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Format:Paperback
Eriksen gives a concise overview of all the topics any beggining student or enthusiast would ever need or want to know, and gives sufficient footwork to build upon aswell as point you in the right direction for what books to read for studying some of the subtopics of Anthropology. He also gives accounts for several relevant and fascinating examples of cultures to illustrate and demonstrate concepts and ideas. The book does not demand any previous knowledge of Anthropology and introduces its concepts, history and parctices slowly enough to be thorough and quickly enough to not drag on. Overall a solid, well-written introduction to Anthropology and well worth your time even if you're not in pursuit of an academic degree.
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When heading to university to study Anthropology, I made the mistake of thinking I would be able to borrow most of the necessary texts for my course from the library. How wrong I was. Luckily one of the few books I did buy was this, the Anthropological equivalent of the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.
For the whole of my degree I would start any essay by opening my copy of 'Small Places', scanning the index and reading Eriksen's informative yet condensed account of almost every key topic a young Anthropology undergraduate will encounter - gender, hierarchies, politics, exchange, ethnicity, religion, marriage, fieldwork and kinship. From here, I would explore his suggestions on further reading, and note any interesting entries in the bibliography that I could chase up at 11p.m. the evening before a deadline.
Eriksen's ability to inter-link every topic he covers with a broad range of classic anthropological theory means that, as well as picking up the fascinating quirks of other cultures that you can later drop in to conversation (or when you inevitably have to explain to people exactly what it is you study), you get a solid grounding in the 'drier' stuff that scores you brownie points in seminars and essays. In this sense I found Small Places, Large Issues to be infinitely superior to other 'Introductory' books that my fellow students had purchased.
One thing to note is that while incredibly useful, this book relatively brief (about 300 pages covering 18 actual topics) and is only intended to act as an 'introduction' to an issue. If used correctly, it will provide you with a brilliant stepping-stone on to other books and ethnographic texts with which to formulate your essays.
The writing style is academic enough to reference in your dissertation, yet accessible and engaging enough for people with a general interest in anthropology to pick up and find enthralling. I cannot recommend this enough to anyone who is going to university to study or just wants to better understand of, in my (biased) opinion, an incredibly fascinating subject.
For the whole of my degree I would start any essay by opening my copy of 'Small Places', scanning the index and reading Eriksen's informative yet condensed account of almost every key topic a young Anthropology undergraduate will encounter - gender, hierarchies, politics, exchange, ethnicity, religion, marriage, fieldwork and kinship. From here, I would explore his suggestions on further reading, and note any interesting entries in the bibliography that I could chase up at 11p.m. the evening before a deadline.
Eriksen's ability to inter-link every topic he covers with a broad range of classic anthropological theory means that, as well as picking up the fascinating quirks of other cultures that you can later drop in to conversation (or when you inevitably have to explain to people exactly what it is you study), you get a solid grounding in the 'drier' stuff that scores you brownie points in seminars and essays. In this sense I found Small Places, Large Issues to be infinitely superior to other 'Introductory' books that my fellow students had purchased.
One thing to note is that while incredibly useful, this book relatively brief (about 300 pages covering 18 actual topics) and is only intended to act as an 'introduction' to an issue. If used correctly, it will provide you with a brilliant stepping-stone on to other books and ethnographic texts with which to formulate your essays.
The writing style is academic enough to reference in your dissertation, yet accessible and engaging enough for people with a general interest in anthropology to pick up and find enthralling. I cannot recommend this enough to anyone who is going to university to study or just wants to better understand of, in my (biased) opinion, an incredibly fascinating subject.
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I ordered this book to prepare for my studies in October, as I'm currently volunteering in Brazil it was a bit of a hassle to get the book, the first order went missing. But amazon sent another order which arrive really quickly. As for the book it's a perfect introduction to cultural anthropology!!
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I would highly recommend this book to anyone new to social anthropology. This was a great little book of reference to me throughout my masters and is well written with nice... Read more
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I thought that this is a good book to buy if your studying anthropology, I just prefer his other book 'what is anthropology' as I find it a better read. Read more
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