Distant Mirrors: America as a Foreign Culture
This book consists of essays written by anthropologists and other scholars using an ethnographic perspective to interpret aspects of American culture. These essays enable readers to understand themselves better by focusing on others in their cultures, giving anthropology a comparative perspective that provides a reflective lens for understanding ourselves in the world in which we live.
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Armstrong, James D.
- ISBN: 978-0-534-55648-8
- EAN: 9780534556488
- Produktnummer: 1704418
- Verlag: Wadsworth Inc Fulfillment
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
- Seitenangabe: 216 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B16.5 cm x D1.2 cm 327 g
- Auflage: 3. A.
- Gewicht: 327
Über den Autor
Philip R. DeVita received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis, and is Professor of Anthropology at the State University of New York, Plattsburgh. Professor DeVita´s teaching and research interests include cultural, economic, linguistic, and psychological anthropology, as well as peoples of the Pacific and cultures of the Canadian Maritimes. Professor DeVita has edited numerous books and anthologies, including THE NAKED ANTHROPOLOGIST: TALES FROM AROUND THE WORLD, AND THE HUMBLED ANTHROPOLOGIST: TALES FROM THEPACIFIC, both published by Wadsworth.James D. Armstrong is Professor of Anthropology at the State University of New York, Plattsburgh, where he teaches courses on Israeli culture, sexuality, methods, and global problems. He has done extensive fieldwork on identity and social organization in modern-day Israel, and published articles on mainstream Israeli culture, extensionist semantics, and engaged pedagogy.
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