Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Cultural Anthropology is a branch of anthropology that studies the cultural variation among humans. The acquisition of culture occurs due to the processes of socialization ad enculturation. This results is a diversity of cultures across different regions of the world. Some of the theoretical approaches to cultural anthropology are structuralism, post-structuralism, cultural materialism, functionalism, etc. Kinship and family are two primary focus areas of this field. Participant observation, ethnography ad cross cultural comparison approaches are generally used in the study of ethnic groups. This textbook is a comprehensive text on the field of cultural anthropology. Different approaches, evaluations and methodologies and modern studies on cultural anthropology have been included herein. Coherent flow of topics, student-friendly language and extensive use of examples make this book an invaluable source of knowledge." --Provided by publisher

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