Building a New Biocultural Synthesis - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Building a New Biocultural Synthesis write by Alan H. Goodman. This book was released on 1998-10-28. Building a New Biocultural Synthesis available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. DIVShows the potential for a reintegrated, critical, and politically relevant biocultural anthropology /div
Building a New Biocultural Synthesis
Building a New Biocultural Synthesis - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Building a New Biocultural Synthesis write by Alan H. Goodman. This book was released on 2010-03-23. Building a New Biocultural Synthesis available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Anthropology, with its dual emphasis on biology and culture, is--or should be--the discipline most suited to the study of the complex interactions between these aspects of our lives. Unfortunately, since the early decades of this century, biological and cultural anthropology have grown distinct, and a holistic vision of anthropology has suffered. This book brings culture and biology back together in new and refreshing ways. Directly addressing earlier criticisms of biological anthropology, Building a New Biocultural Synthesis concerns how culture and political economy affect human biology--e.g., people's nutritional status, the spread of disease, exposure to pollution--and how biological consequences might then have further effects on cultural, social, and economic systems. Contributors to the volume offer case studies on health, nutrition, and violence among prehistoric and historical peoples in the Americas; theoretical chapters on nonracial approaches to human variation and the development of critical, humanistic and political ecological approaches in biocultural anthropology; and explorations of biological conditions in contemporary societies in relationship to global changes. Building a New Biocultural Synthesis will sharpen and enrich the relevance of anthropology for understanding a wide variety of struggles to cope with and combat persistent human suffering. It should appeal to all anthropologists and be of interest to sister disciplines such as nutrition and sociology. Alan H. Goodman is Professor of Anthropology, Hampshire College. Thomas L. Leatherman is Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of South Carolina.
Building a New Biocultural Synthesis: Case studies and examples : contemporary populations
Building a New Biocultural Synthesis: Case studies and examples : contemporary populations - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Building a New Biocultural Synthesis: Case studies and examples : contemporary populations write by Alan H. Goodman. This book was released on 1998. Building a New Biocultural Synthesis: Case studies and examples : contemporary populations available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
New Directions in Biocultural Anthropology
New Directions in Biocultural Anthropology - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook New Directions in Biocultural Anthropology write by Molly K. Zuckerman. This book was released on 2016-10-17. New Directions in Biocultural Anthropology available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Biocultural or biosocial anthropology is a research approach that views biology and culture as dialectically and inextricably intertwined, explicitly emphasizing the dynamic interaction between humans and their larger social, cultural, and physical environments. The biocultural approach emerged in anthropology in the 1960s, matured in the 1980s, and is now one of the dominant paradigms in anthropology, particularly within biological anthropology. This volume gathers contributions from the top scholars in biocultural anthropology focusing on six of the most influential, productive, and important areas of research within biocultural anthropology. These are: critical and synthetic approaches within biocultural anthropology; biocultural approaches to identity, including race and racism; health, diet, and nutrition; infectious disease from antiquity to the modern era; epidemiologic transitions and population dynamics; and inequality and violence studies. Focusing on these six major areas of burgeoning research within biocultural anthropology makes the proposed volume timely, widely applicable and useful to scholars engaging in biocultural research and students interested in the biocultural approach, and synthetic in its coverage of contemporary scholarship in biocultural anthropology. Students will be able to grasp the history of the biocultural approach, and how that history continues to impact scholarship, as well as the scope of current research within the approach, and the foci of biocultural research into the future. Importantly, contributions in the text follow a consistent format of a discussion of method and theory relative to a particular aspect of the above six topics, followed by a case study applying the surveyed method and theory. This structure will engage students by providing real world examples of anthropological issues, and demonstrating how biocultural method and theory can be used to elucidate and resolve them. Key features include: Contributions which span the breadth of approaches and topics within biological anthropology from the insights granted through work with ancient human remains to those granted through collaborative research with contemporary peoples. Comprehensive treatment of diverse topics within biocultural anthropology, from human variation and adaptability to recent disease pandemics, the embodied effects of race and racism, industrialization and the rise of allergy and autoimmune diseases, and the sociopolitics of slavery and torture. Contributions and sections united by thematically cohesive threads. Clear, jargon-free language in a text that is designed to be pedagogically flexible: contributions are written to be both understandable and engaging to both undergraduate and graduate students. Provision of synthetic theory, method and data in each contribution. The use of richly contextualized case studies driven by empirical data. Through case-study driven contributions, each chapter demonstrates how biocultural approaches can be used to better understand and resolve real-world problems and anthropological issues.
Tools for Developing a Biocultural Community Protocol
Tools for Developing a Biocultural Community Protocol - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Tools for Developing a Biocultural Community Protocol write by Krishna Prasad Oli. This book was released on 2015. Tools for Developing a Biocultural Community Protocol available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
