Claiming individuality : the cultural politics of distinction / / edited by Vered Amit and Noel Dyck

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Ann Arbor, Mich., : Pluto Press, 2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: vii, 225 p
• Disciplina: 302.5/4
• Soggetto topico: Individuality - Social aspects
• Altri autori: AmitVered <1955-> DyckNoel
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: On claiming individuality : an introduction to the issues / Vered Amit, Noel Dyck -- In the aftermath of death : presenting self, individuality and family in an Iyangar family in Chennai, 1994 / Mattison Mines -- Growing up in the Caribbean : individuality in the making / Karen Fog Olwig -- Distinction and co-construction : diaspora Asian fashion entrepreneurs in London / Parminder Bhachu -- Claiming individuality through "flexibility" : career choices and constraints among traveling consultants / Vered Amit -- A personalized journey : tourism and individuality / Julia Harrison -- Becoming educated, becoming and individual? Tropes of distinction and "modesty" in French narratives of rurality / Deborah Reed-Danahay -- An anatomy of humor : the charismatic repartee of Trevor Jeffreis in The Mitre pub / Nigel Rapport -- Proclaiming individual piety : pilgrims and religious renewal in Côte d'Ivoire / Marie Nathalie LeBlanc -- Claiming to be Croat : the risks of return to the homeland / Daphne Winland.
• Sommario/riassunto: Why the concept of individuality is important to people.
• Titolo autorizzato: Claiming individuality
• ISBN: 1-84964-299-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816211303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Anthropology, culture, and society.