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Mary Douglas
An Intellectual Biography
Inbunden, 1999
2670 kr
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This is the first full length account of the life and ideas of Mary Douglas, the British social anthropologist whose publications span the second half of the twentieth century.Richard Fardon covers Douglas' family background, and the pervasive influence of her catholic faith on her writings before …
Mary Douglas
An Intellectual Biography
Häftad, 1999
812 kr
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This is the first full length account of the life and ideas of Mary Douglas, the British social anthropologist whose publications span the second half of the twentieth century.Richard Fardon covers Douglas' family background, and the pervasive influence of her catholic faith on her writings before …
African Languages, Development and the State
Av Richard Fardon, Graham Furniss
Inbunden, 1993
2515 kr
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This shows that multilingusim does not pose for Africans the problems of communication that Europeans imagine and that the mismatch between policy statements and their pragmatic outcomes is a far more serious problem for future development
Counterworks
Managing the Diversity of Knowledge
Inbunden, 1995
2515 kr
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Globalization is often described as the spread of western culture to other parts of the world. How accurate is the depiction of 'cultural flow'? In Counterworks, ten anthropologists examine the ways in which global processes have affected particular localities where they have carried out research. …
Counterworks
Managing the Diversity of Knowledge
Häftad, 1995
765 kr
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Globalization is often described as the spread of western culture to other parts of the world. How accurate is the depiction of 'cultural flow'? In Counterworks, ten anthropologists examine the ways in which global processes have affected particular localities where they have carried out research. …
African Broadcast Cultures
Radio in Transition
Av Graham Furniss, Richard Fardon m. fl.
Häftad, 2000
333 kr
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This text examines a number of African radio broadcast cultures.Radio has played a pivotal role in situations of conflict, crisis, change and development on the African continent. Local radio stations are as important as international broadcasters being both the barometers and agents of …
Central Nigeria Unmasked
Arts of the Benue River Valley
Av Marla C. Berns, Richard Fardon m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
1157 kr
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Winner of the Arnold Rubin Outstanding Publication Award from the Arts Council of the African Studies Association The Benue River Valley is the source of some of the most abstract, dramatic, and inventive sculpture in sub-Saharan Africa. A vast region, the Valley extends from the heart of …
African Languages, Development and the State
Av Richard Fardon, Graham Furniss
Häftad, 2022
728 kr
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This shows that multilingusim does not pose for Africans the problems of communication that Europeans imagine and that the mismatch between policy statements and their pragmatic outcomes is a far more serious problem for future development
Counterworks
Managing the Diversity of Knowledge
E-bok, 2003
901 kr
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Globalization is often described as the spread of western culture to other parts of the world. How accurate is the depiction of ''cultural flow''? In Counterworks , ten anthropologists examine the ways in which global processes have affected particular localities where they have carried out …
Counterworks
Managing the Diversity of Knowledge
E-bok, 2003
901 kr
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Globalization is often described as the spread of western culture to other parts of the world. How accurate is the depiction of ''cultural flow''? In Counterworks , ten anthropologists examine the ways in which global processes have affected particular localities where they have carried out …
African Languages, Development and the State
Av Graham Furniss, Richard Fardon
E-bok, 2002
838 kr
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This shows that multilingusim does not pose for Africans the problems of communication that Europeans imagine and that the mismatch between policy statements and their pragmatic outcomes is a far more serious problem for future development
African Languages, Development and the State
Av Graham Furniss, Richard Fardon
E-bok, 2002
856 kr
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This shows that multilingusim does not pose for Africans the problems of communication that Europeans imagine and that the mismatch between policy statements and their pragmatic outcomes is a far more serious problem for future development
Mary Douglas
An Intellectual Biography
E-bok, 2002
846 kr
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This is the first full length account of the life and ideas of Mary Douglas, the British social anthropologist whose publications span the second half of the twentieth century. Richard Fardon covers Douglas'' family background, and the pervasive influence of her catholic faith on her writings …
Mary Douglas
An Intellectual Biography
E-bok, 2002
846 kr
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This is the first full length account of the life and ideas of Mary Douglas, the British social anthropologist whose publications span the second half of the twentieth century. Richard Fardon covers Douglas'' family background, and the pervasive influence of her catholic faith on her writings …
Cultures and Crises
Understanding Risk and Resolution
Av Mary Douglas, Richard Fardon
Inbunden, 2013
3193 kr
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Written in the last two decades of her life, Cultures and Crises finds Mary Douglas developing analyses of critical conditions facing contemporary societies, sometimes in the company of distinguished co-authors across the whole gamut of social sciences. The essays focus on the collaborative …
Cultures and Crises
Understanding Risk and Resolution
Av Mary Douglas, Richard Fardon
Häftad, 2013
1874 kr
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Written in the last two decades of her life, Cultures and Crises finds Mary Douglas developing analyses of critical conditions facing contemporary societies, sometimes in the company of distinguished co-authors across the whole gamut of social sciences. The essays focus on the collaborative …
SAGE Handbook of Social Anthropology
Av Mark Nuttall, Richard Wilson m. fl.
E-bok, 2012
2896 kr
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In two volumes, the SAGE Handbook of Social Anthropology provides the definitive overview of contemporary research in the discipline. It explains the what, where, and how of current and anticipated work in Social Anthropology. With 80 authors, contributing more than 60 chapters, this is the most …
Taboo, Truth and Religion
Av Jeremy Adler, Richard Fardon
Inbunden, 1999
1399 kr
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Franz Steiner's study of Taboo is internationally recognized as a classic in its field. In a newly researched introductory chapter, based on a thorough study of Steiner's unpublished papers, this edition for the first time places the book in its context and offers a new reading of the text. More …
Taboo, Truth and Religion
Av Jeremy Adler, Richard Fardon
Häftad, 1999
548 kr
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Franz Steiner's study of Taboo is internationally recognized as a classic in its field. In a newly researched introductory chapter, based on a thorough study of Steiner's unpublished papers, this edition for the first time places the book in its context and offers a new reading of the text. More …
Orientpolitik, Value, and Civilization
Av Jeremy Adler, Richard Fardon
Inbunden, 1999
2040 kr
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This is the first collection of Franz Steiner's keynote papers on comparative economics and the classification of labor,complemented by major unpublished texts on politics, civilization, and cultural criticism. This enables a complete re-evaluation of Steiner's thought. His ideas on truth, value, …
Orientpolitik, Value, and Civilization
Av Jeremy Adler, Richard Fardon
Häftad, 1999
560 kr
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This is the first collection of Franz Steiner's keynote papers on comparative economics and the classification of labor,complemented by major unpublished texts on politics, civilization, and cultural criticism. This enables a complete re-evaluation of Steiner's thought. His ideas on truth, value, …
Lela in Bali
History through Ceremony in Cameroon
E-bok, 2006
302 kr
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Lela in Bali tells the story of an annual festival of eighteenth-century kingdoms in Northern Cameroon that was swept up in the migrations of marauding slave-raiders during the nineteenth century and carried south towards the coast. Lela was transformed first into a mounted durbar, like those of …
Franz Baermann Steiner
A Stranger in the World
Av Jeremy Adler, Richard Fardon
Inbunden, 2021
2040 kr
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Franz Baermann Steiner (1909-52) provided the vital link between the intellectual culture of central Europe and the Oxford Institute of Anthropology in its post-Second World War years.This book demonstrates his quiet influence within anthropology, which has extended from Mary Douglas to David …
Lela in Bali
History through Ceremony in Cameroon
Inbunden, 2006
1916 kr
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Lela in Bali tells the story of an annual festival of eighteenth-century kingdoms in Northern Cameroon that was swept up in the migrations of marauding slave-raiders during the nineteenth century and carried south towards the coast. Lela was transformed first into a mounted durbar, like those of …
Tiger in an African Palace, and Other Thoughts about Identification and Transformation
Häftad, 2014
620 kr
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Tiger in an African palace, and other th
E-bok, 2014
718 kr
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Tiger in an African palace collects eight essays about kinship and belonging that Richard Fardon wrote to complement his monographs on West Africa. The essays extend those book-length descriptions by pursuing their wider implications for theory in social anthropology: exploring the relationship …
Central Nigeria Unmasked
Arts of the Benue River Valley
Av Marla C. Berns, Richard Fardon m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
1747 kr
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Winner of the Arnold Rubin Outstanding Publication Award from the Arts Council of the African Studies Association The Benue River Valley is the source of some of the most abstract, dramatic, and inventive sculpture in sub-Saharan Africa. A vast region, the Valley extends from the heart of …
The SAGE Handbook of Social Anthropology
Av Richard Fardon, Oliva Harris m. fl.
Inbunden, 2012
4456 kr
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In two volumes, the SAGE Handbook of Social Anthropology provides the definitive overview of contemporary research in the discipline. It explains the what, where, and how of current and anticipated work in Social Anthropology. With 80 authors, contributing more than 60 chapters, this is the most …