Anthropology today seems to shy away from the big, comparative question that ordinary people in many societies find compelling. This book brings these issues back to the centre of anthropological concerns.
4e de couverture : Anthropology today seems to shy away from the big, comparative questions that ordinary people in many societies find compelling. Questions of Anthropology brings these issues back to the center of anthropological concerns. Individual essays explore birth, deat…
"Each essay in this book starts with a question posed by individual ethnographic experience and then goes on to frame this question in a broader, comparative context. Written in an engaging and accessible style, Questions of Anthropology presents an introduction to the purpose a…
"Each essay in this book starts with a question posed by individual ethnographic experience and then goes on to frame this question in a broader, comparative context. Written in an engaging and accessible style, Questions of Anthropology presents an introduction to the purpose a…