Cultural Anthropology (journal)

Cultural Anthropology  

Abbreviated title (ISO 4)	Cult. Anthropol.
Discipline	Anthropology
Language	English
Edited by	Dominic Boyer, James Faubion, Cymene Howe
Publication details
Publisher	The American Anthropological Association on behalf of the Society for Cultural Anthropology
Publication history	1986–present
Frequency	Quarterly
Open access	Yes
Impact factor (2013)	1.606
Indexing
ISSN	0886-7356 (print) 1548-1360 (web)
LCCN	86643162
OCLC no.	51205058
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Anthropology
Disciplines Archaeological Biological Cultural Linguistic Social
Discipline subfields Social and cultural subfields Applied Art Cognitive Cyborg Development Digital Ecological Environmental Economic Political economy Feminist Historical Kinship Legal Media Medical Musical Nutritional Political Psychological Public Religion Transpersonal Urban Visual Linguistic subfields Descriptive Ethno- Historical Semiotic Sociolinguistics Archaeological and biological subfields Anthrozoological Biocultural Evolutionary Feminist Forensic Maritime Palaeoanthropological
Research framework Ethnocentrism Ethnography Ethnology Emic and etic Participant observation Online ethnography Cross-cultural comparison Holism Reflexivity Cultural relativism History of anthropology
Key theories Actor-network theory Alliance theory Cross-cultural studies Cultural ecology Cultural materialism Culture theory Diffusionism Feminism Functionalism Historical particularism Interpretive Performance studies Political economy Practice theory Structuralism Post-structuralism Systems theory
Key concepts Evolution Society Culture Prehistory Sociocultural evolution Kinship and descent Gender Race Ethnicity Development Colonialism Postcolonialism Value
Lists Outline Bibliography Journals By years List of indigenous peoples Organizations Anthropologists by nationality
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Cultural Anthropology is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Anthropological Association on behalf of the Society for Cultural Anthropology. It was established in 1986 and covers emerging areas of anthropology. In 2014, it became open access. The editors-in-chief are Dominic Boyer, James Faubion, and Cymene Howe (Rice University).

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences, Scopus, and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2013 impact factor of 1.606.

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