Fracturing resemblances : identity and mimetic conflict in Melanesia and the West /

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Author / Creator:Harrison, Simon, 1952-
Imprint:New York : Berghahn Books, 2006.
Description:182 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:EASA series ; v. 5
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5823296
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ISBN:1571816801
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-173) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : order, conflict and 'difference'
  • Ch. 1. Proprietary identities
  • Ch. 2. A phenomenology of trademark ownership
  • Ch. 3. Mimesis and identity
  • Ch. 4. Difference as denied resemblance
  • Ch. 5. Property, personhood and the objectification of culture
  • Ch. 6. Cultural piracy and cultural pollution
  • Ch. 7. Cultural boundaries, cultural ownership
  • Ch. 8. Power and the negotiation of identity
  • Ch. 9. Identity as a scarce resource
  • Ch. 10. The politics of alikeness
  • Conclusion : cultural constructions of 'cultural identity'.