Build Better Worlds: An Introduction to Anthropology for Game Designers, Fiction Writers, and Filmmakers

Using the social science of anthropology, anthropologists Kyra Wellstrom and Michael Kilman introduce core concepts of real cultures to help readers understand how cultural systems work. What makes cultures tick? How do concepts like race, gender, class, language, religion, medicine, history and evolution work in the real world? This book provides a tool kit for understanding anthropology and real world cultures so that your fictional worlds are more holistic, engaging and immersive.