Anthropology : : A Student's Guide to Theory and Method / / Stanley Barrett.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Barrett, Stanley,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2022]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (270 p.)

What makes this book unique is its attempt to integrate theory and method within a single work. Starting with nthropology's foundations in the late nineteenth century, Stanley R. Barrett brings the reader up to date on such topics as the influence of postmodern and feminist criticism, changes in ethnographic style, and the shift from scientific to humanistic discourse. He discusses the power relationships between anthrolpologists and thei subjects, from the era of colonialism through that of contemporary cultural pluralism. Barrett shows that, in recent decades, a serious gap has emerged between theory and method - a gap that will untilately have to be addressed by today's students.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the First Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- 1 Unleashing the Anthropologist: A Historical Overview -- PART ONE: BUILDING THE DISCIPLINE -- 2 Theory -- 3 Method -- PART TWO: PATCHING THE FOUNDATION -- 4 Theory -- 5 Method -- PART THREE: DEMOLITION AND RECONSTRUCTION -- 6 Theory -- 7 Method -- PART FOUR: ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION -- 8 The Last Frontier: How to Analyse Qualitative Data -- 9 Taming the Anthropologist: The World Ahead -- Bibliography -- Index