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Cultural Anthropology
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TENTH EDITION
Cultural Anthropology
An Applied Perspective
Gary Ferraro
Susan Andreatta
Australia • Brazil • Japan • Korea • Mexico • Singapore • Spain • United Kingdom • United States
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To Stefan and Stephanie—aka “The Steffersons”—who embody the
values of multiculturalism, cross-cultural understanding, and the insights
of cultural anthropology.
GPF
For Tim—Thank you for your love and for understanding the
value of anthropological fieldwork.
SLA
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Brief Contents
Preface xix
About the Author xxvii
1 What Is Anthropology? 3
3 Applied Anthropology 51
8 Economics 183
15 Art 369
Glossary 418
Reference 426
Credits 437
Index 439
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Detailed Contents
Preface xix
About the Author xxvii
CHAPTER 1
What Is Anthropology? 3
A Letter to Students 3
Physical (Biological) Anthropology 6
Evolutionary Record of Humans 6
Primatology 6
Physical Variations among Humans 7
Archaeology 8
Applied Perspective Applying Archaeology in Post
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Cultural Universals 36
Basic Needs 37 CHAPTER 3
Culture Is Adaptive and Maladaptive 38 Applied Anthropology 51
Cultures Are Generally Integrated 39
Applied Anthropology 52
Cultural Interconnections 39
All Anthropologists Are Not Applied
Cross-Cultural Miscue 41 Anthropologists 52
Cultures Change 41 Applying the Anthropological Perspective 53
Inventions and Innovations 42 Recent History of Applied Anthropology 55
Cultural Diffusion 42 The Ethics of Cultural Anthropology:
Linked Changes 44 Ethnographic and Applied 56
“Primitive” Cultures 45
Cross-Cultural Miscue 57
Culture and the Individual 45
Anthropologists’ Major Areas of Ethical
Contemporary Issues Young Male Japanese Shut-Ins: Responsibility 59
A Culture-Specific Disorder 46
Ethical Consideration in Private and Public
New Twenty-First-Century Tools for the Study of Sectors 59
Cultures 47 Funding Applied Research 60
Summary 48 Specialized Roles of Applied Anthropologists 60
Key Terms 48 Examples of Applied Anthropology 61
Critical Thinking Questions 49 An Ethnographic Study of Postdisaster Relief
Online Study Resources 49 (Development Anthropology) 61
Agrochemical Effects on the Human and Natural
Environments (Environmental Anthropology) 63
The Greater Use of Anthropological
Knowledge 64
Career Opportunities in Applied
Anthropology 65
How to Start to Become an Applied
Anthropologist 66
Medical Anthropology 66
Cross-Cultural Miscue 67
Environmental Anthropology 67
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CHAPTER 4
The Growth of Anthropological
Theory 73
Evolutionism 74
Evolutionism in Brief 76
Diffusionism 76
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Summary 148
Key Terms 149 CHAPTER 8
Critical Thinking Questions 149 Economics 183
Online Study Resources 149
Economics and Economic Anthropology 183
Cross-Cultural Examination of Economic
Systems 184
CHAPTER 7 The Allocation of Natural Resources 185
Subsistence Patterns 151 Hunters and Gatherers 185
Pastoralists 186
Human Adaptation 153
Contemporary Issues 187
Adapting to One’s Environment 153
Horticulturalists 188
Environment and Technology 155
Intensive Agriculturalists 188
Applied Perspective Fighting Hunger with Edible Production 189
Insects 157 Units of Production 190
Major Food-Getting Strategies: Subsistence 158
Cross-Cultural Miscue 191
Hunting-and-Gathering Societies 158
Division of Labor 191
Applied Perspective Niche Marketing for Local Distribution of Goods and Services 195
Commercial Fishermen 165 Reciprocity 195
Food-Producing Societies 166 Redistribution 197
Cross-Cultural Miscue 167 Market Exchange 200
Cross-Cultural Miscue 173 Cross-Cultural Miscue 201
Resistance to Industrial Agriculture: An Applied An Applied Perspective Cruise Liners and the
Perspective 177 Environment: When do the environment and its local
Community Gardens 177 inhabitants matter more than profit? 203
Farmers’ Markets 178 Globalization of World Economies 205
Back-to-the-Land-Movement 178 Views on Globalization 206
Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms 178
An Applied Perspective Helping Clean up a Problem:
Fishery Projects 178
A local charity recycles hotel soaps to kill germs
Summary 179
around the world 207
Key Terms 179
Summary 209
Critical Thinking Questions 180
Key Terms 209
Online Study Resources 180
Critical Thinking Questions 210
Online Study Resources 210
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Divorce 233
CHAPTER 9 Marriage: Continuity and Change 234
Marriage and the Family 213 Family Structure 235
The Nuclear Family 235
Marriage and the Family 214
The Extended Family 236
Sexual Union 215
Permanence 215 Cross-Cultural Miscue 237
Common Residence 216 Modern-Day Family Structure 237
Marriage and the Family: Functions 216 Summary 238
Key Terms 239
Cross-Cultural Miscue 216
Critical Thinking Questions 239
Young Children Raising a Family 217
Online Study Resources 239
Mate Selection: Who Is out of Bounds? 218
Inbreeding Theory 218
Family Disruption Theory 218
Theory of Expanding Social Alliances 219 CHAPTER 10
Mate Selection: Whom Should You Marry? 219 Kinship and Descent 241
Rules of Exogamy 219
Rules of Endogamy 220 Kinship Defined 242
Arranged Marriages 220 Using Kinship Diagrams 244
Preferential Cousin Marriages 222 Principles of Kinship Classification 245
Generation 245
Applied Perspective A Crisis of Births: Family Making
Sex or Gender 245
in Italy 223
Lineality versus Collaterality 245
The Levirate and Sororate 224
Consanguineal versus Affinal Kin 245
The Role of Romantic Love and Courtship 224
Relative Age 245
Number of Spouses 226
Sex of the Connecting Relative 246
Monogamy 226
Social Condition 246
Polygyny 226
Side of the Family 246
Polyandry 228
Cross-Cultural Miscue 246
Economic Considerations of Marriage 229
Bridewealth 229 The Formation of Descent Groups 246
Bride Service 231 Unilineal Descent Groups 247
Dowry 231 Contemporary Issues 248
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Summary 258
Key Terms 259
Critical Thinking Questions 259
Online Study Resources 259
CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 11
Social Stratification 291
Sex and Gender 261
Dimensions of Social Inequality 291
Sex Is Biological and Gender Is Cultural 261 Types of Societies 293
Gender Is Cultural 262 Egalitarian Societies 294
Cross-Cultural Miscue 263 Rank Societies 294
Human Sexuality 264 Stratified Societies 295
Homosexuality 266 Cross-Cultural Miscue 300
Gender Roles 267
Contemporary Issues “Education Is the Way out of
Gender and Subsistence 269
Poverty!” Easier Said than Done? 301
Applied Perspective Umoja Uaso: A Women’s Village
Racial and Ethnic Stratification 304
in Kenya 270
Race and Ethnicity in the United States 306
Child Rearing for Men and Women 272
Cross-Cultural Miscue 307
Gender and Language 274
Race and Intelligence 308
Gender Stratification 274
Forms of Intergroup Relations 309
Applied Perspective Son Preference: New Reproductive
Theories of Stratification 310
Technologies and Family Building Strategies in
The Functionalist Interpretation 310
India 276
Education 278
Employment 279
Reproductive Health 279
Finance 280
Gender Ideology 281
Exploitation Caused by Gender Ideology 282
Cross-Cultural Miscue 284
Gender in the United States 285
Summary 287
Key Terms 288
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CHAPTER 13
Political Organization and Social CHAPTER 14
Control 317 Belief Systems 343
Types of Political Organization 318 Defining Religion 344
Band Societies 318 Problems of Defining Religion 344
Tribal Societies 319 Religion and Magic 345
Chiefdoms 320 Contemporary Issues Religious Freedom
State Societies 321 in Florida 346
Applied Perspective Are the Poarch Creek Sorcery and Witchcraft 347
a Tribe? 322 Cross-Cultural Miscue 348
Variations in Political Structures 327 Functions of Religion 348
Social Control 327 Social Functions of Religion 348
Applied Perspective Anthropology in the Psychological Functions of Religion 350
Courtroom 328 Applied Perspective Anthropology and
Universal Mechanisms Found in All Types of Medicine 351
Societies 330 Types of Religious Organization 352
Individualistic Cults 352
Shamanistic Cults 353
Communal Cults 354
Cross-Cultural Miscue 356
Ecclesiastical Cults 357
Religion: Continuity and Change 359
Globalization of World Religions 361
Religious Change in the Twenty-First Century:
The Rise of Fundamentalism 363
Christian Fundamentalism 363
Islamic Fundamentalism and Religious
Nationalism 364
Contemporary Issues When Religious Values Conflict
with Individual Values: A Cross-Cultural Example 365
Religious Change and Technology 366
Summary 366
Key Terms 367
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xvi ■ Detailed Contents
Glossary 418
Reference 426
Credits 437
Index 439
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Feature Contents
APPLIED
PERSPECTIVE
Applying Archaeology in Post Katrina New Orleans 10 Climate Change Preparing for Resettlement for Environmental
Applying Anthropology to the Field of Economic Refugees 232
Development 18 The Ethnography of Homeless Youths in the United States 257
Cross-Cultural Coaching 33 Umoja Uaso: A Women’s Village in Kenya 270
If the Food Won’t Kill You, the Cooking Will 68 Son Preference: New Reproductive Technologies and Family
The New Hope Antipoverty Program 86 Building Strategies in India 276
Climate Change: Food and Water Insecurity 112 Diabetes among Mexican Americans 311
What Do You Do with a Degree in Anthropology? 119 Are the Poarch Creek a Tribe? 322
Endangered Languages Saved by Digital Technology 130 Anthropology in the Courtroom 328
Applied Anthropology and Internet Communication 147 Anthropology and Medicine 351
Fighting Hunger with Edible Insects 157 Anthropologist-Turned-Detective Finds Stolen African Statues 385
Niche Marketing for Local Commercial Fishermen 165 A Cultural Anthropologist Revitalizes the Small Town of Star,
Cruise Liners and the Environment: When do the environment North Carolina 404
and its local inhabitants matter more than profit? 203 Climate Change Adaptation through Micro-insurance in
Helping Clean up a Problem: A local charity recycles hotel Ethiopia 410
soaps to kill germs around the world 207 Want to Work in an International Economic Development
A Crisis of Births: Family Making in Italy 223 Program? 413
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
Young Male Japanese Shut-Ins: A Culture-Specific Disorder 46 “Education Is the Way out of Poverty!” Easier Said than
Water, Culture, and Power: When Is It Too Late to Act? 91 Done? 301
Becoming a Teacher of English to Non-Native English Religious Freedom in Florida 346
Speakers 133 When Religious Values Conflict with Individual Values:
Preserving Andean Fiber Textiles through Biodiversity 187 A Cross-Cultural Example 365
Does the gender of the anthropologist influence Where Is the Line Between Art and Body
his or her findings? 248 Parts? 380
CROSS-CULTURAL MISCUE
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Preface
Applied cultural anthropology has become increasingly educate for cultural competency, it only makes sense to
multifaceted, making it necessary to introduce material make our introductory courses as relevant and applied
from new collaborators with diverse, yet complemen- as possible.
tary, backgrounds, experiences, and research interests. The theme of applied anthropology runs through-
Both authors share a strong applied focus in their work out this text. While providing a comprehensive intro-
as well as a similar, compatible vision of the importance duction to the field, Cultural Anthropology: An Applied
of an applied perspective within the discipline and, par- Perspective, Tenth Edition, goes beyond the presentation
ticularly, the need for an applied focus in introductory- of academic anthropology and thoroughly integrates
level anthropology courses. the application of anthropological theory, methods,
Whereas Gary Ferraro has concentrated for the past and examples to contemporary situations that students
several decades on the applied areas of the anthropol- are likely to encounter in the world around them.
ogy of business, education, and organizational struc- The applied perspective is further highlighted by the
tures, Susan Andreatta has focused her professional chapter opening cases and the features called Applied
attention on environmental and medical anthropology. Perspectives and Cross-Cultural Miscues. In addition, Con-
Since 2008 Ferraro and Andreatta have co-conducted temporary Issues boxes draw attention to issues in the
five workshops at the annual meetings of the Society for field and events, as well as helps students relate to
Applied Anthropology and the American Anthropolog- the anthropological perspective in everyday life. The
ical Association dealing with how anthropology courses Applied Perspectives, which appear in boxed format in
can be made more applied in their focus. And in 2013, all sixteen chapters, demonstrate how cultural anthro-
Andreatta and Ferraro collaborated on a briefer ver- pology actually has been used to solve specific societal
sion of this introductory textbook in cultural anthro- problems in such areas as medicine, the environment,
pology titled Elements of Culture: An Applied Perspective. education, government, architecture, business, and
From the beginning, this text has had two major economic development. There are a total of thirty new
purposes. First, the book is designed to introduce uni- boxed features in the tenth edition, including twelve
versity undergraduates to the field of cultural anthro- new Applied Perspective boxes. For example, in Chap-
pology by drawing on the rich ethnographic examples ter 3 students learn about the use of cook stoves in Peru
found within the discipline. With its comparative and the local health implications of food preparation,
approach to the study of cultural diversity, the text and in Chapter 11 students are introduced to a shelter
provides a comprehensive overview of the discipline. for abused woman in Kenya. And in Chapter 16 a new
Second, the text goes beyond the basic outline of Applied Perspective box illustrates how research find-
introductory materials by examining how the theory, ings from an environmental anthropologist helped in
insights, and methods of cultural anthropology have the development of a drought insurance program in
been applied to those contemporary situations that Ethiopia.
students, both majors and non-majors, are likely to Over the past decade a number of leading intro-
encounter in their professional and personal lives. ductory textbooks in the field have, to one degree or
The popularity of applied anthropology has grown another, included some applied case studies in boxed
steadily in the past two decades, largely as a result of the format. We consider this imitation to be the sincerest
discipline’s recognition of the need to become more form of flattery. Nevertheless, the Applied Perspec-
relevant to our everyday lives. Now that we are more tive case studies in this text differ in some important
than two decades into the age of globalization, few respects. For example, each case study is selected to
would deny the need for our students to become cul- illustrate how certain understandings from each chapter
turally competent, irrespective of what occupation(s) have been applied to the solution of significant soci-
they might pursue. Enabling today’s undergradu- etal problems; there are more in-depth applied case
ates to cope more effectively with cultural diversity is studies in this text than in the others; and each of the
hardly an empty catchphrase. Because cultural anthro- case studies is followed by Questions for Further Thought,
pology, even in its traditional (nonapplied) form, has designed to encourage students to think critically about
always been the academic discipline best positioned to the broader implications of the applied case.
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The second applied feature of this textbook is big human challenges of the twenty-first century facing
Cross-Cultural Miscues. These short scenarios, which all people—namely, climate change, overurbanization
also appear in all sixteen chapters, illustrate the nega- in developing countries, environmental degradation,
tive consequences of failing to understand cultural the spread of world health pandemics, the rise of mili-
differences. There are fourteen new Cross-Cultural tant religious fundamentalism, and the widening gap
Miscues in the tenth edition. To illustrate, one new between the rich and the poor throughout the world.
miscue box from Chapter 2 shows how even an anthro- There are also five new Contemporary Issue boxes
pologist (who should know better) can ask culturally in the book, dealing with such topics as “Water, Culture,
inappropriate questions when operating abroad, and and Power: When Is It Too Late to Act?” (Chapter 4),
in Chapter 3 a traveler in Indonesia may have benefit- the competition for high levels of academic achieve-
ted from some knowledge of medical anthropology ment between rich and poor students in the United
before panicking when seeing people using train-tracks States (Chapter 12), and the conflict between secular
for electric therapy. And in Chapter 16, students see values in the United States and religious values in the
how a failure to understand how what motivates one’s Islamic World (Chapter 14).
culturally different workforce can cause a US business In addition to the smooth integration of applied
person to shoot himself in the foot when operating in illustrations into the overall text, an applied perspec-
an overseas context. tive (using both positive and negative case studies) is
A third applied feature of this tenth edition is tied to a wide range of professional areas, including,
short, chapter-opening case studies designed to catch but not limited to, the following:
the attention of students and remind them that the
International businesspeople Product designers
study of cultural anthropology really is relevant to
International development Public health officials
our lives. These introductory case studies (like the
workers Public school educators
Applied Perspectives and the Cross-Cultural Miscues)
Market researchers Social workers
are designated with the “SWAP” feature icon. This
Medical caregivers University professors
acronym stands for “share with a parent” (or a friend)
Postwar nation builders
and directly illustrates to students the importance and
necessity for understanding culture—what it is and how Because our case studies are tied to a variety of
it changes—as an individual living in today’s world. Stu- occupational areas, students will be more likely to
dents should use these SWAP features to counter the relate the concepts, findings, methods, and theories of
inevitable questions from their parents and friends: cultural anthropology to their own future work lives in
“You’re taking what? What possible benefit can you get the twenty-first century. Tying anthropological insights
from studying cultural anthropology? How will anthro- to specific jobs is particularly important in the increas-
pology get you a job?” Accompanying the Applied ingly tight job market in the twenty-first century. And,
Perspectives, the Cross-Cultural Miscues, and the in fact, hiring criteria in most free market economies
chapter-opening case studies, the SWAP icon appears have changed. By and large employers no longer hire
45 times throughout the text. Thus, there is more than an on the basis of what a job candidate knows or whether
adequate number of illustrations to show why tuition one’s degree is from a first-rate institution. Instead,
money is not being wasted when undergraduates take they want to know: Can you add value to the organiza-
courses in, or even major in (heaven forbid!), cultural tion? Do you have the skills and competencies needed
anthropology. to be creative and to solve future problems which do
Please note that Chapters 1 and 16 start with letters not even exist yet? Although it is true that many of the
(rather than opening scenarios) written to the students skills needed by today’s employers are not being taught
by us. The opening letter to students in Chapter 1 explicitly at institutions of higher learning, many are
tells students essentially what we are telling you in this being taught.
preface—namely, the nature of the book’s applied per- So, if young people are to be successful in the
spective, what it is designed to accomplish, and how to school-to-work transition, they need to learn as much
get the most from the book. Because most professors as possible about our rapidly changing workplace in
do not require their students to read the preface, we addition to (not instead of) their chosen fields of study.
decided to put this information in the beginning of Applying anthropology in the work place, such as using
the first chapter so that they would understand from their acquired cultural sensitivity to multiethnic differ-
day one what we are trying to do with the applied ences, immigration, and globalization are needed in
focus. And, we open Chapter 16 with a closing letter today’s workforce. Yet, some students may be interested
to the students designed to introduce them to the in getting involved in nongovernmental organizations
capstone chapter, remind them of the importance of and working on applied projects that facilitate making
the applied features of the text, and show them how a difference in local communities here and abroad,
anthropological understandings and sensitivities are this text provides numerous examples inspiring such
absolutely essential for the resolution of those really thinking and action. Students must “know themselves”
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well enough to identify what future professions or jobs 5. The updating and improvement of the art program
would be most satisfying to them. with new photos, tables, graphs, and maps.
Given the present-day realities of transitioning
from school to work, we feel that the applied focus of
this textbook is particularly germane for today’s stu-
dents. Each of our applied case studies deals with using Changes by Chapter
anthropological insights for the solution of problems
and challenges faced by people from a variety of profes- Chapter 1: What Is Anthropology?
sions and occupying a wide range of jobs. All features, 1. Added a new section explaining the differ-
including the Applied Perspectives, Cross-Cultural Mis- ence between applied anthropology and applying
cues, Contemporary Issues, and chapter-opening sce- anthropology.
narios encourage students to appreciate the types of 2. The chapter includes a new Applied Perspective box
skills and competencies needed by people who work dealing with an applied archaeologist working in
in jobs that require interacting with culturally different post-Katrina New Orleans.
people. In today’s global marketplace it is difficult to
3. A new section has been introduced on how archae-
imagine any job that would not require cross-cultural
ologists are now studying contemporary urban
skills and sensitivities when dealing with customers, cli-
garbage dumps in the United States to determine
ents, patients, or students, either at home or abroad.
consumption patterns and to provide data used by
Over the past decade an increasing number of cul-
urban policy makers.
tural anthropologists have agreed with our basic prem-
ise: that an introductory text with an applied focus was 4. A new example of ethnocentrism has been added.
long overdue. Anthropology instructors at many differ- 5. The discussion of cultural relativism has been reor-
ent types of institutions—public and private, large and ganized to make it more understandable.
small, two-year and four-year—have adopted the first 6. The section on anthropology’s role in enhancing
nine editions of this book. As well received as the previ- understanding has been streamlined.
ous editions have been, however, there is always room
7. New data have been added on the percentage of
for improvement. Responding to many helpful sugges-
those accepted to college who choose to defer
tions of reviewers, we have made the following changes
admission to college to take a gap year in some
in the tenth edition.
other culture.
8. The final section of the chapter titled “The Bottom
Line” was rewritten with an eye toward succinctness
General Changes and clarity.
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3. Added examples from Afghanistan in the section 6. A new case study has been added describing how a
on division of labor that addresses women gaining recent college senior learned (through new kinship-
employment. specific information technology) that she was the
4. Updated statistics for international labor and the use great-great-great-great granddaughter of the col-
of children. lege’s first graduate in 1814.
5. Introduced a new Applied Perspective box on what
happens to used hotel soap and how nongovern-
mental organizations are using the business of recy- Chapter 11: Sex and Gender
cling soap to help people around the world. 1. Added discussion on same-sex relationships.
6. Introduced another Applied Perspective box on 2. Added examples of stay at home fathers and
cruise ships in Alaska and increased pollution. fatherville.
3. Added examples of women in the developing world
risking everything for an education, (e.g., example
Chapter 9: Marriage and the from Pakistan of girl who was shot by the Taliban for
Family speaking out for girls getting an education).
1. Introduced a new chapter-opening case study on 4. Added examples of women in the developing world
same-sex families adopting children. and their poor reproductive health.
2. Introduced a new Applied Perspective box on pre- 5. Introduced a Cross-Cultural Miscue that focuses
paring for resettlement because of climate change. on humor in the work place at an international
women’s crisis shelter.
3. Introduced an example of Sumburu women in
Kenya and the development of a village for abused 6. Introduced an Applied Perspective box on Umoja,
women only, changing the traditional division of Kenya a women’s village (shelter) that emerged for
labor; here women do men’s work as well. abused women.
4. Updated statistics of children with HIV and AIDS 7. Introduced an Applied Perspective box on “Son
and the impact AIDS has on the children and added Preference: New Reproductive Technologies and
examples from orphaned children with AIDS. Family Building Strategies in India.”
5. Added an example of dowry deaths in India.
6. Added examples of the modern family in the United
States changing composition with college-age
Chapter 12: Social Stratification
students moving back home. 1. A new Cross-Cultural Miscue box has been added
dealing with a culture clash between an American
and his Japanese joint venture partners which
Chapter 10: Kinship and Descent ended badly.
1. A new Cross-Cultural Miscue box about an 2. A new Contemporary Issues box discussing how
incident of intercultural misunderstanding there is never a level playing field when rich and
that occurred in Saudi Arabia between a North poor students in the United States compete for high
American woman and her local Saudi landlord, levels of achievement in education.
has been added to the chapter. 3. The data on the relationship between educational
2. A new Contemporary Issues box now introduces attainment and annual income has been updated
the idea that the gender of the cultural anthropolo- using the most recent census data.
gist can influence the extent to which patrilineal 4. The latest (2013) Fortune data on the world’s wealthi-
descent groups are male oriented. est billionaires (and their nationalities) has been
3. Added a new discussion of how kinship roles and incorporated into this chapter.
obligations in western countries are being “out- 5. The latest data on income inequities in the United
sourced” on a “fee-for-service” basis. States (since the “great recession of 2008”) have
4. There is a new expanded section on twenty-first- been included.
century information technology useful for tracking 6. A new discussion has been added on the changing
kinship relations. nature of traditional ethnic neighborhoods in
5. An expanded discussion has been added on repro- New York City.
ductive technologies (e.g., in vitro fertilization, 7. The discussion on occupational prestige in the
surrogate motherhood), which are making our United States has been updated to show how people
traditional notions of parenthood more difficult rank certain occupations after the financial melt-
to define. down of 2008.
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8. The latest data from the World Bank (2011) has an “esplanade (campus) of religions” housing sev-
been used to update the ten wealthiest and the ten eral Buddhist temples, a Jewish synagogue, and an
poorest nations in the world (according to gross Islamic mosque.
national income). 5. In the section on “globalization of world religions,”
a new discussion appears on the demographic shift
in the Roman Catholic Church from Europe to the
Chapter 13: Political Organization “Global South” (comprised of Latin America, Africa,
and Social Control and South Asia).
1. The applied Perspective box on the Poarch Creek 6. There is now a brief update on the relationship
Tribe from Alabama has been updated to show the between religion and politics in the United States
significant changes in the community’s economic since the 2004 presidential election.
development that have occurred in the twenty-first 7. A new Contemporary Issues box has been added
century. that illustrates the conflict between secular values in
2. The section on “Gender and the Modern State” the United States and religious values in the Islamic
has been updated to show the modest advances in world.
women’s participation in government worldwide
during the twenty-first century.
Chapter 15: Art
3. The section on “Changing State Systems of Govern-
ment” has included the most recent data on the 1. The case of the Denver Museum taking the lead in
relationship between democracies and autocracies researching and posting the names of artists from
in world governments. small-scale societies has been added to this chapter,
illustrating how some museums are ending the prac-
4. This same section now includes a major addition on tice of putting more importance on who owns a piece
the findings and methodologies of the 2012 Failed
of nonwestern art than on the artist who made it.
States Index published annually since 2005 by the
Fund for Peace. 2. To illustrate how relatively segregated (by class)
some forms of art are in the United States, we have
5. The multipage section dealing with social control
included an example of a “random act of culture,”
has been reorganized by dividing the various
whereby the Philadelphia Opera Company held an
mechanisms of social control into those found in
impromptu performance of the “Toreador Song”
(a) all types of societies, (b) small-scale societies,
from “Carmen” at the crowded Reading Terminal
and (c) state societies.
Market.
6. New to Chapter 13 is an Applied Perspective case
3. To illustrate how music can play a role in disrupting
study showing an applied anthropologist’s role as an
the status quo, the music of one courageous rapper
expert witness in two court cases involving American
from Tunisia was shown to be the major impetus
Indians.
for the series of revolutions occurring in the Middle
7. Chapter 13 now contains a new Cross-Cultural East known as the Arab Spring.
Miscue illustrating how a United States diplomat
4. The contemporary issue box dealing with the return
failed to understand the symbolism of touching his of a tattooed Maori head by the Museum of Rouen,
Kuwaiti counterpart with his left hand. France, was updated to include information about
the actual repatriation of the body part.
Chapter 14: Belief Systems 5. A new Cross-Cultural Miscue has been added to
Chapter 15 showing how humor often does not
1. A new Cross-Cultural Miscue dealing with the
translate smoothly from one culture to another.
Chinese belief system of feng shui has been added
to this edition.
2. Updated information on the growing popularity of Chapter 16: Global Challenges and
the Wiccan movement has been included in this the Role of Applied Anthropology
edition.
1. Two new Cross-Cultural Miscues have been added.
3. A new section has been added on the relative reli- The first involves a US businessman working in
gious knowledge of practitioners of various religious Singapore who fails to realize the meaning of a
denominations in the United States based on the hand gesture he uses when conversing with his
Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life (2010). Singaporean employees. The second new miscue
4. The tenth edition now includes an interesting involves the president of a US timber company
example of a French city’s (Bussy Saint Georges) working in Latin America who fails to understand
response to new immigrant religions by building the proper incentives for recruiting local workers.
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2. The chapter also contains two new Applied Per- Ferraro/Andreatta, Tenth Edition This assessment
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July 2.—Almost the Glorious Fourth of July. How
shall we celebrate? Know of no way except to pound
on the bake tin, which I shall do. Have taken to
rubbing my limbs, which are gradually becoming
more dropsical. Badly swollen. One of my teeth came
out a few days ago, and all are loose. Mouth very
sore. Battese says: “We get away yet.” Works around
and always busy. If any news, he merely listens and
don’t say a word. Even he is in poor health, but never
mentions it. An acquaintance of his says he owns a
good farm in Minnesota. Asked him if he was married
—says: “Oh, yes.” Any children? “Oh, yes.” This is as
far as we have got his history. Is very different from
Indians in general. Some of them here are
despisable cowards—worse than the negro.
Probably one hundred negroes are here. Not so
tough as the whites. Dead line being fixed up by the
rebels. Got down in some places. Bought a piece of
soap, first I have seen in many months. Swamp now
in frightful condition from the filth of camp. Vermin
and raiders have the best of it. Capt. Moseby still
leads the villains.
THE RAIDERS PUT DOWN.