Fifty Key Anthropologists (Routledge Key Guides) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415461057 ISBN 13: 9780415461054

Publisher: Routledge, 2010

Synopsis

Fifty Key Anthropologists surveys the life and work of some of the most influential figures in anthropology. The entries, written by an international range of expert contributors, represent the diversity of thought within the subject, incorporating both classic theorists and more recent anthropological thinkers. Names discussed include:

• Clifford Geertz
• Bronislaw Malinowski
• Zora Neale Hurston
• Sherry B. Ortner
• Claude Lévi-Strauss
• Rodney Needham
• Mary Douglas
• Marcel Mauss

This accessible A-Z guide contains helpful cross-referencing, a timeline of key dates and schools of thought, and suggestions for further reading. It will be of interest to students of anthropology and related subjects wanting a succinct overview of the ideas and impact of key anthropologists who have helped to shape the discipline.

About this title

About the Author

Robert Gordon is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Vermont, USA, and Research Associate at the University of the Free State, South Africa. He is the author of The Bushman Myth and Going Abroad: How to Travel Like an Anthropologist.

Andrew Lyons is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada, and current editor-in-chief of Anthropologica.

Harriet Lyons is Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the University of Waterloo, Canada. Her books include Irregular Connections: A History of Anthropology and Sexuality with Andrew Lyons.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415461057
• ISBN 13: 9780415461054
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Gordon Robert, Lyons Harriet, Lyons Andrew