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24 produkter
After Kinship
Av Janet Carsten, Olivia J. Harris m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
469 kr
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This innovative book takes a look at the anthropology of kinship and the comparative study of relatedness. Kinship has historically been central to the discipline of anthropology but what sort of future does it have? What is the impact of recent studies of reproductive technologies, of gender, and …
British Academy Lectures 2012-13
Inbunden, 2014
805 kr
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British Academy lectures have previously been published in the Proceedings of the British Academy. Lectures are now made available in the new open access Journal of the British Academy and are also printed in an annual volume. This volume publishes 8 lectures from the 2012 and 2013 programmes, …
British Academy Lectures, 2016-17
Häftad, 2018
632 kr
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This volume publishes British Academy's public lectures from the 2016 and 2017 programmes, which were posted to the Journal of the British Academy in 2017.The subjects covered include: penal power in America; papal law; lifelong learning; party realignment at Westminster; globalisation and wage …
Ghosts of Memory
Essays on Remembrance and Relatedness
E-bok, 2008
1625 kr
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Ghosts of Memory provides an overview of literature on relatedness and memory and then moves beyond traditional approaches to the subject, exploring the subtle and complex intersections between everyday forms of relatedness in the present and memories of the past. Explores how various subjects are …
About the House
Lévi-Strauss and Beyond
Av Janet Carsten, Stephen Hugh-Jones
Häftad, 1995
471 kr
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The domestic unit is inseparable from its homestead, and the 'house', at once a physical place and a social unit, is often also a unit of production and consumption, a cult group, and even a political faction. Inspired by Lévi-Strauss's suggestion that the multi-functional noble houses of medieval …
Cultures of Relatedness
New Approaches to the Study of Kinship
Av Janet Carsten, Janet Carsten
Inbunden, 2000
1710 kr
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Our understanding of what makes a person a relative has been transformed by radical changes in marriage arrangements and gender relations, and by new reproductive technologies. We can no longer take it for granted that our most fundamental social relationships are grounded in 'biology' or 'nature'. …
Cultures of Relatedness
New Approaches to the Study of Kinship
Av Janet Carsten, Janet Carsten
Häftad, 2000
797 kr
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Our understanding of what makes a person a relative has been transformed by radical changes in marriage arrangements and gender relations, and by new reproductive technologies. We can no longer take it for granted that our most fundamental social relationships are grounded in 'biology' or 'nature'. …
After Kinship
Inbunden, 2003
1090 kr
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This innovative book takes a look at the anthropology of kinship and the comparative study of relatedness. Kinship has historically been central to the discipline of anthropology but what sort of future does it have? What is the impact of recent studies of reproductive technologies, of gender, and …
Marriage and the Moral Imagination
Häftad, 2026
435 kr
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This fresh and engaging book opens up new terrain in the exploration of marriage and kinship. While anthropologists and sociologists have often interpreted marriage, and kinship more broadly, in conservative terms, Carsten highlights their transformative possibilities. The book argues that marriage …
Marriage and the Moral Imagination
Inbunden, 2026
1481 kr
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This fresh and engaging book opens up new terrain in the exploration of marriage and kinship. While anthropologists and sociologists have often interpreted marriage, and kinship more broadly, in conservative terms, Carsten highlights their transformative possibilities. The book argues that marriage …
Blood Will Out
Essays on Liquid Transfers and Flows
E-bok, 2013
319 kr
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Unique in focus and international in scope, this book brings together 10 essays about the material, metaphorical, and symbolic importance of blood. An interdisciplinary study that unites the work of noted historians and anthropologists Incorporates insights from recent work in symbolism, kinship …
Blood Will Out
Essays on Liquid Transfers and Flows
E-bok, 2013
339 kr
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Unique in focus and international in scope, this book brings together 10 essays about the material, metaphorical, and symbolic importance of blood. An interdisciplinary study that unites the work of noted historians and anthropologists Incorporates insights from recent work in symbolism, kinship …
Blood Will Out
Essays on Liquid Transfers and Flows
Häftad, 2013
303 kr
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Unique in focus and international in scope, this book brings together 10 essays about the material, metaphorical, and symbolic importance of blood. An interdisciplinary study that unites the work of noted historians and anthropologistsIncorporates insights from recent work in symbolism, kinship …
About the House
Lévi-Strauss and Beyond
Av Stephen Hugh-Jones, Janet Carsten
E-bok, 1995
457 kr
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The domestic unit is inseparable from its homestead, and the ''house'', at once a physical place and a social unit, is often also a unit of production and consumption, a cult group, and even a political faction. Inspired by Lévi-Strauss''s suggestion that the multi-functional noble houses of …
Ghosts of Memory
Essays on Remembrance and Relatedness
Av Carsten, Janet Carsten
Inbunden, 2007
1424 kr
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Ghosts of Memory provides an overview of literature on relatedness and memory and then moves beyond traditional approaches to the subject, exploring the subtle and complex intersections between everyday forms of relatedness in the present and memories of the past. Explores how various subjects are …
Ghosts of Memory
Essays on Remembrance and Relatedness
Av Carsten, Janet Carsten
Häftad, 2007
557 kr
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Ghosts of Memory provides an overview of literature on relatedness and memory and then moves beyond traditional approaches to the subject, exploring the subtle and complex intersections between everyday forms of relatedness in the present and memories of the past. Explores how various subjects are …
Blood Work
Life and Laboratories in Penang
Inbunden, 2019
1630 kr
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What is blood? How can we account for its enormous range of meanings and its extraordinary symbolic power? In Blood Work Janet Carsten traces the multiple meanings of blood as it moves from donors to labs, hospitals, and patients in Penang, Malaysia. She tells the stories of blood donors, their …
Blood Work
Life and Laboratories in Penang
Häftad, 2019
398 kr
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What is blood? How can we account for its enormous range of meanings and its extraordinary symbolic power? In Blood Work Janet Carsten traces the multiple meanings of blood as it moves from donors to labs, hospitals, and patients in Penang, Malaysia. She tells the stories of blood donors, their …
Blood Work
Life and Laboratories in Penang
E-bok, 2019
587 kr
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What is blood? How can we account for its enormous range of meanings and its extraordinary symbolic power? In Blood Work Janet Carsten traces the multiple meanings of blood as it moves from donors to labs, hospitals, and patients in Penang, Malaysia. She tells the stories of blood donors, their …
British Academy Lectures 2013-14
Häftad, 2015
632 kr
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This volume publishes texts from the British Academy's 2013 and 2014 lecture programmes, which were posted to the online Journal of the British Academy in 2014. The subjects covered include relic veneration in Confucianism, UK education policy, dyslexia, music as performance, Islamic …
British Academy Lectures 2014-15
Häftad, 2016
632 kr
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This volume publishes texts from the British Academy's 2014 and 2015 lecture programmes, which were posted to the online Journal of the British Academy in 2015. The subjects covered include: Europe's rebuilding after the Second World War by Ian Kershaw; Scotland's emergence as a nation by Dauvit …
British Academy Lectures, 2015-16
Häftad, 2017
705 kr
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This volume publishes lectures from the 2015 and 2016 programmes, which were posted to the Journal in 2016.The subjects covered include: Islam and the Great War in the Middle East, economic impossibilities for our grandchildren, social class mobility, the philosopher Thomas Hobbes, 'no religion' as …
