Applying Cultural Anthropology: An Introductory Reader

<H2>Fieldwork<H3>1. Shakespeare in the Bush Laura Bohannan (Natural History, 1966)<h3>2. Eating Christmas in the Kalahari Richard Borshay Lee (Natural History, 1969)<h3>3. Maxwell’s Demons: Disenchantment in the FieldJanet McIntosh<H2>Kinship and Family<h3>4. When Brothers Share a WifeMelvyn C. Goldstein (Natural History, 1987)<h3>5. How Many Fathers Are Best for a Child?Meredith F. Small (Discover, 2003)<h3>6. “To Give up on Words”: Silence in Western Apache CultureKeith H. Basso (Southwestern Journal of Anthropology, 1970)<h3>7. How Families Work: Love, Labor and Mediated Oppositions in American Domestic RitualMark Auslander<H2>Ritual and Religion<h3>8. Body Ritual Among the NaciremaHorace Miner (American Anthropologist, 1956)<h3>9. Ritual in the Operating RoomPearl Katz<h3>10. Plastic Red Rituals: There's More to That Cup Than You ThinkKrystal D'Costa<h3>11. The Adaptive Value of Religious RitualRichard Sosis (American Scientist, 2004)<H2>Food and Agriculture<h3>12. The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human RaceJared Diamond (Discover, 1987)<h3>13. The Forgotten Population: Youth, Food Insecurity, and the Global Food CrisisCraig Hadley, Tefera Belachew, David Lindstrom, Fasil Tessema<h3>14. Chinese Table Manners: You Are How You EatEugene Cooper (Human Organization, 1986)<H2>Gender and Sexuality<h3>15. Talk in the Intimate Relationship: His and HersDeborah Tannen<h3>16. Measuring Up to Barbie: Ideals of the Feminine Body in Popular CultureJacqueline Urla and Alan C. Swedlund<h3>17. Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving?: Anthropological Reflections on CulturalRelativism and Its OthersLila Abu-Lughod (American Anthropologist, 2002)<h3>18. Gay Marriage and AnthropologyLinda S. Stone (Anthropology News, 2004)<h3>19. “Strange Country This”: An Introduction to North American Gender DiversityWill Roscoe (Changing Ones, 1998)<H2>Medical Anthropology<h3>20. It Takes A Village Healer: Anthropologists believe traditional medicine can remedy Africa's aids crisis. Are They Right?Matthew Steinglass<h3>21. The Viral SuperhighwayGeorge Armelagos (The Sciences, 1998)<h3>22. Culture and the Evolution of ObesityPeter J. Brown (Human Nature, 1991)<h3>23. Pocahontas Goes to the Clinic: Popular Culture as Lingua Francain a Cultural BorderlandCheryl Mattingly (American Anthropologist, 2006)<H2>Money and Conflict<h3>24. Anthropologist Takes Inner-City Children on Shopping SpreesElizabeth Chin<h3>25. Just Another Job?: The Commodification of Domestic LaborBridget Anderson<h3>26. Conflict and Confluence in Advertising MeetingsRobert J. Morais (Human Organization, 2007)<H2>Law and Conflict<h3>27. Law, Custom, and Crimes against Women: The Problem of Dowry Death in IndiaJohn van Willigen and V. C. Channa (Human Organization, 1991)<h3>28. The Kpelle MootJames L. Gibbs Jr. (Africa, 1963)<h3>29. Sacred Barriers to Conflict Resolution 192Scott Atran, Robert Axelrod, Richard Davis (Science, 2007)<h3>30. Army Enlists Anthropology in War ZonesDavid Rohde (New York Times, 2007)<h3>31. Contemporary Warfare in the New Guinea HighlandsAaron Podolefsky (Ethnology, 1984)<H2>Environment, Poverty, & Development<h3>32. Are the Desert People Winning?Robert Sapolsky<h3>33. Two Rights Make a Wrong: Indigenous Peoples VersusEnvironmental Protection AgenciesRichard Reed<h3>34. Moral Fibers of Farmer Cooperatives: Creating Poverty and Wealth with Cotton in Southern MaliScott M. Lacy (2008)<h3>35. Family Planning Outreach and Credit Programs in Rural BangladeshSidney Ruth Schuler and Syed M. Hashemi (Human Organization, 1995)<H2>Globalization and Culture Change<h3>36. The Search for Sustainable Markets: The Promise and Failures of Fair TradeJulia Smith (Culture & Agriculture, 2007)<h3>37. Globalization from the Ground UpDave Crawford<h3>38. The Price of Progress 273John H. Bodley (Victims of Progress, 1999)