This landmark study examines the role of gestures in relation to speech and thought. Leading scholars, including psychologists, linguists and anthropologists, offer state-of-the-art analyses to demonstrate that gestures are not merely an embellishment of speech but are integral parts of language itself. The volume contributes to a rapidly growing field of study, offering a wide range of theoretical perspectives. It has strong cross-linguistic and cross-cultural components, examining gestures by speakers of Mayan, Australian, East Asian, as well as English and European languages.
Darwin, Darwinism, and the Modern World (MP3 + study guide)
Fourteen audio lectures (introducing the major themes of Darwin’s works and exploring their diverse, often contradictory impacts on science and society from 1859 to the present.
This highly original anthropological study demonstrates how methods of social analysis can be applied to the individual, while remaining entirely distinct from psychology and other perspectives on the person.
Contributors draw on approaches from material culture to create fascinating portraits of individuals and offer analytical insights that convey ethnographic encounters with extraordinary people from the world over. "Anthropology and the Individual" shows how the study of the individual can provide insights into society without losing a sense of the particularity of the person
Surefire Strategies, Reproducible Checklists, and Planning Sheets that help every student get organized, stay focused, and become more effective learners and test-takers.
