| Description |
12 audio discs (approximately 720 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iV, 114 pages ; 19 cm). |
| Playing Time |
120000 |
| Series |
Great courses |
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Great courses (Compact disc)
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| Performer |
Lectures by Edward Fischer, Vanderbilt University. |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
| Summary |
Professor Fischer delivers lectures on anthropology, the study of human societies and comparative customs, emphasizing in particular pre-capitalist societies and the things which pre-capitalist societies and modern societies have in common. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. lecture 1. The study of humanity ; lecture 2. The four fields of anthropology ; lecture 3. Culture and relativity ; lecture 4. Fieldwork and the anthropological method ; lecture 5. Nature, nurture, and human behavior ; lecture 6. Languages, dialects, and social categories ; lecture 7. Language and thought ; lecture 8. Constructing emotions and identities ; lecture 9. Magic, religion, and codes of conduct ; lecture 10. Rites of passage ; lecture 11. Family, marriage, and incest ; lecture 12. Multiple spouses and matrilineality -- pt. 2. lecture 13. Gatherers and hunters ; lecture 14. Headmen and horticulturists ; lecture 15. Cannibalism and violence ; lecture 16. The role of reciprocity ; lecture 17. Chiefdoms and redistribution ; lecture 18. Cultural contact and colonialism ; lecture 19. Cultures of capitalism ; lecture 20. Is economics rational? ; lecture 21. Late capitalism: from Ford to Disney ; lecture 22. The Maya, ancient and modern ; lecture 23. Maya resurgence in Guatemala and Mexico ; lecture 24. The Janus face of globalization. |
| Subject |
Anthropology.
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Ethnology.
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Anthropology. (OCoLC)fst00810196
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Ethnology. (OCoLC)fst00916106
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| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings. (OCoLC)fst01411639
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Lectures. (OCoLC)fst01919935
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Sound recordings.
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Lectures.
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Speaches.
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| Added Author |
Teaching Company.
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| ISBN |
1565859197 |
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9781565859197 |
| Music No. |
4617 Teaching Company |
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