Recently Acquired Anthropology Films

Biological Anthropology: An Evolutionary Perspective. GN281 .K56 2002. Twenty-four lectures detailing the evolution of humanity. part I. lecture 1. What is biological anthropology? -- lecture 2. How evolution works -- lecture 3. The debate over evolution -- lecture 4. Matter arising : new species -- lecture 5. Prosimians, monkeys, and apes -- lecture 6. Monkey and ape social behavior -- lecture 7. The mind of the great ape -- lecture 8. Models for human ancestors -- lecture 9. Introducing the hominids -- lecture 10. Lucy and company -- lecture 11. Stones and bones --lecture 12. Out of Africa. part 2. lecture 13. Who were the Neandertals? -- lecture 14. Did hunting make us human? -- lecture 15. The prehistory of gender -- lecture 16. Modern human anatomy and behavior -- lecture 17. On the origins of Homo sapiens -- lecture 18. Language -- lecture 19. Do human races exist? -- lecture 20. Modern human variation -- lecture 21. Body fat, diet, and obesity -- lecture 22. The body and mind evolving -- lecture 23. Tyranny of the gene? -- lecture 24. Evolution and our future.

Constant Craving: The Science of Addiction. RC564 .C67 2003. Chemical addiction is now being treated like a disease, and a cure appears to be on the horizon. Approaching the topic of heroin, cocaine, alcohol, and nicotine addiction from a biological perspective, this program features new research into the meso-limbic reward pathway and efforts to implement treatments based on that research using Zyban, Naltrexone implants, and even a cocaine vaccine. Spectacular 3-D graphics, high-tech medical imaging, and case studies add emphasis to the findings of Nora Volkow, Anna Rose Childress, Tom Kosten, and other experts. Footage of the first human trial of the cocaine vaccine at Yale University is included. A BBC Production.

Flow: For Love of Water. HD1691 .F56 2008. Builds a case against the growing privatization of the world's dwindling fresh water supply with an unflinching focus on politics, pollution, human rights and the emergence of a domineering world water cartel. Interviews with scientists and activists intelligently reveal the rapidly building crisis ... begging the question: Can anyone really own water?

Peoples and Cultures of the World. GN25 .F57 2004. In this course of lectures Prof. Fischer surveys anthropology, the study of human societies and comparative customs with a special emphasis on pre-capitalist societies and the things which pre-capitalist societies and modern societies have in common.Content: pt. 1, disc 1. 1. The study of humanity ; 2. The four fields of anthropology ; 3. Culture and relativity ; 4. Fieldwork and the anthropological method ; 5. Nature, nurture, and human behavior ; 6. Languages, dialects, and social categories -- pt. 1, disc 2. 7. Language and thought ; 8. Constructing emotions and identities ; 9. Magic, religion, and codes of conduct ; 10. Rites of passage ; 11. Family, marriage, and incest ; 12. Multiple spouses and matrilineality -- pt. 2, disc 3. 13. Gatherers and hunters ; 14. Headmen and horticulturists ; 15. Cannibalism and violence ; 16. The role of reciprocity ; 17. Chiefdoms and redistribution ; 18. Cultural contact and colonialism -- pt. 2, disc 4. 19. Cultures of capitalism ; 20. Is economics rational? ; 21. Late capitalism: from Ford to Disney ; 22. The Maya, ancient and modern ; 23. Maya resurgence in Guatemala and Mexico ; 24. The Janus face of globalization.


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