Stories of Culture and Place: An Introduction to Anthropology

by Kirsten Smillie, Michael G. Kenny, Kirsten Smille

Book Overview

Stories of Culture and Place makes use of one of anthropology's most enduring elements--storytelling--to introduce students to the excitement of the discipline. The authors invite students to think of anthropology as a series of stories that emerge from cultural encounters in particular times and places. References to classic and contemporary ethnographic examples--from Coming of Age in Samoa to Coming of Age in Second Life--allow students to grasp...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487593708
• ISBN13: 9781487593704
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.5" x 9.1"