Cultural Anthropology Global Forces Local Lives

The fifth edition of Cultural Anthropology: Global Forces Local Lives offers a clear and readable introduction to the field of cultural anthropology with a special focus on how digital technologies and social media function as prime global forces that are nevertheless used adapted transformed or ignored by people in their everyday local lives. This thoroughly modern textbook challenges traditional views of anthropology by positioning it as uniquely qualified to analyze our tech-enhanced social world exploring the myth and mess of digital life through ethnographic case studies spanning diverse global contexts. This updated fifth edition offers significant enhancements including a new chapter on applied anthropology expanded coverage of gender studies four new extended case studies and fresh ethnographic examples featuring digital phenomena like Facebook in Turkey hashtag activism and COVID-19 responses in Bhutan. Cultural Anthropology: Global Forces Local Lives is ideal for undergraduate students in anthropology and related social sciences as well as researchers interested in the cultural dimensions of technology globalization and contemporary social movements. |Cultural Anthropology Global Forces Local Lives