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Record Nr.

UNINA9910493243203321

Titolo

The scope of anthropology [[electronic resource] ] : Maurice Godelier's work in context / / edited by Laurent Dousset and Serge Tcherkézoff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Berghahn Books, c2012

ISBN

1-280-49660-6

9786613591838

0-85745-332-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Collana

Methodology and history in anthropology ; ; v. 23

Altri autori (Persone)

DoussetLaurent

TcherkézoffSerge

Disciplina

306.01

Soggetti

Ethnology - Philosophy

Ethnology - Methodology

Ethnology - Melanesia

Big man (Melanesia)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Scope of Anthropology; Methodology and History in Anthropology; The Scope of Anthropology Maurice Godelier's Work in Context; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Publications by Maurice Godelier; Notes on Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Some of the most prominent social and cultural anthropologists have come together in this volume to discuss Maurice Godelier's work. They explore and revisit some of the highly complex practices and structures social scientists encounter in their fieldwork. From the nature-culture debate to the fabrication of hereditary political systems, from transforming gender relations to the problems of the Christianization of indigenous peoples, these chapters demonstrate both the diversity of anthropological topics and the opportunity for constructive dialogue around shared methodological and theoretica