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Ritual: Key Concepts in Religion
Av Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew Strathern
Häftad, 2014
387 kr
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Ritual has emerged as a major focus of academic interest. As a concept, the idea of ritual integrates the study of behavior both within and beyond the domain of religion. Ritual can be both secular and religious in character. There is renewed interest in questions such as: Why do rituals exist at …
Kinship in Action
Self and Group
Av Andrew Strathern, Pamela J Stewart
Häftad, 2010
764 kr
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For courses in Social Organization, Kinship, and Cultural Ecology.Kinship has made a come-back in Anthropology. Not only is there a line of noted, general, introductory works and readers in the topic, but theoretical discussions have been stimulated both by technological changes in mechanisms of …
Gender, Song, and Sensibility
Folktales and Folksongs in the Highlands of New Guinea
Av Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew Strathern
Inbunden, 2002
1063 kr
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The authors present a historical picture of gender relations in Highlands New Guinea by exploring domains of imagination as revealed in courting songs, ballads, and folktales from across the Highlands but with particular reference to field areas in the western Highlands. Texts and/or translations …
Gender, Song, and Sensibility
Folktales and Folksongs in the Highlands of New Guinea
Av Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew Strathern
E-bok, 2002
1169 kr
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The authors present a historical picture of gender relations in Highlands New Guinea by exploring domains of imagination as revealed in courting songs, ballads, and folktales from across the Highlands but with particular reference to field areas in the western Highlands. Texts and/or translations …
Expressive Genres and Historical Change
Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Taiwan
Av Andrew Strathern, Pamela J. Stewart
Häftad, 2019
689 kr
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This collection of essays, edited by leading scholars in the field, focuses on how expressive genres such as music, dance and poetry are of enduring significance to social organization. Research from New Guinea, Indonesia and Taiwan is used to assess how historical changes modify these forms of …
Body Thoughts
Häftad, 1996
379 kr
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Provides an excellent review of anthropological thought on the body
Witchcraft, Sorcery, Rumors and Gossip
Av Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew Strathern
Häftad, 2003
422 kr
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Witchcraft, Sorcery, Rumors, and Gossip combines two classic topics in social anthropology in a new synthesis: the study of witchcraft and sorcery and the study of rumours and gossip. It shows how rumour and gossip are invariably important as catalysts for accusations of witchcraft and sorcery, and …
The Rope of Moka
Big-men and Ceremonial Exchange in Mount Hagen New Guinea
Av Andrew Strathern, Meyer Fortes
Häftad, 1975
569 kr
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In the Mount Hagen area of central New Guinea, warfare has been replaced since the arrival of the Europeans by a vigorous development of moka, a competitive ceremonial exchange of wealth objects. The exchanges of pigs, shells and other valuables are interpreted as acting as a bond between groups, …
Inequality in New Guinea Highlands Societies
Av Andrew Strathern, Andrew Strathern
Häftad, 2009
557 kr
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Now reissued in paperback with a new preface. The Highlands societies of Papua New Guinea, which have been studied intensively by numerous anthropologists since the 1950s, have been widely described as egalitarian and as characterised by achieved leadership. The Melanesian 'big-man' system, in …
Bodies and Persons
Comparative Perspectives from Africa and Melanesia
Av Michael Lambek, Andrew Strathern
Inbunden, 1998
1673 kr
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Large-scale comparisons are out of fashion in anthropology, but this book suggests a bold comparative approach to broad cultural differences between Africa and Melanesia. Its theme is personhood, which is understood in terms of what anthropologists call 'embodiment'. These concepts are applied to …
Bodies and Persons
Comparative Perspectives from Africa and Melanesia
Av Michael Lambek, Andrew Strathern
Häftad, 1998
780 kr
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Large-scale comparisons are out of fashion in anthropology, but this book suggests a bold comparative approach to broad cultural differences between Africa and Melanesia. Its theme is personhood, which is understood in terms of what anthropologists call 'embodiment'. These concepts are applied to …
Witchcraft, Sorcery, Rumors and Gossip
Av Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew Strathern
Inbunden, 2003
940 kr
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Witchcraft, Sorcery, Rumors, and Gossip combines two classic topics in social anthropology in a new synthesis: the study of witchcraft and sorcery and the study of rumours and gossip. It shows how rumour and gossip are invariably important as catalysts for accusations of witchcraft and sorcery, and …
Landscape, Memory and History
Anthropological Perspectives
Av Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew Strathern
Häftad, 2003
359 kr
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How do people perceive the land around them, and how is that perception changed by history? This book explores this question from an anthropological angle, assessing the connections between place, space, identity, nationalism, history and memory in a variety of different settings around the world. …
Terror and Violence
Imagination and the Unimaginable
Av Andrew Strathern, Pamela J. Stewart m. fl.
Häftad, 2005
369 kr
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What is terror? What are its roots and its results -- and what part does it play in human experience and history? This volume offers a number of timely and original anthropological insights into the ways in which acts of terror -- and reactions to those acts -- impact on the lives of virtually …
Expressive Genres and Historical Change
Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Taiwan
Av Andrew Strathern, Pamela J. Stewart
Inbunden, 2005
2826 kr
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This collection of essays, edited by leading scholars in the field, focuses on how expressive genres such as music, dance and poetry are of enduring significance to social organization. Research from New Guinea, Indonesia and Taiwan is used to assess how historical changes modify these forms of …
Violence
Theory and Ethnography
Av Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew Strathern
Häftad, 2002
1420 kr
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This text explores the meanings and contexts in which violent actions occur. The authors build upon David Riches's concept of "the triangle of violence" - which examines the relationship between performers, victims and witnesses - and his proposition that violence is marked by contests regarding …
Python's Back
Pathways of Comparison Between Indonesia and Melanesia
Av Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew Strathern
Inbunden, 2000
1067 kr
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Building on an incipient tendency to make comparisons between Indonesian and Melanesian cultural themes, this study makes a fresh comparison of themes that interrelate ethnographies of eastern Indonesia (for example, Sumba, Flores), Irian Jaya (the Bird's Head), and the Highlands of Papua New …
Humors and Substances
Ideas of the Body in New Guinea
Av Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew Strathern
Inbunden, 2000
1067 kr
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This book considers in depth the emergent theme of concerns over bodily fluids in health and wellness through an examination of a rich set of ethnographic materials from the Pacific islands of New Guinea. The particular structure of the book draws together otherwise disparate observations made by …
Sacred Revenge in Oceania
Av Andrew Strathern, Pamela J. Stewart
E-bok, 2018
294 kr
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Revenge is an important motivation in human affairs relating to conflict and violence, and it is a notable feature in many societies within Oceania, where revenge is traditionally a sacred duty to the dead whose spirits demand it. Revenge instantiates a norm of reciprocity in the cosmos, ensuring a …
Sacred Revenge in Oceania
Av Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew Strathern
Häftad, 2018
308 kr
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Revenge is an important motivation in human affairs relating to conflict and violence, and it is a notable feature in many societies within Oceania, where revenge is traditionally a sacred duty to the dead whose spirits demand it. Revenge instantiates a norm of reciprocity in the cosmos, ensuring a …
Kinship in Action
Self and Group
Av Andrew Strathern, Pamela J Stewart
Inbunden, 2017
3065 kr
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For courses in Social Organization, Kinship, and Cultural Ecology.Kinship has made a come-back in Anthropology. Not only is there a line of noted, general, introductory works and readers in the topic, but theoretical discussions have been stimulated both by technological changes in mechanisms of …
Kinship in Action
Self and Group
Av Pamela J Stewart, Andrew Strathern
E-bok, 2015
901 kr
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For courses in Social Organization, Kinship, and Cultural Ecology. Kinship has made a come-back in Anthropology. Not only is there a line of noted, general, introductory works and readers in the topic, but theoretical discussions have been stimulated both by technological changes in mechanisms of …
Kinship in Action
Self and Group
Av Pamela J Stewart, Andrew Strathern
E-bok, 2015
901 kr
Lägg i varukorg
For courses in Social Organization, Kinship, and Cultural Ecology. Kinship has made a come-back in Anthropology. Not only is there a line of noted, general, introductory works and readers in the topic, but theoretical discussions have been stimulated both by technological changes in mechanisms of …
Language and Culture in Dialogue
Av Andrew Strathern, Pamela J. Stewart
Inbunden, 2019
1521 kr
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In this book, Andrew J. Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart delineate the relationship between “language in particular” and “culture in general” by focusing on language as both social practice and a means of classifying and interpreting the world. A traditional linguistic approach to a focus on …
Ritual
Av Andrew Strathern, Pamela J. Stewart
E-bok, 2017
831 kr
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This volume consists of a number of carefully-selected readings that represent a wide range of discussions and theorizing about ritual. The selection encompasses definitional questions, issues of interpretation, meaning, and function, and a roster of ethnographic and analytical topics, covering …
Ritual
Av Andrew Strathern, Pamela J. Stewart
E-bok, 2017
831 kr
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This volume consists of a number of carefully-selected readings that represent a wide range of discussions and theorizing about ritual. The selection encompasses definitional questions, issues of interpretation, meaning, and function, and a roster of ethnographic and analytical topics, covering …
Expressive Genres and Historical Change
Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Taiwan
Av Andrew Strathern, Pamela J. Stewart
E-bok, 2017
838 kr
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This collection of essays, edited by leading scholars in the field, focuses on how expressive genres such as music, dance and poetry are of enduring significance to social organization. Research from New Guinea, Indonesia and Taiwan is used to assess how historical changes modify these forms of …
Expressive Genres and Historical Change
Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Taiwan
Av Andrew Strathern, Pamela J. Stewart
E-bok, 2017
838 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This collection of essays, edited by leading scholars in the field, focuses on how expressive genres such as music, dance and poetry are of enduring significance to social organization. Research from New Guinea, Indonesia and Taiwan is used to assess how historical changes modify these forms of …
Ritual: Key Concepts in Religion
Av Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew Strathern
Inbunden, 2014
1556 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Ritual has emerged as a major focus of academic interest. As a concept, the idea of ritual integrates the study of behavior both within and beyond the domain of religion. Ritual can be both secular and religious in character. There is renewed interest in questions such as: Why do rituals exist at …
