Gary P. Ferraro (Books)

Gary P. Ferraro Books

Gary P. Ferraro is an Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. His expertise delves into social and cultural anthropology, examining interpersonal relationships and organizational dynamics across diverse settings. Ferraro's work provides valuable insights into the complexities of human behavior and societal structures.

Classic readings in cultural anthropology

119 pages
5 hours of reading

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Brief, accessible, and inexpensive, this new reader has been carefully edited by text author Gary Ferraro to include those articles and excerpts from works that have been pivotal to the field of anthropology and that have endured over the decades. These eminently relevant selections allow students to further explore anthropological perspectives on key cultural topics such as culture, language and communication, ecology and economics, marriage and family, politics and social control, supernatural beliefs systems, and issues of culture change.