Anthropology & the Global World: An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
Edition: 2
Copyright: 2023
Pages: 230
Edition: 2
Copyright: 2023
Pages: 230
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Anthropology & the Global World: An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology presents a global perspective on humanity and on human culture, poverty, exploitation, work, beliefs, and the primary institutions that make up human societies. The text takes a traditional approach to chapters, presenting a range of anthropological topics typical to the study of social and cultural anthropology. The aim is to introduce students to the discipline while sensitizing readers to human differences, cultural diversity, global inequities, impacts of colonization, culture and language loss, systemic racism, and other endemic problematics of our highly globalized world. It also studies the relationship between non-industrial and industrial societies, such as the impacts of development projects, multi-national corporations and aggressive industrialization.
As a Canadian-authored text, Anthropology & the Global World: An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology seeks to portray Canada as a part of a global mosaic. Throughout the Chapters, the text provides a range of Canadian examples and case studies relevant to a Canadian reader, or those interested in Canada. Beyond that, there’s been an attempt made to illustrate and discuss the plight of Canada’s First peoples who continue to face ongoing colonization and, assimilation, expropriation, language loss, land loss, and systemic racism.
Preface
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 A Global World: Anthropology in the 21st Century
Chapter 2 Being in the Field: Research in Anthropology
Chapter 3 Cultural Identity and Worldview
Chapter 4 Key Ideas in Cultural Anthropology
Chapter 5 Explorations in Economic Anthropology
Chapter 6 Kinship, Marriage and Gender
Chapter 7 Religion and Spirituality
Chapter 8 Global Realities and the Culture of Change
Glossary
References
Index
Christine Elsey is a Professor Emeritus in the School of Culture, Media and Society at the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, where she started teaching in 1995.
Prior to arriving at UFV, she taught at the Simon Fraser University Secwepemc program in Kamloops, at Langara College and at Columbia College in Vancouver, B.C. She obtained her MA (1984) and Ph.D. (2001) in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Simon Fraser University. In 2013, she published a single author monograph entitled, “The Poetics of Land and Identity Among British Columbia Indigenous Peoples”, by Fernwood Press. She has also authored many peer-reviewed papers, government commissioned reports, book reviews, and articles/chapters. She continues to teach anthropology and cannot imagine a time when this will not be an abiding passion.
Christine is grateful to live on the unceded traditional territories of the Tsliel-watuth, Squamish, and Musqueam peoples, and is also grateful to have spent her career on the unceded territory of the Stó: lō people.
The primary significance of Anthropology & the Global World lies in its introduction to cultural (social) anthropology as a discipline shedding light on the myriad ways anthropological knowledge and expertise can be used to understand some of the most pressing issues in the world today. While several introductory anthropology textbooks provide similar background information on key concepts and theories, the primary significance of this book lies in its direct engagement with historical and contemporary Canadian examples, especially with respect to indigenous struggles and decolonizing work. As someone who has used several different anthropology textbooks over the years I do feel the publication offers a valuable contribution with respect to its rich case studies drawing on Canadian content.
Comment from a Peer Reviewer
Anthropology & the Global World has the potential for being a significant textbook/a textbook that grapples with significant and important issues. It is fairly original in its approach – as far as I know, there are not many introduction level books that use a critical lens to focus on colonialism (and purposefully insert colonialism-related topics as much as possible).
Comment from a Peer Reviewer
Most books AREN’T like Anthropology & the Global World, so I definitely do agree this approach is rare and this text could help fill the vacuum.
Comment from a Peer Reviewer
Anthropology & the Global World has a Canada-specific lens, a persistent focus on indigenous issues, globalization consequences, etc., all while also being an introductory text for anthropology (I’m seeing using it for my intro class right now!)
Comment from a Peer Reviewer
Anthropology & the Global World: An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology presents a global perspective on humanity and on human culture, poverty, exploitation, work, beliefs, and the primary institutions that make up human societies. The text takes a traditional approach to chapters, presenting a range of anthropological topics typical to the study of social and cultural anthropology. The aim is to introduce students to the discipline while sensitizing readers to human differences, cultural diversity, global inequities, impacts of colonization, culture and language loss, systemic racism, and other endemic problematics of our highly globalized world. It also studies the relationship between non-industrial and industrial societies, such as the impacts of development projects, multi-national corporations and aggressive industrialization.
As a Canadian-authored text, Anthropology & the Global World: An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology seeks to portray Canada as a part of a global mosaic. Throughout the Chapters, the text provides a range of Canadian examples and case studies relevant to a Canadian reader, or those interested in Canada. Beyond that, there’s been an attempt made to illustrate and discuss the plight of Canada’s First peoples who continue to face ongoing colonization and, assimilation, expropriation, language loss, land loss, and systemic racism.
Preface
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 A Global World: Anthropology in the 21st Century
Chapter 2 Being in the Field: Research in Anthropology
Chapter 3 Cultural Identity and Worldview
Chapter 4 Key Ideas in Cultural Anthropology
Chapter 5 Explorations in Economic Anthropology
Chapter 6 Kinship, Marriage and Gender
Chapter 7 Religion and Spirituality
Chapter 8 Global Realities and the Culture of Change
Glossary
References
Index
Christine Elsey is a Professor Emeritus in the School of Culture, Media and Society at the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, where she started teaching in 1995.
Prior to arriving at UFV, she taught at the Simon Fraser University Secwepemc program in Kamloops, at Langara College and at Columbia College in Vancouver, B.C. She obtained her MA (1984) and Ph.D. (2001) in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Simon Fraser University. In 2013, she published a single author monograph entitled, “The Poetics of Land and Identity Among British Columbia Indigenous Peoples”, by Fernwood Press. She has also authored many peer-reviewed papers, government commissioned reports, book reviews, and articles/chapters. She continues to teach anthropology and cannot imagine a time when this will not be an abiding passion.
Christine is grateful to live on the unceded traditional territories of the Tsliel-watuth, Squamish, and Musqueam peoples, and is also grateful to have spent her career on the unceded territory of the Stó: lō people.
The primary significance of Anthropology & the Global World lies in its introduction to cultural (social) anthropology as a discipline shedding light on the myriad ways anthropological knowledge and expertise can be used to understand some of the most pressing issues in the world today. While several introductory anthropology textbooks provide similar background information on key concepts and theories, the primary significance of this book lies in its direct engagement with historical and contemporary Canadian examples, especially with respect to indigenous struggles and decolonizing work. As someone who has used several different anthropology textbooks over the years I do feel the publication offers a valuable contribution with respect to its rich case studies drawing on Canadian content.
Comment from a Peer Reviewer
Anthropology & the Global World has the potential for being a significant textbook/a textbook that grapples with significant and important issues. It is fairly original in its approach – as far as I know, there are not many introduction level books that use a critical lens to focus on colonialism (and purposefully insert colonialism-related topics as much as possible).
Comment from a Peer Reviewer
Most books AREN’T like Anthropology & the Global World, so I definitely do agree this approach is rare and this text could help fill the vacuum.
Comment from a Peer Reviewer
Anthropology & the Global World has a Canada-specific lens, a persistent focus on indigenous issues, globalization consequences, etc., all while also being an introductory text for anthropology (I’m seeing using it for my intro class right now!)
Comment from a Peer Reviewer