It Happens Among People by Keping Wu

It Happens Among People by Keping Wu

Written by eleven leading anthropologists from around the world, this volume extends the insights of Fredrik Barth, one of the most important anthropologists of the twentieth century, to push even further at the frontiers of anthropology.

“While Barth might not be the ‘star author’ in fashion in academia today, invisible in many of the scholarly discourses, he is without any doubt a member of the small group of anthropologists who will be a source of inspiration for generations to come…I highly recommend this book, especially for readers interested in the future of anthropology and Barth’s place in itClearly, Barth keeps fuelling new thoughts and perspectives in the global anthropological community.” • Anthropology Book Forum

“The entire volumes testifies to Barth’s long-lived relevance in anthropological theory and practice.” • Choice

“This is an unusually interesting volume. Part conventional Festschrift for Fredrik Barth (one of the most significant and influential anthropologists, also one of the most original and distinctive, of the second half of the twentieth century), but also part record and outcome of Barth’s specific influence in China and makes for a very distinctive volume.” • James Laidlaw, University of Cambridge

Keping Wu is Associate Professor at the Department of China Studies in Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. Trained as an anthropologist, she had previous teaching and research positions at Sun Yat-sen University, National University of Singapore, and The Chinese University of Hong Kong. She has recently published Religion and Charity: The Social Life of Goodness in Chinese Societies, co-authored with Robert P. Weller and Julia Huang (Cambridge, 2018).

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ISBN 13	9781789204285
ISBN 10	1789204283
Title	It Happens Among People
Author	Keping Wu
Series	Wyse Series In Social Anthropology
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Berghahn Books
Year published	2019-11-04
Number of pages	242
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