Cultural Anthropology in a Globalizing World Paperback - 2009

""Cultural anthropology "is exciting because it CONNECTS with everything, from FOOD to ART. And it can help prevent or SOLVEworld problems related to "social inequality "and injustice." - BARBARA D. MILLER Barbara Miller is Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs, and Director of the Culture in Global Affairs (CIGA) Research and Policy Program, at The George Washington University. She received her Ph.D. in anthropology from Syracuse University in 1978. Before coming to GW in 1994, she taught at the University of Rochester, SUNY Cortland, Ithaca College, Cornell University, and the University of Pittsburgh. Barbara's research has focused mainly on gender-based inequalities in India, especially the nutritional and medical neglect of daughters in the northern part of the country. She has also conducted research on culture and rural development in Bangladesh, on low-income household dynamics in Jamaica, and on Hindu adolescents in Pittsburgh. Her current interests include continued research on India along with attention to the role of cultural anthropology in informing policy issues, especially as related to women, children, and other disenfranchised people. She teaches courses on introductory cultural anthropology, medical anthropology, development anthropology, culture and population, health and development in South Asia, migration and mental health, and culture and security. She has published many journal articles and book chapters and several books: "The Endangered Sex: Neglect of Female Children in Rural North India, "2nd ed. (Oxford University Press 1997), an edited volume, "Sex and Gender Hierarchies "(Cambridge University Press 1993), and a co-edited volume with Alf Hiltebeitel, "Hair: Its Power and Meaning in Asian Cultures "(SUNY Press 1998). In addition to "Cultural Anthropology in a Globalizing World," second edition, she is the author of "Cultural Anthropology," fifth edition (Pearson 2008) and the lead author of "Anthropology," second edition(Pearson 2008). Barbara launched a blog in 2009 (anthropologyworks.com) which includes her thoughts on important findings and debates in anthropology, a weekly feature covering anthropologists in the mainstream media, and guests posts. You can also follow her via Twitter @anthroworks.