A Companion to Latin American Anthropology
Product Details
ISBN: 9780631234685
Publish Date: 05/19/2008
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Number of pages: 560
Description
Comprised of 24 newly commissioned chapters, this defining reference volume on Latin America introduces English-language readers to the debates, traditions, and sensibilities that have shaped the study of this diverse region.
- Contributors include some of the most prominent figures in Latin American and Latin Americanist anthropology
- Offers previously unpublished work from Latin America scholars that has been translated into English explicitly for this volume
- Includes overviews of national anthropologies in Mexico, Cuba, Peru, Argentina, Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia, and Brazil, and is also topically focused on new research
- Draws on original ethnographic and archival research
- Highlights national and regional debates
- Provides a vivid sense of how anthropologists often combine intellectual and political work to address the pressing social and cultural issues of Latin America
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