Small Places, Large Issues by Thomas Hylland Eriksen

Small Places, Large Issues by Thomas Hylland Eriksen

This concise introduction to social and cultural anthropology has become a modern classic, revealing the rich global variation in social life and culture. The text provides a clear overview of anthropology, focusing on central topics such as kinship, ethnicity, ritual and political systems, offering a wealth of examples that demonstrate the enormous scope of anthropology and the importance of a comparative perspective. Unlike other texts on the subject, Small Places, Large Issues incorporates the anthropology of complex modern societies. Using reviews of key monographs to illustrate his argument, Eriksen's lucid and accessible text remains an established introductory text in anthropology. This new edition is updated throughout and increases the emphasis on the interdependence of human worlds. There is a new discussion of the new influence cultural studies and natural science on anthropology. Effortless bridging the perceived gap between "classic" and "contemporary" anthropology, Small Places, Large Issues is as essential to anthropology undergraduates as ever.

This book fills a gap in the market and fills it in an exemplary fashion-- Journal of Area Studies

Thomas Hylland Eriksen is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo and former President of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA). He is the author of numerous classics of anthropology, including Small Places, Large Issues, Ethnicity and Nationalism and What is Anthropology?

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ISBN 13	9780745330495
ISBN 10	0745330495
Title	Small Places, Large Issues
Author	Thomas Hylland Eriksen
Series	Anthropology Culture And Society
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pluto Press
Year published	2010-06-04
Number of pages	376
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