00000cmm a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773862486115 Buklod 20230619090610.0 m | | ta 230606s2016 nju u eng d 9781118962954 (ebook) (iLib)UPBAG-00047322438 ML-1460eb bMegatexts Phil. Inc. Php9,710.00 College of Social Science DLC BAG rda eng ML-ebook New directions in biocultural anthropology [electronic resource] edited by Molly K. Zuckerman and Debra L. Martin. Hoboken, New Jersey John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2016. 1 online resource (xix, 514 pages) illustrations, maps, graphs text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Biocultural or biosocial anthropology is a research approach that views biology and culture as dialectically and inextricably intertwined, explicitly emphasizing the dynamic interaction between humans and their larger social, cultural, and physical environments. The biocultural approach emerged in anthropology in the 1960s, matured in the 1980s, and is now one of the dominant paradigms in anthropology, particularly within biological anthropology. This volume gathers contributions from the top scholars in biocultural anthropology focusing on six of the most influential, productive, and important areas of research within biocultural anthropology. These are: critical and synthetic approaches within biocultural anthropology; biocultural approaches to identity, including race and racism; health, diet, and nutrition; infectious disease from antiquity to the modern era; epidemiologic transitions and population dynamics; and inequality and violence studies. Focusing on these six major areas of burgeoning research within biocultural anthropology makes the proposed volume timely, widely applicable and useful to scholars engaging in biocultural research and students interested in the biocultural approach, and synthetic in its coverage of contemporary scholarship in biocultural anthropology. Students will be able to grasp the history of the biocultural approach, and how that history continues to impact scholarship, as well as the scope of current research within the approach, and the foci of biocultural research into the future. Importantly, contributions in the text follow a consistent format of a discussion of method and theory relative to a particular aspect of the above six topics, followed by a case study applying the surveyed method and theory. This structure will engage students by providing real world examples of anthropological issues, and demonstrating how biocultural method and theory can be used to elucidate and resolve them.--Publisher's website. Physical anthropology. Zuckerman, Molly K. editor. Martin, Debra L. editor. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118962954 Available for University of the Philippines Baguio via Wiley Online Library. Click here to access (viewed 22 May 2023) FO UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN ML-ebook Electronic Resource