New Directions in Anthropological Writing – serie
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Wombs and Alien Spirits
Women, Men and the Zar Cult in Northern Spain
Av Janice Boddy
Häftad, 1989
289 kr
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Adherents to the ""zar"" cult in northern Sudan encounter spirits that are parallels of historically relevant figures in the known human world. Those possessed, usually women, meet aliens who speak about issues confronting a village such as the increasing influence of formal Islam or encroaching …
Debating Muslims
Cultural Dialogues in Postmodernity and Tradition
Av Michael M.J. Fischer, Mehdi Abedi
Häftad, 1990
273 kr
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The aim of this book is to present in their historical context the debates that have been taking place in the Muslim world recently. It describes the place of Iranian culture in contemporary art and thought and the increasing influence Muslims are having on Western societies. In an introductory …
Power and Performance
Ethnographic Explorations Through Proverbial Wisdom and Theater in Shaba, Zaire
Häftad, 1990
284 kr
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Power is eaten whole (""Le pouvoir se mange entier""). In 1985 the distinguished anthropologist Johannes Fabian, engaged in fieldwork in the Shaba province of Zaire, first encountered this saying about power. Its implications - for the charismatic religious movements Fabian was examining, for the …
Magical Arrows
Maori, the Greeks and the Folklore of the Universe
Häftad, 1992
205 kr
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An exploration of cosmology, connecting the Western philosophical tradition with the cosmological traditions of non-Western societies. Using the mythology and philosophy of the Maori as a counterpoint, it finds a philosophical common denominator in the thought of Zeno of Elea.
Fragments of Death, Fables of Identity
An Athenian Anthropography
Häftad, 1996
245 kr
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Following the lives of men and women in the neighbourhoods of Athens, this study considers how individuals define their identity as Athenians, as members of a family, as subjects of a policy, and in death or mourning.
Sanuma Memoirs
Yanomami Ethnography in Times of Crisis
Häftad, 1995
273 kr
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This text provides an anthropological account of the Yanomami and their social organisation, kinship and marriage, moving from the microcosm of individual experience to the broader sociological trends that engulf them. It draws on extensive fieldwork among the Sanuma.
Indigenism
Ethnic Politics in Brazil
Häftad, 1998
273 kr
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Indigenous people comprise only 0.2 per cent of Brazil's population, yet occupy a prominent role in the nation's consciousness. In this text, Ramos explains this irony, exploring Indian and non-Indian attitudes about interethnic relations.
