Beyond Boundaries by Gisli Palsson
Anthropology, it is often argued, is an art of translation. Recently, however, social theorists have raised serious doubts about the translator's enterprise. Over the last few years the human social and ecological habitat has seen spectacular developments. Modern humans inhabit a 'global village' in a very genuine sense. What lessons may be learned from these developments for anthropology? In Beyond Boundaries, ten anthropologists from different countries address the problem of social understanding and cultural translation from different theoretical as well as ethnographic perspectives. Quite appropriately, given the general theme of the volume, the contributors represent several different academic traditions and communities - Britain, Finland, France, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Norway, the former Soviet Union, and Sweden.-
Football Hooligans
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A Celebration of Demons
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Making Doctors
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Capitalism
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Redefining Nature
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The Anthropology of Europe
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Material Conflicts
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Believing Identity
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Landscape
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Meanings of the Market
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Uncommon Ground
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Hunters and Gatherers (Vol II)
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The Anthropology of Time
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Children of the Blood
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Beauty and Power
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Flamenco
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Word, Sound, Image
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The Urban Context
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What's in a Relative
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Other Worlds
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Linking Separate Worlds
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Carnival Song and Society
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Intimations of Infinity
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Constituting the Minangkabau
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Hahalis and the Labour of Love
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Understanding Disputes
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Common Worlds and Single Lives
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The Inca Empire
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Marketing and Modernity
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Cosmos and Society in Oceania
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Brothers
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Of Relations and the Dead
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Discourses of Development
'.. the first of its kind to touch upon the idea of understanding social life through discourse.'Informations bibliographiques et lexicographiques
Gisli Palsson is Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Iceland
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| ISBN 13 | 9780854968138 |
| ISBN 10 | 085496813X |
| Title | Beyond Boundaries |
| Author | Gisli Palsson |
| Series | Explorations In Anthropology |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Year published | 1994-05-09 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
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