Anthropology: What Does It Mean to Be Human? - Softcover

"The authors are right on target with their calls for a 'less is more' approach to a four-field introductory text. We need to make the anthropological perspective both unique and relevant, and it seems that Anthropology: What Does It Mean to Be Human? will meet this requirement, especially considering the short time we have to present the myriad topics in our field. The volume is an excellent one and should be very successful. It covers the entirety of the four fields and does so in a very up-to-date manner."--Thomas Offit, Baylor University "The authors are right on target with their calls for a 'less is more' approach to a four-field introductory text. We need to make the anthropological perspective both unique and relevant, and it seems that Anthropology: What Does It Mean to Be Human? will meet this requirement, especially considering the short time we have to present the myriad topics in our field. The volume is an excellent one and should be very successful. It covers the entirety of the four fields and does so in a very up-to-date manner."--Thomas Offit, Baylor University "The authors are right on target with their calls for a 'less is more' approach to a four-field introductory text. We need to make the anthropological perspective both unique and relevant, and it seems that Anthropology: What Does It Mean to Be Human? will meet this requirement, especially considering the short time we have to present the myriad topics in our field. The volume is an excellent one and should be very successful. It covers the entirety of the four fields and does so in a very up-to-date manner."--Thomas Offit, Baylor University "The authors are right on target with their calls for a 'less is more' approach to a four-field introductory text. We need to make the anthropological perspective both unique and relevant, and it seems that Anthropology: What Does It Mean to Be Human? will meet this requirement, especially considering the short time we have to present the myriad topics in our field. The volume is an excellent one and should be very successful. It covers the entirety of the four fields and does so in a very up-to-date manner."--Thomas Offit, Baylor University

A unique alternative to more traditional, encyclopedic introductory texts, Anthropology: What Does It Mean to Be Human? takes a question-oriented approach that illuminates major concepts for students. Structuring each chapter around an important question, the authors explore what it means to be human, incorporating answers from all four subfields of anthropology-cultural anthropology, biological anthropology, linguistic anthropology, and archaeology-and offering a more balanced perspective than other texts. They address central issues of the discipline, highlighting the controversies and commitments that are shaping contemporary anthropology.