Anthropology Anywhere: Understanding Lived Experience

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Anthropology Anywhere is a concise introduction to the field of cultural anthropology that challenges students to think anthropologically and integrates a social justice perspective. Broken into four parts, the text opens by defining anthropology and culture and outlines research methods anthropologists use today. The book then foregrounds issues of identity before addressing the mechanics of how societies are structured. Lauren Elizabeth Miller offers instructors an updated approach to ways of thinking about classic anthropological concepts including kinship and political organization. A rich pedagogical program includes part introductions and syntheses to help readers make sense of how seemingly diverse concepts connect to one another, case studies that apply concepts from each chapter to real-life scenarios, and globalization boxes that highlight the utility of anthropological concepts in diverse cultural settings.

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Lauren Millers Anthropology Anywhere reflects the skilled pedagogy of a dedicated educator with the sophistication and insightfulness of an experienced anthropologist. Readable, relatable and accessible, Anthropology Anywhere offers a fresh approach to learning cultural anthropology that is at once engaging and engrossing. -- Katie Nelson, Inver Hills Community College
Anthropology Anywhere is a desperately needed intervention into the largely stagnant world of introductory cultural anthropology textbooks. Miller structures the work to reflect how actual anthropologists working today think through concepts and issues critical to understanding the human condition. This book will undoubtedly elevate students comprehension of the discipline. -- Steve Moog, Texas A&M University-Central Texas
Engaging, informative, thorough a textbook for contemporary students. Writing in the first person, Miller welcomes readers by explaining concepts professionally and appropriately, using examples from diverse cultures, her own research, and from popular culture. Chapters utilize a refreshing humanistic lens. Miller's theme of anthropologys goal will invigorate student audiences. -- John M. Coggeshall, Clemson University
Anthropology Anywhere combines the traditional content of anthropological textbooks with a fresh approach and new intersections of classic concepts. The authors use of her own lived experiences and updated examples illustrates the content in a way that will make this a textbook that students will find relatable and readable. -- Heidi Bludau, Vanderbilt University
This introduction offers a friendly, challenging guide through essential insights for understanding why we live as we do. Fully engaged with the rich contemporary practices of cultural anthropologyI cant wait to read alongside students opening their consciousness to the messy, multiple, marvelous ways we can be human. -- David Syring, University of San Diego
For as long as I have known Lauren Miller, she has been an educator first. Anthropology Anywhere testifies to this. Building incrementally, Miller applies key concepts to contemporary examples with engaging and holistic flare. Her beautifully written text shows how, now more than ever, anthropology is necessary, anywhere and everywhere. -- Anthony Kwame Harrison, Alumni Distinguished Professor, Virginia Tech

Author Bio

Lauren Elizabeth Miller is associate professor of anthropology at Texas Tech University. She is the author of In Search of Legitimacy: How Outsiders Become Part of the Afro-Brazilian Capoeira Tradition (2016), Apprenticeship Pilgrimage (2018), and Graceful Resistance (2023). She studies performance and tourism in Latin America and the U.S.