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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 …
Language and Culture in Dialogue
Av Andrew J. Strathern, Pamela J. Stewart
Häftad, 2021
704 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 …
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 …
Sustainability, Conservation, and Creativity
Ethnographic Learning from Small-scale Practices
Av Andrew J. Strathern, Pamela J. Stewart
E-bok, 2019
433 kr
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By examining how small communities have dealt with forces of change and have sought to maintain themselves over time, this book offers pointers and lessons for conservation practices at all levels of society. "Sustainability" has become an increasingly popular term as a signal of concerns with …
Sustainability, Conservation, and Creativity
Ethnographic Learning from Small-scale Practices
Av Andrew J. Strathern, Pamela J. Stewart
E-bok, 2019
433 kr
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By examining how small communities have dealt with forces of change and have sought to maintain themselves over time, this book offers pointers and lessons for conservation practices at all levels of society. "Sustainability" has become an increasingly popular term as a signal of concerns with …
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 …
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
2818 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 …
Ashgate Research Companion to Anthropology
Av Andrew J. Strathern, Pamela J. Stewart
Inbunden, 2015
3728 kr
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This companion provides an indispensable overview of contemporary and classical issues in social and cultural anthropology. Although anthropology has expanded greatly over time in terms of the diversity of topics in which its practitioners engage, many of the broad themes and topics at the heart of …
Ashgate Research Companion to Anthropology
Av Andrew J. Strathern, Pamela J. Stewart
Häftad, 2017
617 kr
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This companion provides an indispensable overview of contemporary and classical issues in social and cultural anthropology. Although anthropology has expanded greatly over time in terms of the diversity of topics in which its practitioners engage, many of the broad themes and topics at the heart of …
Violence
Theory and Ethnography
Av Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew Strathern
Häftad, 2002
1415 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
1063 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
1063 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 …
Language and Culture in Dialogue
Av Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew J. Strathern
E-bok, 2020
831 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 …
Language and Culture in Dialogue
Av Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew J. Strathern
E-bok, 2020
831 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 …
Sustainability, Conservation, and Creativity
Ethnographic Learning from Small-scale Practices
Av Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew J. Strathern
Häftad, 2021
370 kr
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By examining how small communities have dealt with forces of change and have sought to maintain themselves over time, this book offers pointers and lessons for conservation practices at all levels of society. "Sustainability" has become an increasingly popular term as a signal of concerns with …
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 …
Sustainability, Conservation, and Creativity
Ethnographic Learning from Small-scale Practices
Av Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew J. Strathern
Inbunden, 2019
997 kr
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By examining how small communities have dealt with forces of change and have sought to maintain themselves over time, this book offers pointers and lessons for conservation practices at all levels of society. "Sustainability" has become an increasingly popular term as a signal of concerns with …
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 …
Ashgate Research Companion to Anthropology
Av Andrew J. Strathern, Pamela J. Stewart
E-bok, 2016
727 kr
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This companion provides an indispensable overview of contemporary and classical issues in social and cultural anthropology. Although anthropology has expanded greatly over time in terms of the diversity of topics in which its practitioners engage, many of the broad themes and topics at the heart of …
Ashgate Research Companion to Anthropology
Av Andrew J. Strathern, Pamela J. Stewart
E-bok, 2016
712 kr
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This companion provides an indispensable overview of contemporary and classical issues in social and cultural anthropology. Although anthropology has expanded greatly over time in terms of the diversity of topics in which its practitioners engage, many of the broad themes and topics at the heart 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 …
