Author:

James, Wendy  Search this

Physical description:

xxiii, 384 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

2003

Notes:

First published in paperback 2005.

Contents:

I: The quest for pattern. Key questions in anthropology -- Dialogues with grand theory -- II: Shape and rhythm in social forms. Species, space, and time -- Life in motion : daughters of the dance -- Ritual, memory, and religion -- III: Language and the making of persons. Speech and social engagement -- The dialectics of gender and generation -- Human bodies, social persons, and conscious selves -- IV: Practice, production, and politics in the ceremonial arena. The "home-made" patterns of livelihood -- Towards large-scale modern forms -- From local to global peace and war -- V: Concluding essay. Anthropology as a human science : conversations with history and religion

Topic:

Ethnology--Philosophy  Search this

Ethnology--Methodology  Search this

Rites and ceremonies  Search this

Philosophical anthropology  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_796413