Applying cultural anthropology : readings / [edited by] Gary Ferraro.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ferraro, Gary P.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Applied anthropology.

Ethnology.

Physical Description:

ix, 250 pages ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Belmont, CA : Wadsworth Pub. Co., [1998]

Summary:

The reader offers a selection of 39 articles written in the words of those cultural anthropologists who are making their discipline useful.... Realizing that many other articles could have been included, the categories and the articles contained with them, are meant to be suggestive rather than exhaustive. The reader can be used effectively as a supplement to any introductory textbook in cultural anthropology. The readings would be appropriate for undergraduate level courses in applied anthropology. The intent of this reader is twofold. First, it is to provide undergraduate anthropology students with a wide range of examples as to how the discipline is making meaningful contributions to the mitigation of human problems. And second, [the editor hopes] to convey, through the words of the practicing anthropologists themselves, some of the challenges and rewards involved in making cultural anthropology useful. -Pref.

Contents:

Medicine: Practicing sociomedicine / M. Boone; Promoting cultural sensitivity in nursing practice / S. Sharma; Role transformation in a refugee health program / L. Rasbridge; Cultural aspects of women's health care / A. Kielich & L. Miller

Business: Cultural dimension of international business / G. Ferraro; Corporate anthropologists / J. Laabs; Contrasts in discussion behaviors of German and American managers / R. Friday; Talking from 9 to 5 / D. Tannen; Need for linguistic proficiency in global business / G. Ferraro; Cultural anthropology in market research / A. Waterston

Education: American Indian beliefs and whole language learning / W. Kasten; Reflective practice and anthropology in culturally diverse classrooms / E. Jacob; Anthropology and race / M. Cohen; Anthropology in child care / J. Green

Government and the law: Monitoring emergency shelter for homeless families in New York City / A. Dehavenon; Working in a prison organization / J. Alexander; Gypsy identity, names and social security numbers / A. Sutherland

Economic development: Women's groups and income generation in Switzerland / E. Green; Fuelwood and tree consumption in four Philippine communities / B. Wallace.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

0534533248

OCLC:

37878223