Second Ed., Allyn and Bacon. We will explore these similarities and differences from three perspectives. The way these features of culture jointly function, interact and influence behavior is addressed chapter by chapter in instructional text and through anthropological film, the second of our three perspectives.
Anthropological films are powerful visual accounts of diverse cultural practices.
They impact us with the immediacy and reality of cultural differences, the power of cultural norms to shape behavior and the richness of cultural diversity. Their images will remain with you, prompting you to seek to understand diversity and explore the influence your own cultural setting has had on your life experience. The third perspective is presented in Around the World in 30 Years . Here cultural anthropologist Barbara Anderson shares a lifetime of field experiences, taking us to distant places, inviting us to experience and understand. Her accounts are short, readable, entertaining and insightful.