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Seeing Anthropology: Cultural Anthropology Through Film, 3/E
Karl G. Heider, University of South Carolina

ISBN-10: 0205389120
ISBN-13: 9780205389124

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2004
Format: Paper; 512 pp
Published: 05/30/2003

This item has been replaced by Seeing Anthropology: Cultural Anthropology Through Film (with Ethnographic Film Clips DVD), 4/E.

Seeing Anthropology continues to be the only cultural anthropology text available that allows for easy integration of ethnographic films into the introductory cultural anthropology course.

This text truly incorporates films within the text by blending textbook content with fourteen ethnographic film clips that are put in the hands of students. More flexible ordering options are available with the new edition (See New to this Edition section below).

One reviewer says, “The greatest strengths of this text are its unique and skillful use of film clips to enhance student learning…I can think of no better way to extend student learning in anthropology than the use of films, and there is no one more qualified to select and present anthropological films than the author of this book.”

Each film is carefully selected to illustrate the subject of the chapter it accompanies.

“Focus Culture Overview” boxes in each chapter present an in-depth account of a culture that emphasizes the topic discussed in the chapter. Each “Focus Culture” box is accompanied by a locator map.

“Seeing Anthropology” boxes in each chapter give an in-depth look at the related film clip with set-up questions for the student to answer after watching the clip.

Features the readable, personal writing style of the preeminent authority on ethnographic film, Karl Heider.

“Doing Anthropology” boxes include quick exercises that can be done at home and engage students in active consideration of the issues at hand.

Teaches students how to view an ethnographic film.

Comes with an accompanying Instructor's Manual and Test Bank that provides a complete description of each film on the videotape, additional films, and invaluable teaching tips based on the author's 30+ years of teaching film.

New ordering options! The ethnographic film clips are now available on both VHS and CD-ROM.* Instructors may choose the format most appropriate for their students or split their textbook order to offer both options for students. Instructors may also order the textbook alone. Contact your publisher's representative about which option is ideal for you. (*Note: The CD-ROM contains “mpeg” files; this is not a DVD.)

“Hollywood-Style Anthropology,” a new box at the end of each chapter, provides additional Western fiction film or television examples including “Moonstruck,” “Medicine Man,” and “Mr. Baseball.” This new feature brings to life for students how common it is for popular films to grapple with anthropological concepts and problems.

Chapter 14 now includes greatly expanded material on medical anthropology including acute and chronic pain, menopause, immigrant health care, and the anthropology of HIV/AIDS.

An entirely new section on food had been added to the consumption chapter (Ch. 7).

The “Press Watch: Headline Anthropology” feature has been updated to include only references from 2000 and later. These real-life news clippings help students appreciate how often cultural anthropology and its concerns appear in the daily news.

Each chapter now opens with “Ethnography in Stone,” a photo of a bas relief, carved in stone, from Borobudur in Central Java and Angkor Wat in present-day Cambodia. Most of the carved images represent theological, mythological, or dynastic events and accounts, and in the backgrounds of these reliefs one can see a remarkable wealth of everyday life.

The film clip “Number Our Days,” judged too short to be useful by users, has been dropped from this edition.

Each chapter concludes with a “Chapter Summary,” “Key Terms,” “Questions to Think About,” and “Suggestions for Further Reading.”

1. The Study of Human Diversity.

Press Watch: Headline Anthropology.

Introduction.

The Fields of Anthropology.

Anthropology and Other Disciplines.

Key Concepts in Anthropology.

Doing Anthropology: Find the Connections.

Focus Culture: Finding the Connections in Contemporary Bali.

Seeing Anthropology: The Goddess and the Computer.

Hollywood-Style Anthropology: Cultural Interaction in “Passage to India.”

2. Understanding Culture.

Press Watch: Headline Anthropology.

Defining Culture.

Focus Culture: Shared Malay Traditions and Local Variations.

Doing Anthropology: Societies, Cultures, and Subcultures.

The Concept of Race.

The Interaction of Biology and Culture.

Seeing Anthropology: Latah: A Culture-Specific Elaboration of the Startle Reflex in Malaysia. Hollywood-Style Anthropology: Ethnicity in “Smoke Signals.”

3. Doing Anthropology: Fieldwork and Theories.

Press Watch: Headline Anthropology.

Doing Fieldwork.

Focus Culture: Fieldwork Among the Grand Valley Dani of Irian Jaya, Indonesia (West New Guinea).

Writing an Ethnography.

Anthropological Theories: How We Account for Cultural Behavior.

Doing Anthropology: Recognizing the Theory.

Seeing Anthropology: Dead Birds.

Hollywood-Style Anthropology: Different Versions in “Rashomon.”

4. Meanings: Language, Symbols, and Art.

Press Watch: Headline Anthropology.

Language.

Doing Anthropology: Full-Channel Shakespeare.

Symbols, Art, and Identity.

Focus Culture: Art and Ceremony of the Kwa Kwaka' Wakw of the Northwest Coast.

Seeing Anthropology: Box of Treasures.

Hollywood-Style Anthropology: The Cultural Translation of “Darmo.”

5. Psychology and Culture.

Press Watch: Headline Anthropology.

Cultures, Personality, and the Self.

Focus Culture: Cultural Themes in Vietnam.

Learning Styles.

Cognition.

Doing Anthropology: A New Intelligence Test.

Emotions.

Seeing Anthropology: Cultural Themes in Vietnam: How to Behave (Chuyen Tute).

Hollywood-Style Anthropology: Individualism and Groupism in “Mr. Baseball.”

6. Patterns of Production.

Press Watch: Headline Anthropology.

Cultural Adaptation and Production.

The Division of Labor.

Food Production Strategies.

Focus Culture: Horticulture of the Grand Valley Dani.

Doing Anthropology: Food Production Strategies in a Supermarket Culture.

Seeing Anthropology: Dani Sweet Potatoes.

Hollywood-Style Anthropology: Family Farms in “The Milagro Beanfield War.”

7. Distribution and Consumption.

Press Watch: Headline Anthropology.

Distribution: Mechanisms of Exchange.

Focus Culture: The Redistributive Cargo System of the Zinacantan Mayans of Chiapas, Mexico.

Doing Anthropology: Your Own Transactions.

Consumption-Food.

Doing Anthropology: Global Consumption.

Seeing Anthropology: Appeals to Santiago.

Hollywood—Style Anthropology: The Mystique of Food in “Tampopo.”

8. Marriage and Family.

Press Watch: Headline Anthropology.

Definitions and Functions of Marriage.

Forms of Marriage.

Doing Anthropology: Schemas of Love and Marriage.

Marriage as Exchange.

Marriage Rules.

Focus Culture: Marriage and Family in Japan.

Family and Household Forms.

Postmarital Residence Patterns.

Changing Family Forms in Western Cultures.

Seeing Anthropology: Farm Song.

Hollywood-Style Anthropology: The Family in “Moonstruck.”

9. Social Organization and Kinship.

Press Watch: Headline Anthropology.

Class as Category.

Descent Groups.

Focus Culture: Patrilineal Descent of the Nuer of the Upper Nile.

Kinship Terminology Systems.

Non-kin Groupings.

Doing Anthropology: A Second Look at Your Social Groups.

Seeing Anthropology: The Nuer.

Hollywood-Style Anthropology: The Socioliguistics of “Pygmalion.”

10. The Cultural Construction of Gender and Sexuality.

Press Watch: Headline Anthropology.

Differentiating Sexuality and Gender.

How Many Genders? How Many Sexualities? The Puzzle of Homosexuality.

The Role of Gender in Society.

Manifestations of Sexuality.

Doing Anthropology: Expressive Clothing.

Sexual Ethos.

Focus Culture: Gender and Sexuality of the Ju/'hoansi (!Kung San).

Seeing Anthropology: N!ai: The Story of a !Kung Woman.

Hollywood-Style Anthropology: Gender Confusion in “Tootsie.”

11. Power and Politics.

Press Watch: Headline Anthropology.

Power.

Social Control.

Doing Anthropology: Backpacks on Campus.

Focus Culture: Adjudication in a Kpelle Village.

Patterns and Causes of War.

The Nature of Peace.

Seeing Anthropology: The Cows of Dolo Ken Paye: Resolving Conflict among the Kpelle. Hollywood-Style Anthropology: Social Control in “High Noon.”

12. Facing the Supernatural: Magic and Religion.

Press Watch: Headline Anthropology.

Looking for the Roots of Religion.

Doing Anthropology: Magic, Science, and Religion.

Sacred Power.

Focus Culture: Shamanism on the North Coast of Peru.

Rituals.

World Religions and Local Practices.

Seeing Anthropology: Eduardo the Healer.

Hollywood—Style Anthropology: Witchcraft in Massachusetts: “The Crucible.”

13. Culture Change.

Press Watch: Headline Anthropology.

Forces of Change.

Doing Anthropology: Nailing Down Language Change.

Focus Culture: The Changing Trobriand Islands.

Indigenous Rights in a Changing World.

Seeing Anthropology: Trobriand Cricket: An Ingenious Response to Colonialism.

Hollywood-Style Anthropology: To Change or Not in “Who Watches the Watchers?”

14. Medical Anthropology and the Future.

Press Watch: Headline Anthropology.

Medical Anthropology.

Focus Culture: The Suffering and Pain of the Khmer.

The Anthropology of HIV/AIDS.

Doing Anthropology: Illness and Culture.

Final Reflections.

Seeing Anthropology: House of Spirit: Perspectives on Cambodian Health Care.

Hollywood-Style Anthropology: Medical Anthropology and “Medicine Man.”

Appendix A: Thinking About Ethnographic Films.

Appendix B: Code of Ethics of the American Anthropological Association.

Glossary.

Bibliography.

Index.

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Seeing Anthropology: Cultural Anthropology Through Film (Book Alone), 4/E
Heider, Blakely & Blakely
©2007 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 512 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205483550 | ISBN-13: 9780205483556
Brief Description

Seeing Anthropology continues to be the only cultural anthropology text available that allows for easy integration of ethnographic films into the introductory cultural anthropology course.

Visual anthropologists and contributors, Pamela Blakely and Thomas Blakely, professors who have taught many classes with each edition of this textbook and its films, bring their expertise in Ethnographic Methods, African Studies, Comparative Religion, and Women’s Studies to the editing of the fourth edition.

This text truly incorporates films within the text by blending textbook content with sixteen ethnographic film clips that are put in the hands of each student through individual VHS tapes or DVDs.

Susan Buck Sutton, Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis says, “The greatest strengths of this text are its unique and skillful use of film clips to enhance student learning…I can think of no better way to extend student learning in anthropology than the use of films…”
Seeing Anthropology: Cultural Anthropology Through Film (with Ethnographic Film Clips DVD), 4/E
Heider
©2007 | Prentice Hall | Kit/Package/ShrinkWrap; 512 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205512666 | ISBN-13: 9780205512669
Brief Description | Buy from myPearsonStore

Seeing Anthropology continues to be the only cultural anthropology text available that allows for easy integration of ethnographic films into the introductory cultural anthropology course.

Visual anthropologists and contributors, Pamela Blakely and Thomas Blakely, professors who have taught many classes with each edition of this textbook and its films, bring their expertise in Ethnographic Methods, African Studies, Comparative Religion, and Women’s Studies to the editing of the fourth edition.

This text truly incorporates films within the text by blending textbook content with sixteen ethnographic film clips that are put in the hands of each student through individual VHS tapes or DVDs.

Susan Buck Sutton, Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis says, “The greatest strengths of this text are its unique and skillful use of film clips to enhance student learning…I can think of no better way to extend student learning in anthropology than the use of films…”

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Seeing Anthropology: Cultural Anthropology Through Film, Third Edition
Karl G. Heider, University of South Carolina

Seeing Anthropology continues to be the only cultural anthropology text available that integrates ethnographic films into the introductory cultural anthropology course. This text truly incorporates films within the text by blending textbook content with fourteen ethnographic film clips that are put in the hands of students.

“The text is clear and well organized and the text and video are well integrated.”
Francis Rothstein, Towson University

“Seeing Anthropology is a thoughtful work, immediate, and most importantly, does communicate the exciting diversity of cultures to today�s students.”
Nicholas Freidin, Marshall University

“I see Seeing Anthropology as a fine and solid piece of scholarship and pedagogy with a potential to enhance anthropological information with the moving images of a unique film genre, namely ethnographic film.” Michael C. Reinschmidt, California State University, Chico

New, flexible ordering options are available for the third edition. Contact your local publisher�s representative for details.
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Test Item File for Blackboard and CourseCompass, 3/E
Heider
©2004 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement | Estimated Availability : 09/01/2003
ISBN-10: 0205415350 | ISBN-13: 9780205415359
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Test Item File for WebCT, 3/E
Heider
©2004 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement | Estimated Availability : 09/01/2003
ISBN-10: 0205415377 | ISBN-13: 9780205415373
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TestGen EQ: Computerized Test Bank (Download only), 3/E
Heider
©2004 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement; 0 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205415369 | ISBN-13: 9780205415366
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Blockbuster Approach, The: A Guide to Teaching Anthropology with Video
Allyn & Bacon
©2003 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 144 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205381596 | ISBN-13: 9780205381593
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DK/PH Atlas of Anthropology
Prentice Hall
©2005 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 64 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131918796 | ISBN-13: 9780131918795
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InterWrite PRS RF (Personal Response System)
InterWrite PRS & Allyn & Bacon/Longman
©2005 | Prentice Hall | Electronic Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205436951 | ISBN-13: 9780205436958

New Directions in Anthropology
Ember, Ember & Peregrine
©2004 | Prentice Hall | CD-ROM Only; 1 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131835823 | ISBN-13: 9780131835825
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ResearchNavigator.com Guide: Anthropology (Valuepack item only)
Bobbie & Barr
©2007 | Prentice Hall | Paper | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205515452 | ISBN-13: 9780205515455

Strategies in Teaching Anthropology, 5/E
Rice & McCurdy
©2008 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 170 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0136034667 | ISBN-13: 9780136034667
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Study Card for Anthropology
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©2006 | Prentice Hall | Study Card; 8 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205493556 | ISBN-13: 9780205493555
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Themes of the Times for Archaeology (Valuepack item only)
Gardner
©2006 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 80 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205518656 | ISBN-13: 9780205518654

iClicker Classroom Response System
iClicker & Allyn & Bacon/Longman
©2008 | Prentice Hall | Electronic Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205594506 | ISBN-13: 9780205594504

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EthnoQuest®: An Interactive Multimedia Simulation for Cultural Anthropology Fieldwork, Version 3.0
Berdan, Stark & Van Loon
©2005 | Prentice Hall | CD-ROM Only; 144 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 013185013X | ISBN-13: 9780131850132

Themes of the Times for Cultural Anthropology (Valuepack item only)
Allyn & Bacon
©2005 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 64 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205446167 | ISBN-13: 9780205446162

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Allyn & Bacon
©2005 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 64 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205446167 | ISBN-13: 9780205446162

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