Fifty Key Anthropologists (Routledge Key Guides)

✍ Scribed by Robert J. Gordon, Harriet Lyons, Andrew Lyons

Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2010
Tongue: English
Leaves: 321
Series: Routledge Key Guides
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Fifty Key Anthropologists surveys the life and work of some of the most influential figures in anthropology. The entries, written by an international range of expert contributors, represent the diversity of thought within the subject, incorporating both classic theorists and more recent anthropological thinkers. Names discussed include: Clifford Geertz Bronislaw Malinowski Zora Neale Hurston Sherry B. Ortner Claude L?vi-Strauss Rodney Needham Mary Douglas Marcel Mauss This accessible A-Z guide contains helpful cross-referencing, a timeline of key dates and schools of thought, and suggestions for further reading. It will be of interest to students of anthropology and related subjects wanting a succinct overview of the ideas and impact of key anthropologists who have helped to shape the discipline.

✦ Table of Contents

BOOK COVER......Page 1
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CONTENTS......Page 7
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF CONTENTS......Page 11
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 13
INTRODUCTION......Page 19
FIFTY KEY ANTHROPOLOGISTS......Page 24
APPENDIX 1: Some key anthropological terms......Page 290
APPENDIX 2: Timeline......Page 297
INDEX......Page 300

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