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CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY: A Guide to Reference and Information Sources Second Edition JOANN JACOBY AND JOSEPHINE Z. KIBBEE LIBRARIES UNLIMITED C U L T U R A L A N T H R O P O L O G Y RecentTitlesin ReferenceSourcesintheSocialSciences AmericanMilitaryHistory:AGuidetoReferenceandInformationSources DanielK.Blewett Education:AGuidetoReferenceandInformationSources NancyPatriciaO’Brien NorthernAfrica:AGuidetoReferenceandInformationSources PaulaYoungmanSkreslet Sports,Exercise,andFitness:AGuidetoReferenceandInformationSources MaryBethAllen Sociology:AGuidetoReferenceandInformationSources,ThirdEdition StephenH.Aby,JamesNalen,andLoriFielding C U L T U R A L A N T H R O P O L O G Y A Guide to Reference and Information Sources Second Edition JOANN JACOBY AND JOSEPHINE Z. KIBBEE ReferenceSourcesintheSocialSciences BobBurger,SeriesEditor (cid:1) Westport,Connecticut London LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Jacoby,JoAnn,1966– Culturalanthropology:aguidetoreferenceandinformationsources/JoAnnJacobyand JosephineZ.Kibbee.—2nded. p. cm.—(Referencesourcesinthesocialsciences) Rev.ed.of:Culturalanthropology/JosephineZ.Kibbee.1991. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindexes. ISBN978–1–59158–357–8(alk.paper) 1.Anthropology—Referencebooks—Bibliography. 2.Anthropology—Bibliography. I.Kibbee, JosephineZ.,1950– II.Kibbee,JosephineZ.,1950–Culturalanthropology. III.Title. Z5111J33 2007GN42 016.301—dc22 2007009010 BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationDataisavailable. Copyright(cid:1)c 2007byLibrariesUnlimited Allrightsreserved.Noportionofthisbookmaybe reproduced,byanyprocessortechnique,withoutthe expresswrittenconsentofthepublisher. LibraryofCongressCatalogCardNumber:2007009010 ISBN-13:978–1–59158–357–8 Firstpublishedin2007 LibrariesUnlimited,88PostRoadWest,Westport,CT06881 AMemberoftheGreenwoodPublishingGroup,Inc. www.lu.com PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica Thepaperusedinthisbookcomplieswiththe PermanentPaperStandardissuedbytheNational InformationStandardsOrganization(Z39.48–1984). 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 C O N T E N T S Acknowledgments...................................................vii Introduction.........................................................ix Chapter1:GeneralandSocialScienceSources...........................1 GuidestoReferenceLiterature..........................................1 Indexes,Abstracts,andDatabases.......................................2 DictionariesandEncyclopedias........................................ 3 HandbooksandManuals...............................................5 InternetGateways.....................................................6 Chapter2:GeneralAnthropologyReferenceSources.....................9 ReadyReference......................................................9 GuidestotheReferenceLiterature....................................9 Dictionaries,Encyclopedias,andHandbooks.........................10 StyleandWritingGuides...........................................14 BiographicalSources...............................................15 DirectoriesofIndividualAnthropologists ............................18 InternetGateways..................................................19 BibliographicTools(FindingPublications) .............................21 LiteratureSurveysandReviews.....................................22 Indexes,Abstracts,andDatabases...................................23 BookandMediaReviews.......................................... 29 NewsandNewsletters............................................. 31 BibliographyofBibliographies......................................32 PeriodicalBibliographiesandDirectories ............................33 PublishedLibraryCatalogsandGuides ..............................34 Chapter3:MethodsandPractice.......................................41 Methods.............................................................41 FieldworkandEthnography...........................................43 Ethics...............................................................49 AppliedAnthropology................................................50 MuseumandCulturalHeritageStudies.................................55 VisualAnthropology .................................................58 Chapter4:SubfieldsofAnthropology...................................63 Archaeology.........................................................63 BiologicalAnthropology..............................................73 LinguisticAnthroplogy...............................................77 Chapter5:ResearchAreas.............................................85 Agriculture,Food,andNutrition.......................................85 ArtandMaterialCulture..............................................89 CognitiveAnthropology ..............................................93 EconomicAnthropology..............................................95 Education...........................................................97 EnvironmentalAnthropology......................................... 99 Ethnohistory........................................................ 99 v vi contents EvolutionaryAnthropology..........................................100 HistoryofAnthropology.............................................101 MarriageandFamily................................................104 MedicalAnthropology...............................................105 PoliticalandLegalAnthropology.....................................109 PsychologicalAnthropology .........................................112 Religion............................................................115 SexualityandGenderStudies ........................................118 Urban,National,andTransnational/GlobalAnthropology...............121 Women ............................................................124 OtherTopics........................................................127 Chapter6:HumanitiesRelatedFields.................................131 GeneralHumanitiesSources .........................................131 Ethnomusicology ...................................................132 FolkloreandMythology .............................................136 PerformanceStudiesandDance ......................................144 Chapter7:AreaandEthnicStudies ...................................147 GeneralAreaandEthnicStudies......................................147 HumanRelationAreaFiles(HRAF) ..................................150 Africa..............................................................154 Asia...............................................................160 EastAsia........................................................162 SouthAsia.......................................................162 SoutheastAsia ...................................................163 AustraliaandthePacific.............................................165 Europe.............................................................170 MiddleEast,NorthAfrica,andIslam .................................174 NorthAmericaandtheArctic........................................177 EthnicStudies....................................................178 NativeAmericans.................................................182 LatinAmericaandtheCaribbean.....................................188 Chapter8:SupplementalResources...................................197 Journals............................................................197 Publishers..........................................................208 DepartmentsandPrograms...........................................221 OrganizationsandInstitutes..........................................221 MuseumDirectories.................................................237 Libraries,Archives,andSpecialCollections...........................238 CareerDevelopmentResources.......................................246 GrantsandFunding .................................................249 AuthorIndex.......................................................253 TitleIndex.........................................................261 SubjectIndex......................................................279 A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S The authors wish to acknowledge the Research and Publication Committee of theUniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign(UIUC)Library,whichprovided support for the completion of this research. Thanks to the committee’s support, we were able to secure the services of Annie Paprocki, whose capable research assistance was essential in getting this project off the ground. Thanks also to LaurieChippsforherinsightfulworkinputtingtheindexterms,MerindaHensley whohelpedwithinnumerablesmalltasksalongtheway,andMeganGaffneywho provided attentive assistance with the bibliographic verification, and our series editor,BobBurger,whohelpedpullitalltogether.Thanksgoesoutaswelltoour colleagues in the Education and Social Science Library and Central Reference ServicesatUIUCforbearingwithusduringthislongprocess.Andfinally,toour soul-matesSteveTaylorandDougKibbee,thanksforyourpatience,support,and encouragement.We’redone! vii I N T R O D U C T I O N Library Research and Anthropology Much of the allure of anthropology lies in the opportunity to become immersed inanotherculture,whetherwithindigenouspeoplesinanexoticlocaleoraround thecornerwiththelocalteenagers.Fieldworkanddatagatheringremaincritical for generating new knowledge and insights into human behavior. But like all research, anthropological inquiry doesn’t take place in a vacuum: it builds upon thefoundationofthosewhohavegonebefore.Itisthisfoundation,whoselocale istypicallythelibrary(realorvirtual),ratherthanthefield,thatourbookexplores. Weconsideritaguidetoimmersingthestudentsandpractitionersofanthropology inthecultureoflibraryresearch. Anthropology’s“literature”cantakemanyforms.Fieldnotesandcollections often serve as a primary source of raw data, but, except for archival collections, thesearenotgenerallyavailableinlibraries.Likewiseimportant,andalsodifficult to find, is the extensive body of “gray literature”—articles, reports, conference proceedings, working papers, etc., issued by university departments, research institutes,orassociations.Periodicalsserveacriticalfunctionforcommunicating focused research projects, and last but not least, “ethnographic monographs” (i.e., books) remain the core means of disseminating the results of extensive socioculturalresearch. Likeitspredecessor,thissecondeditionofCulturalAnthropology:AGuide to Reference and Information Sources is intended as a tool for finding relevant anthropologicalliterature—onlineandinprint.TheInternethasundeniablytrans- formedlibraryresearch.Tobeginwith,awealthofgood“free”informationcan be found on the Internet—websites developed by indigenous people give voice to their perspective; portals created by enterprising individuals or associations providethefulltextofreports,notes,bibliographies,soundandimages,orbring togetherausefulcollectionoflinkstorelatedsites.Inthelibrarysphere,theIn- ternetistheplatformuponwhichonlinelibrarycatalogs(thathavereplacedcard catalogs)provideresearcherswiththeabilitytosearchlibrarycollectionsacross theworld;manyjournalsareaccessibleonlineaswellasinprintformat;indexes toperiodicalliteraturehavebeendigitizedandincreasinglyprovidethefulltextof anarticle—andtothesourcesitcites—andmultimediadatabasesdeliversound, image, and text. Nonetheless, the publishing industry has not languished. In the 15+yearssincethefirsteditionofthisguidewaspublished,animpressivenum- berofmajorreferencesourceshavebeenpublished.Perhapsthemostsignificant trend is the publication of multivolume encyclopedia sets or handbooks that in- cludeamongtheircontributorsamarkedincreaseinscholarsnativetotheculture theywriteabout.Increasinglytheseprintvolumeshavedigitalcounterparts,and libraries have the option of licensing the content of these e-books. As librarians well know, a Google search does not uncover and organize the wealth of digital ix
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