Trade paperback edition, Meadowbrook Press. Here is a fun, nice gift book for the seniors in your life. We have humorous stories, insights, and lots of laughs along the way. If you're over 50+, this is a title to cherish. You look at life a little differently and here are some of those special moments that can be extremely funny, indeed.

What's So Funny About Getting Old?

Humor & Entertainment

Edward Fischer

Humor

Meadowbrook Press,U.S.

24 Lectures 1 The Study of Humanity 2 The Four Fields of Anthropology 3 Culture and Relativity 4 Fieldwork and the Anthropological Method 5 Nature, Nurture, and Human Behavior 6 Languages, Dialects, and Social Categories 7 Language and Thought 8 Constructing Emotions and Identities 9 Magic, Religion, and Codes of Conduct 10 Rites of Passage 11 Family, Marriage, and Incest 12 Multiple Spouses and Matrilineality 13 Gatherers and Hunters 14 Headmen and Horticulturists 15 Cannibalism and Violence 16 The Role of Reciprocity 17 Chiefdoms and Redistribution 18 Cultural Contact and Colonialism 19 Cultures of Capitalism 20 Is Economics Rational? 21 Late Capitalism-From Ford to Disney 22 The Maya, Ancient and Modern 23 Maya Resurgence in Guatemala and Mexico 24 The Janus Face of Globalization

Peoples and Cultures of the World - The Great Courses

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What does it mean if someone raises his eyebrows when he meets you? Are modern technological nations really happier and better off than "primitive" hunter-gatherer societies? How common is cannibalism today? Why are Starbucks coffee shops so popular with American consumers? These questions and more are addressed in this fascinating course on cultural anthropology. As a science that incorporates many disciplines, including psychology, biology and genetics, politics, economics, and religion, the field of anthropology probes human behavior from nearly every possible perspective. Travel the world with Professor Fischer, visiting a community where women can have up to 20 husbands, a society that tracks family lineage through the mother's line, a country with a "third gender" of highly-valued men who dress like women, and areas where cannibalism is still practiced. Studying these people opens up many questions: How should we judge what other cultures do - or should we judge them at all? What if those practices, such as female circumcision, conflict with our own sense of morality or human rights? What are the ethical implications of anthropologists' interactions with indigenous peoples? Can they affect or even harm a culture by making a documentary film, or providing goods such as tools or food? Explore these questions in depth and see how the study of other

Peoples and Cultures of the World

The Teaching Company

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What's So Funny About Getting Old?

Peoples and Cultures of the World - The Great Courses

Peoples and Cultures of the World