Tapestry of Culture - 11th Edition by Maxine Weisgrau & Abraham Rosman & Paula G Rubel (Paperback)

About the Book

Book Synopsis

The celebrated introduction to anthropology fully revised for today's globalized world

Review Quotes

I have used The Tapestry of Culture throughout my years of teaching introductory cultural anthropology. This new 11th edition retains all that was effective in previous editions and adds exciting new topics and updated cases. My students appreciate that the authors are so comprehensive and yet so concise. Key concepts, fascinating examples, and apt comparisons create a vivid panorama of anthropology and show students just how the discipline can be so compelling and so relevant to understanding their lives and the contemporary world.

The Tapestry of Culture is a great choice for those who wish to avoid the generic textbook format; with engaging prose and approach, it reads more like a narrative. The authors provide a rich conceptual framework, rooting the work within the broader field of anthropology--a refreshing and most welcome bonus. Ethnographic examples, classic and contemporary, woven throughout bring the subject to life. With new and expanded chapters on global health, creative expression, development, migration, globalization and climate change, this latest edition is both current and forward thinking. It's a great read for students and lay people alike.

This new edition of TheTapestry of Culture fully updates this classic and comprehensive anthropology text for the current age. While presenting a critical history of the discipline, it brings contemporary themes of globalization, identity, and multiculturalism, to bear on longstanding anthropological topics of kinship, language, gender, and symbolism and also adds chapters on global health and new technologies. Each chapter stands alone so it can be easily adapted to different course designs. A text and reference for undergraduate students or anyone interested in a holistic overview of anthropology.

About the Author

Maxine Weisgrau is adjunct associate professor of anthropology at Columbia University.
Abraham Rosman was professor emeritus of anthropology at Barnard College, Columbia University.
Paula G. Rubel was professor emerita of anthropology at Barnard College, Columbia University.