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Titolo: | In the event : toward an anthropology of generic moments / / edited by Lotte Meinert and Bruce Kapferer |
Pubblicazione: | New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2015 |
©2015 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (186 p.) |
Disciplina: | 306.1 |
Soggetto topico: | Ethnology - Philosophy |
Ethnology - Methodology | |
Symbolic anthropology | |
Experience | |
Life change events | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Persona (resp. second.): | MeinertLotte |
KapfererBruce | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | In the Event; Contents; Introduction: In the Event-toward an Anthropology of Generic Moments; Chapter 1: 'Ashura in Bahrain; Chapter 2: 'Burying the ANC'; Chapter 3: A Topographic Event; Chapter 4: The Outburst; Chapter 5: Events and Effects; Chapter 6: The Cartoon Controversy; Chapter 7: Studying Human Resource Management; Chapter 8: Figurations of the Future; Chapter 9: Mimesis of the State; About the Editors; Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | Events are ""generative moments"" in at least three senses: events are created by and condense larger-scale social structures; as moments, they spark and give rise to new social processes; in themselves, events may also serve to analyze social situations and relationships. Based on ethnographic studies from around the world-varying from rituals and meetings over protests and conflicts to natural disasters and management-this volume analyzes generative moments through events that hold the key to understanding larger social situations. These events-including the Ashura ritual in Bahrain, social |
Titolo autorizzato: | In the event |
ISBN: | 1-78533-512-X |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910480448203321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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