wyszukanych pozycji: 7
Genealogies for the Present in Cultural Anthropology
ISBN: 9780415912648 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Considering recent theoretical developments, this volume takes stock of the relationship between culture, power and representation that informs fields such as anthropology. From the 1960s to the early 1990s, anthropology has struggled with the tense relation between modern and postmodern sensibilities. Today the field requires humanism to self-consciously mediate an appreciation of cultural diversity with a critique of representation and inequality. By so doing, important perspective is gained on theoretical initiatives such as postmodernism, cultural studies, post-Marxism, modern/postmodern...
Considering recent theoretical developments, this volume takes stock of the relationship between culture, power and representation that informs fields...
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281,13 zł |
From Primitive to Postcolonial in Melanesia and Anthropology
ISBN: 9780472066872 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. What have anthropologists taught us about Melanesia--one of anthropology's most important and intensively studied world regions? In this book, Professor Bruce Knauft draws together and critically reanalyzes what we know about major features of Melanesian cultural history, warfare and politics, gender, bodily practices, and spirituality as discerned from more than a century of academic study.
From Primitive to Postcolonial in Melanesia and Anthropology is arguably the most comprehensive single reassessment of Melanesia as an ethnographic world area to have been published in... What have anthropologists taught us about Melanesia--one of anthropology's most important and intensively studied world regions? In this book, Profess...
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142,23 zł |
South Coast New Guinea Cultures: History, Comparison, Dialectic
ISBN: 9780521429313 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. South coast New Guinea has long been a focus of ethnographic attention, with its varied cultures, its reputation for flamboyant sexual practices, and its traditions of headhunting. Dr. Knauft examines previous ethnographic material to reanalyze the region's seven major language-culture areas, covering a range of topics including sexuality, social inequality, the status of women, religion, politics and violence. Ethnographically rich and theoretically sophisticated, this book will be essential reading for all those interested in Melanesia, and should be read by anyone concerned with the...
South coast New Guinea has long been a focus of ethnographic attention, with its varied cultures, its reputation for flamboyant sexual practices, and ...
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203,56 zł |
Critically Modern: Alternatives, Alterities, Anthropologies
ISBN: 9780253215383 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. "Critically Modern makes a critical intervention in one of the great debates of the moment. It offers a variety of rich and fascinating empirical analyses of 'modern' phenomena from diverse societies, and contributes a powerful (and largely missing) voice to the growing literature on globalization and modernity outside anthropology." "In these essays theory and ethnography are presented in ways that make them mutually enriching. The volume should appeal to scholars across the entire range of disciplines that deal with modernity and/or globalization." "Critically Modern makes a critical intervention in one of the great debates of the moment. It offers a variety of rich and fascinating empirical a... |
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109,57 zł |
Authenticity and Authorship in Pacific Island Encounters: New Lives of Old Imaginaries
ISBN: 9781800730540 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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Genealogies for the Present in Cultural Anthropology
ISBN: 9780415912631 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In the wake of tensions between modern and postmodern sensibilities, what larger directions now emerge in cultural anthropology? In this major work, Bruce Knauft takes stock of important recent initiatives in cultural and critical theory. By combining critical reviews and ethnographic engagements with fresh readings of major figures and approaches, the work develops a larger vantage point for considering the dispersing influence of practice theories, postmodernism, cultural studies, postcolonial studies, modern/post-positive feminism, and multicultural criticisms.
In the wake of tensions between modern and postmodern sensibilities, what larger directions now emerge in cultural anthropology? In this major work, B...
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702,94 zł |
South Coast New Guinea Cultures: History, Comparison, Dialectic
ISBN: 9780521418829 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. South coast New Guinea has long been a focus of ethnographic attention, with its varied cultures, its reputation for flamboyant sexual practices, and its traditions of headhunting. Dr. Knauft examines previous ethnographic material to reanalyze the region's seven major language-culture areas, covering a range of topics including sexuality, social inequality, the status of women, religion, politics and violence. Ethnographically rich and theoretically sophisticated, this book will be essential reading for all those interested in Melanesia, and should be read by anyone concerned with the...
South coast New Guinea has long been a focus of ethnographic attention, with its varied cultures, its reputation for flamboyant sexual practices, and ...
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474,93 zł |