daha derin bir okuma yapma hevesi de verdi diyebilirim.

[Brandon Van · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great resource that introduces and explains introductory concepts in anthropology. I especially enjoyed the perspective of culture as a tool for problem solving in a society.

[Kafamdaki Makine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Antropolojiye giril için ideal bir kitap olmayabilir. Genel bilgiler içeriyor. İleri seviye okuma için kullanılabilir. Kitap yalnızca derste öğretmenimin anlatımı kadar işlevseldi. Birsürü iyi şey öğrendim ve hayatımda bakış açımı değiştiren yepyeni bir bilim oldu. Antropoloji diğer sosyal bilimler gibi insanı besleyen ve geliştiren bir bilim. Kitabın Çoğunluğu ayrıntılarla boğulmuş olsa da bana Antropoloji sevgisi aşıladı...

[Chris Gager · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wow, there are a lot of books with "Cultural Anthropology" in the title! I was searching for the textbook for my intro class at Metro State in Denver in the fall of 1971. This one will have to suffice - close enough. In fact it might even be the right one, but a later edition. I was interested in human behaviour and physical evolution and this stuff was Greek to me... Nomadic Pastoralist, Agrarian, Hunter-Gatherer etc.. I never really got into that side of things even though my major was Anthro. Date read is approximate.

[Magda · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed reading it. Every chapter was different and interesting. I liked that there were lots of examples illustrating definitions and concepts which were given in particular parts of the book. The articles which were put inside every chapter were also absorbing, but in many cases they were put between passages of the text which sometimes made reading a little hectic. By reading it I found out many interesting and surprising things. A Great read.

[Jodi Deda · Rating 4 out of 5]

the newer addition the book I first found at the OKC book fair. I would have never known that one day at the book fair would change a path for me. Im so excited about finally finishing this book and reading the newer 6 new culture studies in the new addition.

[Joshua]

From another great class I took at SCC. A great professor, Gary Shaeffer is his name i thinnk.

[Benjamin Plume · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn't think this was as good as many of my anthro texts, but it has to be hard to put together a complete volume on this topic...

[Apri Apri]

super

[Kevin Keating · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was kinda dated and had tinges of racism, but interesting. Want to read more current stuff to note the difference in cultural relativism.

[Fredrick Danysh · Rating 3 out of 5]

A textbook for the study of anthropology based on human cultures. The roles of climate and social interactions are considered. Several cultures from different regions of the world are highlighted.

[Tata Eito]

very good