000287515 000__ 02888cam\a2200337\a\45\0 000287515 001__ 287515 000287515 005__ 20210513105529.0 000287515 008__ 030728s2003\\\\ctu\\\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\d 000287515 010__ $$a 2003545447 000287515 020__ $$a0072548630 (pbk.) 000287515 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocm51525045 000287515 035__ $$a287515 000287515 040__ $$aVTC$$cVTC$$dDLC$$dISE 000287515 042__ $$alccopycat 000287515 049__ $$aISEA 000287515 05000 $$aGN316$$b.T27 2003 000287515 08200 $$a306$$222 000287515 24500 $$aTaking sides :$$bclashing views on controversial issues in cultural anthropology /$$cselected, edited, and with introductions by Robert L. Welsch and Kirk M. Endicott. 000287515 24630 $$aClashing views on controversial issues in cultural anthropology 000287515 250__ $$a1st ed. 000287515 260__ $$aGuilford, Ct. :$$bMcGraw-Hill/Dushkin,$$c2003. 000287515 300__ $$axxi, 392 p. ;$$c24 cm. 000287515 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000287515 5050_ $$aTheoretical orientations: Should cultural anthropology model itself on the natural sciences?; Do native peoples today invent their traditions?; Do museums misrepresent ethnic communities around the world? -- Some specific issues in cultural anthropology: Was Margaret Mead's fieldwork on Samoan adolescents fundamentally flawed?; Does language determine how we think?; Are San Hunter-Gatherers basically pastoralists who have lost their herds?; Do Hunter-Gatherers need supplemental food sources to live in tropical rain forests?; Do sexuality Egalitarian societies exit?; Is it natural for adopted children to want to find out about their birth parents?; Has the Islamic revolution in Iran subjugated women?; Are Yanomami violence and warfare natural human efforts to maximize reproductive fitness?; Do some illnesses exit only among members of a particular culture? -- Ethics in cultural anthropology: Did Napoleon Chagnon and other researchers harm the Yanomami Indians of Venezuela?; Does it matter if Novel Peace Prize Winner Rigoberta Menchu's memoir contains inaccuracies?; Should anthropologists work to eliminate the practice of female circumcision?; Do anthropologists have a moral responsibility to defend the interests of "Less Advantaged" communities? 000287515 520__ $$aThis [text] is a debate-style reader designed to introduce students to controversies in cultural anthropology. The readings, which represent the arguments of leading anthropologists and educators, reflect a variety of viewpoints, and have been selected for their liveliness and substance, their relevance to the topics included in college-level study of cultural anthropology, and because of their value in a debate framework.--Back cover. 000287515 650_0 $$aEthnology. 000287515 7001_ $$aWelsch, Robert Louis,$$d1950- 000287515 7001_ $$aEndicott, Kirk M. 000287515 85200 $$bgen$$hGN316$$i.T27$$i2003 000287515 85641 $$3Table of contents$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/mh041/2003545447.html 000287515 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/mh041/2003545447.html 000287515 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:287515$$pGLOBAL_SET 000287515 980__ $$aBIB 000287515 980__ $$aBOOK 000287515 994__ $$aC0$$bISE