New directions in biocultural anthropology / / edited by Molly K. Zuckerman and Debra L. Martin

• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (537 p.)
• Disciplina: 599.9
• Soggetto topico: Physical anthropology
• Persona (resp. second.): MartinDebra L.; ZuckermanMolly K.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Contributors; Acknowledgements; A biocultural tribute to a biocultural scholar: Professor George J. Armelagos, May 22, 1936-May 15, 2014; References; Chapter 1 Introduction: the development of biocultural perspectives in anthropology; Introduction; The origins and development of the biocultural approach; Using a biocultural model; Difficulties in using the biocultural approach; The case studies in this volume; Conclusion; References; Notes; Part I Critical and synthetic approaches to biocultural anthropology ; Chapter 2 Exploring biocultural concepts: anthropology for the next generationIntroduction; Background; Case study: the Quechua of southern Peru, 1964 to the present; Discussion; Conclusion; References; Notes; Endnotes; Chapter 3 Local nutrition in global contexts: critical biocultural perspectives on the nutrition transition in Mexico; Introduction; Background; Case study: the ""coca-colonization"" of diet in the Yucat[[[\'a]]]n; Conclusion; References; Notes; Part II Biocultural approaches to identity; Chapter 4 Disease and dying while black: how racism, not race, gets under the skin ; IntroductionBackground; Case study: race versus racism; Discussion and conclusion; References; Chapter 5 Beyond genetic race: biocultural insights into the causes of racial health disparities; Introduction; Background; Case study #1: hypertension in the African Diaspora; Case study #2: does the experience of racial discrimination in the United States have intergenerational health consequences?; Discussion and conclusion; References; Chapter 6 Political economy of African forced migration and enslavement in colonial New York: an historical biology perspective; Introduction; Background ; Case studyDiscussion; Conclusion; References; Notes; Chapter 7 Identifying the First African Baptist Church: searching for historically invisible people; Introduction; Case study: Afro-American biohistory; Conclusion; References; Notes; Part III Biocultural approaches to health and diet; Chapter 8 ""Canaries in the mineshaft"": the children of Kulubnarti; Introduction; Case study: Nubia and Kulubnarti; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 9 Biocultural investigations of ancient Nubia; Introduction; Background ; Case study: operationalizing a biocultural investigation: the Bioarchaeology of Nubia ExpeditionConclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 10 Life and death in nineteenth-century Peoria, Illinois: taking a biocultural approach towards understanding the past; Introduction; Case study: life and death in nineteenth-century Peoria; Discussion; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 11 Does industrialization always result in reduced skeletal robusticity?; Introduction; Background; Case study: testing ideas about robusticity and industrialization; Discussion; Conclusion ; Acknowledgments
• Titolo autorizzato: New directions in biocultural anthropology
• ISBN: 1-118-96294-X; 1-118-96293-1; 1-118-96295-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823768703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II