Visions of Culture : An Annotated Reader

Contents: Introduction. I. Founders: 1. Edward Tylor. 2. Lewis Henry Morgan. . Franz Boas. 4. Emile Durkeim. II. The Nature of Culture: 5. Alfred Kroeber. 6. Ruth Benedict. 7. Edward Sapir. 8. Margaret Mead. III. The Nature of Society:9. Marcel Mauss. 10. Bronislaw Malinowski 11.A.R. Radcliffe-Brown. 12. Edward E. Evans-Pritchard. IV. Evolutionary, Adaptionist and Materialist Theories. 13. Leslie A. White. 14. Julian Steward. 15. Marvin Harris. 16. Eleanor Burke Leacock. V. Structures, Symbols, and Meaning: 17. Claude Levi-Strauss. 18. Victor Turner. 19. Clifford Geertz. 20. Mary Douglas. VI. Structures, Practice, Agency and Power: 21. James W. Fernandez. 22. Sherry B. Ortner. 23. Pierre Bourdieu. 24. Eric R. Wolf. 25. Marshall D. Shalins. Index.

The book explores the diverse visions of culture that anthropology provides. Even though it is a text written for students, no one who either teaches at a University or writers for student audience can ignore this compilation. (Jacket)