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Questions of Anthropology
Contributor(s): Astuti, Rita (Editor), Parry, Jonathan (Editor), Stafford, Charles (Editor)

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 ISBN: 1845207483     ISBN-13: 9781845207489
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE: $37.95  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 2007
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social
- Social Science | Sociology - General
- Social Science | Anthropology - Physical
Dewey: 301.01
LCCN: 2007011919
Series: London School of Economics Monographs on Social Anthropology (Paperback)
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" L (1.05 lbs) 288 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
 
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Anthropology today seems to shy away from the big, comparative questions that ordinary people in many societies find compelling. Questions of Anthropology brings these issues back to the centre of anthropological concerns.Individual essays explore birth, death and sexuality, puzzles about the relationship between science and religion, questions about the nature of ritual, work, political leadership and genocide, and our personal fears and desires, from the quest to control the future and to find one's 'true' identity to the fear of being alone. Each essay starts with a question posed by individual ethnographic experience and then goes on to frame this question in a broader, comparative context. Written in an engaging and accessible style, Questions of Anthropology presents an exciting introduction to the purpose and value of Anthropology today.

Contributor Bio(s): Astuti, Rita: - Rita Astuti is co-author of Constraints On Conceptual Development.Parry, Jonathan: - Jonathan Parry is author of Death in Banaras.Stafford, Charles: - Charles Stafford is author of Separation and Reunion in Modern China. He teaches Anthropology at the London School of Economics.
 
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