Anthropology Online

Anthropology Online is a collection of published ethnographies, seminal texts, memoirs, contemporary studies, and archival material covering human culture and behavior around the world. Highlights include works by Franz Boas (The Mind of Primitive Man), Ruth Benedict (Tales of the Cochiti Indians), Margaret Mead (Coming of Age in Samoa), Claude Levi-Strauss (Structural Anthropology), Clifford Geertz (The Interpretation of Cultures), A. R. Radcliffe-Brown (Structure and Function in Primitive Society), David MacDougall (Transcultural Cinema), Paul Rabinow (Essays on the Anthropology of Reason), E. E. Evans-Pritchard (Nuer Religion), and Bronislaw Malinowski (Argonauts of the Western Pacific). It also includes writings by James Clifford, Marshall Sahlins, Karl Heider, and Napoleon Chagnon. The majority of the content is in English, but some is in French and German. 

Studying the work of anthropologists of the past can help researchers understand the foundations of the field and critically evaluate the practices that should continue and practices that should be repudiated. Historically, some practices of anthropology and ethnography were connected to racism and colonialism. Many present-day anthropologists instead strive to understand their own position and power, center the voices of community members, and respect community autonomy and knowledge systems. 

This collection may also be cross-searched with other anthropology and ethnography collections in ProQuest One Anthropology.