Anthropology For Beginners

by Micah J. Fleck, Luca F. Carey (Illustrator)

Overview

Anyone living today could form the impression that humanity is essentially fractured and fragmented; that we’re split up along ethnic, geographic, cultural, national, and ideological lines. This is the societal reality. But in Anthropology For Beginners, Micah J. Fleck asks us to take a big step backward and look at the full picture, as if we were aliens who stumbled upon planet Earth and glimpsed its inhabitants. We would see a myriad of languages, practices, religious rites, food palettes, clothing styles, and leisure activities—all of which belong to the same curious species: Homo sapiens. Where did it come from? How did it develop so many different ways of being? And most importantly, what do its members have in common?

Anthropology is the field that sets out to answer these questions. Micah J. Fleck provides a history not only of humankind, but of anthropology itself—giving anyone with an interest in the subject a solid background of its key figures and developments.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781939994776
Publisher:	For Beginners
Publication date:	03/17/2020
Series:	For Beginners
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	1,004,741
File size:	14 MB
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Age Range:	17 - 18 Years

About the Author

Micah J. Fleck received his degree in anthropology from Columbia University. He is a writer, editor, and researcher who has appeared in various publications as well as on public television discussing topics such as education, the learning brain, gender, and the anthropology of political populism.

Luca F. Carey lives in the Bronx and paints pictures of monsters and beautiful horrific visions from other dimensions. He is an alumnus of the Savannah College of Art and Design.

Table of Contents

Foreword xiii

Introduction 1

1 What Is Anthropology? (And What It Is Not) 3

2 The Scientific Turn 23

3 Early Humans 45

4 Modern Insights 78

5 Four Subfields, A Unique Advantage 120

6 Future Frontiers 127

Glossary 133

Further Reading 137

About the Author 139

About the Illustrator 139