Douglas Raybeck

Deviance: Anthropological Perspectives Douglas Raybeck

Publisher Marketing: In this volume composed of a number of cross-cultural case studies in deviance, the authors show how an anthropological comparative study can shed new light on the subject. Anthropologists have tended to avoid studying deviance as a phenomena in and of itself, concentrating instead on particular sorts of deviance such as sorcery, alcoholism, and suicide. Anthropology's total immersion in the culture being studied is well suited to a fuller understanding of deviance. An anthropology of deviance is likely to create new models that challenge many of the sociological assumptions currently used to interpret and understand deviance.

Contributor Bio:  Raybeck, Douglas DOUGLAS RAYBECK is Professor of Anthropology at Hamilton College. Contributor Bio:  Savishinsky, Joel S Savishinsky is Charles A. Dana Professor in the Social Sciences, Department of Anthropology and the Gerontology Institute at Ithaca College. Contributor Bio:  Freilich, Morris MORRIS FREILICH is Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Northeastern University.