A Companion to Cognitive Anthropology David B. Kronenfeld (University of California, Riverside, USA) 9781119111658

A Companion to Cognitive Anthropology offers a comprehensive overview of the development of cognitive anthropology from its inception to the present day and presents recent findings in the areas of theory, methodology, and field research in twenty-nine key essays by leading scholars. * Demonstrates the importance of cognitive anthropology as an early constituent of the cognitive sciences * Examines how culturally shared and complex cognitive systems work, how they are structured, how they differ from one culture to another, how they are learned and passed on * Explains how cultural (or collective) vs. individual knowledge distinguishes cognitive anthropology from cognitive psychology * Examines recent theories and methods for studying cognition in real-world scenarios * Contains twenty-nine key essays by leading names in the fieldBook InformationISBN 9781119111658Author David B. KronenfeldFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint Wiley-BlackwellPublisher John Wiley and Sons LtdWeight(grams) 932g