Visions of Culture: An Annotated Reader

(Paperback, Second Edition)

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Visions of Culture: A Reader, Second Edition, has been revised and expanded with new selections and is coordinated for use with Visions of Culture: An Introduction to Anthropological Theories and Theorists, Fifth Edition. Each selection is prefaced with a brief introduction about the anthropologist and the text. Each primary text is followed by a section titled Queries and Connections, a series of questions designed to help students focus on the central issues in each text and to relate them to other readings.



NEW TO THIS EDITION
Part VII: Neo-Darwinian Evolutionary Theories
25: Leda Cosmides and John Toobey, from The Evolutionary Primer
26: Eric Alden Smith, from Why Do Good Hunters Have Higher Reproductive Success
27. Robert Boyd and Peter Richerson, from Introductionfrom The Origin and Evolution of Culture

Part VIIIThe Ontological Turn
28: Philippe Descola, from Beyond Nature and Culture
29: Tim Ingold, from Anthropology beyond Humanity
30: Bruno Latour, from Introductionfrom Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory

Author Bio

Jerry D. Moore is an archaeologist, writer, editor, and professor of anthropology at California State University Dominguez Hill. Moore has conducted archaeological research in Peru, Mexico, and southern California. He is the author of seven books, and numerous articles and reviews.