Oceanic Socialities and Cultural Forms

Ethnographies of Experience

Inbunden, Engelska, 2003

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Beskrivning

In anthropology, theoretical approaches attempting to come to terms with experiences of social interaction, often inspired by phenomenology, have come to the fore in opposition to the previously favored emphasis on symbolic and social structures. These essays attempt a new kind of ethnographic description of social life that treats structure and practice as aspects of the same reality. This is achieved through attention to indigenous conceptualizations of the way society itself is generated.With Jonathan Friedman and Fredrik Barth providing overviews, this series of innovative ethnographies highlights ways of forming social relations specific to Oceania as a cultural area, exemplifying a new kind of comparative approach and making a major contribution to general social theory.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2003-03-20
Mått:152 x 229 x 19 mm
Vikt:494 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:226
Förlag:Berghahn Books, Incorporated
ISBN:9781571815583

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Ingjerd Hoëm is Head of the Institute for Pacific Archaeology and Cultural History at the Kon-Tiki Museum.

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionJonathan FriedmanChapter 1. Sociality as Figure: Bendami Perceptions of Social RelationshipsChapter 2. Fighting Hierarchy: Relations of Egality and Hierarchy among the May River Iwam of Papua New GuineaChapter 3. Landscapes of Socialities: Paths, Places and Belonging on Wogeo Island, Papua New GuineaChapter 4. Disentangling the Butubutu of New Georgia: Cognatic Kinship in Thought and ActionChapter 5. Pathway and Side: An Essay Onotoan Notions of RelatednessChapter 6. Making Sides: On the Production of Contexts and Difference in TokelauChapter 7. 'The Other Kind': Representing Otherness and Living with it on Kotu Island in TongaChapter 8. 'Maori are Different, but We are Similar for Particular Reasons': Dynamics of Belonging in Social PracticeEpilogueBibliographyIndex