Introducing Anthropology : A Graphic Guide

Informationen zum Autor Merryl Wyn Davies: Merryl Wyn Davies, writer and anthropologist, is a former television producer who worked for BBC religious programs for several years. She is the author of Knowing One Another: Shaping An Islamic Anthropology.Piero: Piero is an illustrator, artist, and graphic designer whose work has twice been included in the Royal College of Art in London. He has illustrated many titles. Klappentext Introducing Anthropology traces the evolution of anthropology from ancient Greece to contemporary times. Anthropology's key concepts and methods are explained, and we meet some of its most famous stars, including Franz Boas, Bronislaw Malinowski, E.E. Evans-Pritchard, Margaret Mead, and Claude Levi-Strauss. Zusammenfassung Traces the evolution of anthropology from its genesis in Ancient Greece to its varied forms in contemporary times. This title examines the varieties of self-critical and postmodern anthropologies, and focuses on the leading question - of the impact of anthropology on non-Western cultures. It offers an invitation into anthropology.

Product details

• Authors: Davie, Merryl Wyn Davies, Merryl Wyn Davis, Piero, Merry Wyn-Davis, Merryl Wyn-Davis, Wyn-Davis Merryl
• Assisted by: Piero Pierini (Illustration), Pierini Piero (Illustration), Piero (Illustration)
• Publisher: Icon Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.07.2010
• EAN: 9781848311688
• ISBN: 978-1-84831-168-8
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 122 mm x 170 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Icon Books; Introducing . . .; Introducing . . .; Graphic Guides
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire > Comic; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, RELIGION / General, STUDY AIDS / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural, HISTORY / World, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Physical, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Nonfiction, ANF:Society, Social Sciences: Textbooks & Study Guides, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing Countries, Graphic Guides: Beginners