The ceremonial animal : a new portrait of anthropology /
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| Author / Creator: | James, Wendy. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Oxford University Press, 2003. |
| Description: | xxiii, 384 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5059949 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Professor of Anthropology, University of Toronto
- The Quest For Pattern
- 1. Key Questions in Anthropology
- 2. Dialogues with Grand Theory
- Shape And Rhythm In Social Forms
- 3. Species, Space, and Time
- 4. Daughters of the Dance
- 5. On Ritual and Social Memoey
- Language And The Making Of Persons
- 6. Language and Social Engagement
- 7. The Dialectics of Gender and Generation
- 8. Human Bodies, Social Persons, and Selves
- Practice And Politics In The Ceremonial Arena
- 9. Place, Home, and Habitus
- 10. Work, Wealth, and Exchange
- 11. Theatres of Power, War, and Peace
- Large-Scale Modern Forms
- 12. The New Spaces: Cities and Popular Culture
- 13. The Modern Person and 'The Market'
- 14. States, 'Nations', and the Struggles of the People
- Concluding Essay
- 15. Anthropology as a Human Science: Conversations with History and Religion
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
