Description: Anthropology has a long history of the "other," yet we can look right here at home for the strangeness we seek. We often neglect to ask the questions that reveal our own culture's underlying value and beliefs. In this volume, we bring the American culture into focus. For students to understand the full impact of ethnography, to experience cultural relativity and to gain a foundation to build informed comparisons, students need a firm grasp of their own culture--and need to use this volume. The Third Edition consists of 19 essays written by anthropologists and other scholars using an ethnographic perspective. The essays enable students to understand themselves better by focusing on their own culture and seeing it from a new perspective. This collection gives anthropology a comparative perspective that provides a reflective lens, a mirror, for understanding ourselves and the world in which we live.This book is part of a large collection from the estate of an avid collector. This book has been carefully stored.
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Subject Area: History, Social Science
Publication Name: Distant Mirrors : America As a Foreign Culture
Publisher: Wadsworth
Item Length: 9.2 in
Subject: General, Anthropology / General, United States / General
Publication Year: 2001
Series: A to Z
Type: Textbook
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Item Height: 0.4 in
Author: James D. Armstrong, Philip R. Devita
Educational Level: Adult & Further Education
Personalized: No
Level: Beginner
Features: Illustrated
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Weight: 9.9 Oz
Item Width: 7.4 in
Number of Pages: 200 Pages
