The Anthropological Lens
Harsh Light, Soft Focus

A revised version covers new topics and reflects recent changes in perspective and language.

James L. Peacock (Author)

9780521808385, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 13 December 2001

176 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1.4 cm, 0.37 kg

Anthropology is a complex, wide-ranging, and ever-changing field. This clear, coherent, and well-crafted book is a revised version of a very successful text first published in 1986, designed to supplement standard textbooks and monographs. It covers the central concepts, distinctive methodologies, and philosophical as well as practical issues of cultural anthropology, and it is accessible to the anthropological novice, and of value to the professional. The updated version covers current issues in cultural anthropology, and includes topics such as globalization, gender, post-modernism and public issues, and reflects changes in perspective and language.

1. Substance
2. Methodology
3. Significance.

Subject Areas: Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography [JHMC], Sociology & anthropology [JH], Cultural studies [JFC]