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KEY FEATURES OF CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, THIRTEENTH EDITION

New to this Edition:

• New separate Race and Ethnicity chapter expands coverage of this important topic and helps students understand that race and ethnicity are social and historical constructs.
• Ethnography features have been moved into the main flow of the text or as reading assignments to allow instructors using SAGE Vantage to track students’ responses to questions about this material.
• New topics include gestures and emoticons; culinary thrill seekers (about humans and flavor); climate change and food choice; the gig economy; inequality, race, and COVID; working with female heroin addicts; and designing a picture book for Indigenous kids.
• Coverage of medical anthropology has been increased, with new material on Fadiman’s The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, pandemics and public health emergencies, anthropology and nutrition, the connections among race, health and the environment, COVID 19, elder care, working with heroin addicts, and the health impacts of colonization. Many of the ethnographies are now assignable activities in the Vantage courseware platform.
• Tables, charts, and maps have been updated throughout, and there are more than 300 new references to the latest research.

Key Features:

• Celebrates the role of ethnography in anthropology and introduces students to a wide range of contemporary and historical ethnographies that provide an invaluable record of cultures around the world.
• A carefully developed visual and pedagogical program inspires students to see the world through an anthropological lens.
• The book covers both historical and contemporary theories without any insistence on any particular approach.
• Contemporary, real-world global issues appeal to introductory students from any discipline.
• Anthropology Makes a Difference and The Global and the Local features show students what they can do with an anthropology degree.