ABSTRACT

The first single-authored comprehensive introduction to major contemporary research trends, issues, and debates on the anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean.  The text provides wide and historically informed coverage of key facets of Latin American and Caribbean societies and their cultural and historical development as well as the roles of power and inequality.


Cymeme Howe, Visiting Assistant Professor of Cornell University writes, “The text moves well and builds over time, paying close attention to balancing both the Caribbean and Latin America as geographic regions, Spanish and non-Spanish speaking countries, and historical and contemporary issues in the field. I found the geographic breadth to be especially impressive.”


Jeffrey W. Mantz of California State University, Stanislaus, notes that the contents “reflect the insights of an anthropologist who knows Latin America intimately and extensively.”

chapter 3|26 pages

Society and Culture Before the Europeans

chapter 4|34 pages

Conquest, Colonialism, and Resistance

chapter 5|36 pages

Cultural Politics of Race and Ethnicity

chapter 7|33 pages

Religion and Everyday Life

chapter 9|31 pages

Food, Cuisine, and Cultural Expression

chapter 10|33 pages

Perspectives on Globalization

chapter 11|37 pages

Manifestations of Popular Culture