Stories of Culture and Place

Stories of Culture and Place makes use of one of anthropology's most enduring elementsstorytellingto introduce students to the excitement of the discipline. The authors invite students to think of anthropology as a series of stories that emerge from cultural encounters in particular times and places. References to classic and contemporary ethnographic examplesfrom Coming of Age in Samoa to Coming of Age in Second Lifeallow students to grasp anthropology's sometimes problematic past, while still capturing the potential of the discipline. This new edition has been significantly reorganized and includes two new chaptersone on health and one on economic changeas well as fresh ethnographic examples. The result is a more streamlined introductory text that offers thorough coverage but is still manageable to teach.