The excavation and reconstruction of Maussian meanings proves richly gratifying to the intellectual archaeologist." - American Anthropologist
"Many of the items in this book are thought-provoking ... One of its strengths is the insights it frequently gives into the divergences between Mauss's and Durkheim's thought." - Anthropological Theory
"This is an important book ... by paying attention to the cultural construction of violence across time we can hope to be better able to explain the complex social dynamics that give rise to the actual use of violence." - Anthropological Theory...
The excavation and reconstruction of Maussian meanings proves richly gratifying to the intellectual archaeologist." - American Anthropologist
"Solway does an admirable job in her introduction, describing the three intellectual-cum-activist projects which underlie the collection...Its most significant contribution for those already familiar with the San literature lies in expanding the pool of recent analyses of San identity politics, and in documenting the rise and challenges facing the San-owned and San-oriented NGOs... it] is also a good reference source for a broader readership seeing an overview of Lee's intellectual legacy and its trajectories." - Anthropos
The essays assembled in this book exemplify the way political...
"Solway does an admirable job in her introduction, describing the three intellectual-cum-activist projects which underlie the collection...Its most si...
"Solway does an admirable job in her introduction, describing the three intellectual-cum-activist projects which underlie the collection...Its most significant contribution for those already familiar with the San literature lies in expanding the pool of recent analyses of San identity politics, and in documenting the rise and challenges facing the San-owned and San-oriented NGOs... it] is also a good reference source for a broader readership seeing an overview of Lee's intellectual legacy and its trajectories." - Anthropos The essays assembled in this book exemplify the way political...
"Solway does an admirable job in her introduction, describing the three intellectual-cum-activist projects which underlie the collection...Its most si...
..".a diverse group of scholars who have a broad range of experience as ethnographers and whose work with interviews, life stories and biography highlight the extraordinariness of social encounters." - Tamara Kohn, University of Melbourne
"Each chapter is well written and has something interesting . . . to say about interviewing. . . All in all, a genuinely absorbing read which has prompted me to think about interviewing in new ways." - Peter Collins, Durham University
Given the anthropological focus on ethnography as a kind of deep immersion, the interview poses theoretical and...
..".a diverse group of scholars who have a broad range of experience as ethnographers and whose work with interviews, life stories and biography hi...