A Companion to Latin American AnthropologyISBN: 978-0-631-23468-5
Hardcover
560 pages
May 2008, Wiley-Blackwell
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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- Offers previously unpublished work from Latin America scholars that has been translated into English explicitly for this volume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