Book Summary of Introduction to Anthropology
Explore the most fascinating, creative, dangerous, and complex species alive today: you and your neighbors in the global village. With compelling photos, engaging examples, and select studies by anthropologists in far-flung places, the authors of INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY provide a holistic view of anthropology to help you make sense of today's world. With this text you will discover the different ways humans face the challenge of existence, the connection between biology and culture in the shaping of human behavior, and the impact of globalization on peoples and cultures around the world.
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Key Features
- This text provides a solid foundation to the basic concepts that apply to all aspects of audio production.
- Comprehensive and current coverage of all technical and industry standards makes this book an excellent reference for students.
- Outstanding art and photo program provides crisp and clean illustrations for a technically based course, visually reinforcing student understanding of difficult technical concepts.
- Reviewers praise the clear writing style, which is succinct and appropriate for the introductory audio production student.
- The "Occupations in Audio" section gets students thinking about career opportunities in the field.
- This edition features expanded coverage of advances in digital technology, production and surround sound.
- The author has added new sections on voice-overs (including voice acting) and transfers.
- Expanded coverage of sound design includes separate revised chapters on "Sound Design," "Sound Effects," and a focused chapter on postproduction music, "Music Underscoring," that provides broader coverage of the ways in which music enhances content.
Table Of Contents
- 1. The Essence of Anthropology.
- 2. Biology and Evolution.
- 3. Living Primates.
- 4. Field Methods in Archaeology & Paleoanthropology.
- 5. Macroevolution and the Early Primates.
- 6. The First Bipeds.
- 7. Early Homo and the Origins of Culture.
- 8. Pre-modern Humans and the Elaboration of Culture.
- 9. The Global Expansion of Homo sapiens and Their Technology.
- 10. The Neolithic Transition: The Domestication of Plants and Animals.
- 11. The Emergence of Cities and States.
- 12. Modern Human Diversity: Race and Racism.
- 13. Human Adaptation to a Changing World.
- 14. The Characteristics of Culture.
- 15. Ethnographic Research: Its History, Methods, and Theories.;16. Language and Communication.;17. Social Identity, Personality, and Gender.
- 18. Patterns of Subsistence.
- 19. Economic Systems.
- 20. Sex, Marriage, and Family.
- 21. Kinship and Descent.
- 22. Grouping by Gender, Age, Common Interest, and Class.
- 23. Politics, Power, and Violence.
- 24. Spirituality, Religion, and the Supernatural.
- 25. The Arts.
- 26. Processes of Change.
- 27. Global Challenges, Local Responses, and the Role of Anthropology.