Eriksen, Thomas Hylland.

Small places, large issues an introduction to social and cultural anthropology / [electronic resource] : Thomas Hylland Eriksen. - 2nd ed. - London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, c2001. - x, 342 p. : ill. - Anthropology, culture, and society . - Anthropology, culture, and society. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 314-331) and index.

Introduction : comparison and context -- A brief history of anthropology -- Fieldwork and its interpretation -- The social person -- Local organisation -- Person and society -- Kinship as descent -- Marriage and alliance -- Gender and age -- Social hierarchies -- Politics and power -- Exchange -- Production and technology -- Religion and ritual -- Modes of thought -- The challenge of multiple traditions -- Ethnicity -- The politics of identity : nationalism and minorities -- The global, the local, and the global -- Epilogue : and so what?


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