Contemporary cultures and societies of Latin America

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The most wide-ranging collection of its kind, Heath's offers articles on the peoples and institutions of Middle and South America. Based on original research by social scientists and chosen for their clarity and jargon-free writing, the contributions cover a diversity of themes and areas reflecting recent developments in both anthropology and Latin America. Topics include image and reality, the anthropological enterprise, traditional and modern cultures, identity and ethnicity, relations of powe...Vis mer