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Although in its early years anthropology often used demographic research and showed interest in demographic issues, anthropology and demography have more recently grown to distrust each other's guiding assumptions and methods. Demographers have stressed universal causal models and standardized survey methods, while sociocultural anthropologists have increasingly focused on the uniqueness of different peoples and their cultures. Showing that the two disciplines have much to offer each other, this book bridges the demography/anthropology divide. The editors begin the volume with an in-depth historical account of the relations between the fields. Eminent contributors from both disciplines then examine the major issues and controversies in anthropological demography, including the demographic implications of differing family and kinship systems; the influence of new developments in cultural, gender, and identity theory on population study; the limits of quantitative approaches in demographic study; and demographers' views of the limits of anthropological methods.

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Author:   David I. Kertzer ,  Tom Fricke
Publisher:   The University of Chicago Press
Imprint:   University of Chicago Press
Edition:   2nd ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 1.60cm , Height: 0.20cm , Length: 2.30cm
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9780226431956

ISBN 10:   0226431959
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   15 July 1997
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 1: Toward an Anthropological Demography David I. Kertzer, Tom Fricke. 2: Kinship Systems and Demographic Regimes Monica Das Gupta 3: Family Systems and Demographic Processes G. William Skinner 4: Reproduction in Anthropology and Demography Nicholas Townsend 5: Similarities and Differences: Anthropological and Demographic Perspectives on Gender Nancy E. Riley 6: Population and Identity Philip Kreager 7: Anthropology and Demography: Marriage, Liaison, or Encounter? E. A. Hammel, Diana S. Friou. 8: Demography without Numbers Nancy Scheper-Hughes 9: Truth Lies in the Eye of the Beholder : The Nature of Evidence in Demography and Anthropology Allan G. Hill 10: Culture Theory and Demographic Process: Toward a Thicker Demography Tom Fricke Contributors Index

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