Must read
Hannerz, Ulf. 2001. Anthropology, in International Encyclopaedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Elsevier.
Hylland Eriksen, Thomas 1995. Small Places, Large Issues. An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology. London: Pluto Press.
Recommended further reading
General:
Benthall, Jonathan (ed). 2002. The Best of Anthropology Today. London: Routledge.
Barbard, Alan. 2000. Social Anthropology. A Concise Introduction for Students. www.studymates.co.uk
Methodology:
Aull Davies, Charlotte, 1999. Reflexive Ethnography. A Guide to Researching Selves and Others. London: Routledge.
Marcus, George. 1998. Ethnography Through Thick and Thin. Princeton University Press.
Monographs:*
Gusterson, Hugh. 1996. Nuclear Rites: A Weapons Laboratory at the End of the Cold War. Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press.
Weiner, Annette. 1988. The Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea. NY: Holt, Rinehart and Wilson.
Cultural Forms:
Turner, Victor. 1995. The Ritual Process. Harmondsworth: Penguin.
Development:
Grillo, R.D. and R.L. Stirrat . 1997. Discourses of Development. Anthropological Perspectives.
Gender:
Connell, R.W. 2002. Gender. Polity press.
Globalization:
Hannerz, Ulf. 1996. Transnational Connections: culture, people, places. London: Routledge.
Kinship:
Holy, Ladislav. 1996. Anthropological Perspectives on Kinship. London: Pluto Press.
Medicine:
Whyte, Susan Reynolds, Sjaak Van Der Geest and Anita Hardon. 2002. Social Lives of Medicines. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
* Monograph: detailed ethnographic study of a specific area or topic
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