Talking about people

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How do people learn and experience their culture? How do people make a living? What does it mean to be in a family? How do we make sense of peoplesâ beliefs and ritual practices? In exploring questions such as these, this cultural anthropology reader focuses on contemporary global concerns and includes a significant number of articles by authors from outside the United States.A dynamic development in the fourth edition is the inclusion of â Anthropology and Public Debateâ sections, in which opposing anthropological arguments on current hot topics are featured. In addition, â Doing Fieldworkâ essays consider the nature and dilemmas of fieldwork, the changing status of the field, the nature of anthropological learning in the field, and ethical issues and dilemmas.