Mirror Humanity: A Concise Introduction to Cultural Anthropology: 2026 Release ISE
1. What Is Anthropology?
2. Culture
3. Doing Anthropology
4. Language and Communication
5. Making a Living
6. Political Systems
7. Families, Kinship, and Marriage
8. Gender
9. Religion
10. Ethnicity and Race
11. Applying Anthropology
12. The World System, Colonialism, and Inequality
13. Anthropology's Role in a Globalizing World
Mirror for Humanity is a brief introduction to sociocultural anthropology, also covering linguistic and applied anthropology. Its shorter length increases instructors' options for assigning additional readings, such as case studies, within a one-semester course. Mirror for Humanity can also work well in a quarter system, for which traditional texts may be too long. While presenting cultural anthropology's core concepts and topics, Mirror also aims to demonstrate anthropology's relevance to our 21st-century world. The text instills an appreciation of the breadths of cultures; of cultural anthropology as a field; and how an anthropological approach can build on, and help make sense of, the experiences that students bring to the classroom.
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