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
• 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.: 9910815218003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II