Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

Note: these are only the readings listed with the abbreviation www on the syllabus. You should check the syllabus for other readings.

For September 10:

R. Lee, "Eating Christmas in the Kalahari"
from the public archives of Natural History magazine

In case you weren't able to get a copy of Social and Cultural Anthropology: a Very Short Introduction before the bookstore ran out, you can download chapter one (pp. 13-33) from the Schaffer library electronic reserves and pp.131-136 here.

For September 12:

B. Malinowski, "Introduction: subject, method and scope of this inquiry"
from Argonauts of the Western Pacific, Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press, 1984 (originally published 1923) -- available via Schaffer Library electronic reserves

In case you weren't able to get a copy of Guests of the Sheik before the bookstore ran out, you can download chapters one and two from the Schaffer library electronic reserves

For September 14:

L. Bohannan, "Shakespeare in the Bush"
from the public archives of Natural History magazine

Philippe Bourgois, "Understanding Inner-City Poverty: Resistance and Self-Destruction under U.S. Apartheid"
from J. MacClancy, ed. Exotic No More, Chicago, IL: U. of Chicago Press (2002) -- available via Schaffer Library electronic reserves