本教材共16章，从定义、特点、分类、研究方向、研究方法、发展历程、核心概念等方面对文化人类学的基础理论知识和相关研究问题进行详述与探讨；通过分享世界范围内独具特色、鲜为人知的地方文化案例，探讨经济体系、婚姻与家庭、亲属关系、性别身份与角色、社会结构、宗教、艺术、健康与疾病等多元话题，激发学生的学习兴趣。同时，本教材还设有课前引导话题、课后语言与内容练习以及话题深度探讨等教学环节，助于学生提升批判性思维能力。
本教材既可作为我国高校本科生的英语通识选修课和英语专业课教材，又可供有兴趣研究英语文化和世界文化的学生作为课后选读教材。

Chapter 1 Introduction: What Is Anthropology
1.Introduction
2.Physical/Biological Anthropology
3.Archaeology
4.Linguistic Anthropology
5.Cultural Anthropology
6.Conclusion
Chapter 2 What Is Culture
1.Introduction
2.Main Features of Culture
3.Cultural Transmission (Enculturation)
4.Cultural Changes
5.Cultural Universals vs.Cultural Differences
6.Conclusion
Chapter 3 Understanding and Explaining Culture
1.Introduction
2.Nineteenth-Century Evolutionism
3.Boasian Anthropology
4.French Sociology & British Functionalism
5.Materialist Approaches
6.Structuralism & Cognitive Anthropology
7.Recent Theories
8.Conclusion
Chapter 4 Methods of Cultural Anthropology
1.Introduction
2.Ethnography in a Historical Perspective
3.Stages of Field Research
4.Data Collection Techniques
5.Conclusion
Chapter 5 Language and Communication
1.Introduction
2.Uniqueness of Human Language
3.Origin and History of Language
4.Language and Cognition
5.Major Fields of Structural Linguistics
6.Other Branches of Linguistics
7.Sociolinguistics
8.Non-Verbal Communication
9.Conclusion
Chapter 6 Subsistence Strategies
1.Introduction
2.Foraging
3.Horticulture
4.Pastoralism
5.Intensive Agriculture
6.Industrialized Agriculture
7.Conclusion
Chapter 7 Economic Systems
1.Introduction
2.Modes of Production
3.Modes of Distribution
4.Modes of Consumption
5.Conclusion
Chapter 8 Marriage and the Family
1.Introduction
2.Marriage: An Overview
3.Marriage Rules
4.Marriage and Economic Exchange
5.Forms of the Family
6.Residence Patterns
7.Conclusion
Chapter 9 Kinship System
1.Introduction
2.Descent Groups
3.Unilineal Descent Groups
4.Cognatic (Non-Unilineal) Descent Groups
5.Kinship Classification
6.Conclusion
Chapter 10 Sex and Gender
1.Introduction
2.Alternative Sex/Gender
3.Human Sexuality
4.Rites of Passage
5.Gender Roles
6.Is Male Dominance Universal
7.Consequences of Gender Stratification
8.Conclusion
Chapter 11 Social Stratification
1.Introduction
2.Types of Societies
3.Stratified Societies
4.Race, Racism & Ethnicity
5.Patterns of Ethnic Relations
6.Conclusion
Chapter 12 Political Life
1.Introduction
2.Uncentralized Political Organizations
3.Centralized Political Organizations
4.Social Control
5.Conclusion
Chapter 13 Religion and Magic
1.Introduction
2.Functions of Religion
3.Development of Religion
4.Magic
5.Other Practices
6.Types of Religious Organizations
7.Conclusion
Chapter 14 The Arts
1.Introduction
2.Visual Arts
3.Verbal Arts
4.Performing Arts
5.Popular Culture
6.Conclusion
Chapter 15 Health and Illness
1.Introduction
2.Defining Health Problems
3.A Health System
4.Three Theoretical Approaches
5.Global Health Issues
6.Conclusion
Chapter 16 Applied Anthropology
1.Introduction
2.Traditional Applied Anthropology
3.Applied Cultural Anthropology
4.Three Theoretical Approaches to Globalization and International Development
5.Challenges of Globalization
6.Conclusion
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