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UNINA9910817760003321 |
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Titolo |
The ways of friendship : anthropological perspectives / / edited by Amit Desai and Evan Killick |
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New York, : Berghahn Books, 2010 |
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0-85745-825-6 |
1-282-75290-1 |
9786612752902 |
1-84545-850-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (222 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The Ways of Friendship; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction-Valuing Friendship; Chapter 1-On 'Same-Year Siblings' in Rural South China; Chapter 2-Ayompari, Compadre, Amigo: Forms of Fellowship in Peruvian Amazonia; Chapter 3-Friendship, Distance and Kinship-Talk Amongst Mozambican Refugees in South Africa; Chapter 4-Friendship, Kinship and Sociality in a Lebanese Town; Chapter 5-A Matter of Affection: Ritual Friendship in Central India; Chapter 6-Close Friends: The Importance of Proximity in Children's Peer Relations in Chhattisgarh, Central India |
Chapter 7-Making Friends, Making Oneself: Friendship and the Mapuche PersonChapter 8-The Value of Friendship: Subject/Object Transformations in the Economy of Becoming a Person (Bermondsey, Southeast London); Afterword-Making Friendship Impure: Some Reflections on a (Still) Neglected Topic; Notes on Contributors; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Friendship is an essential part of human experience, involving ideas of love and morality as well as material and pragmatic concerns. Making and having friends is a central aspect of everyday life in all human societies. Yet friendship is often considered of secondary significance |
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