Search Results - "Anthropological Theory"

The Rebirth of Anthropological Theory. by Barrett, Stanley, R.

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Partible paternity and anthropological theory : the construction of an ethnographic fantasy / by Shapiro, Warren

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Art and agency : an anthropological theory / by Gell, Alfred

Eating soup without a spoon : anthropological theory and method in the real world / by Cohen, Jeffrey H. (Jeffrey Harris)

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Principles of Visual Anthropology. by Hockings, Paul

Table of Contents: “…Conclusion: Ethnographic Filming and Anthropological Theory --…”
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Ordinary ethics : anthropology, language, and action

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The dialectic of practice and the logical structure of the tool : philosophy, archaeology and the anthropology of technology by Kozatsas, Jannis

Table of Contents: “…Introduction ; PART I: A Brief History of Research: From neo-positivism to phenomenology and beyond ; Elusive technology and analytic dualism: between processual objectivism and post-processual idealism ; French and American anthropology of technology: synthetic dualism and the concept of the 'process' ; The chaîne opératoire approach: some theoretical remarks ; Symmetrical theory and the phenomenology of material culture ; PART II: Hegel and the Concept of Practice: Elements for a dialectical theory of technology ; Dialectics in contemporary archaeological and anthropological theory ; The dialectic of practice: reconsidering Hegel ; PART III: The Subject, the Object, and the Logical Structure of the Tool ; Heidegger's phenomenology or the tool as not a tool ; Hegel's tools: relationality, universality, and effectivity ; Epilogue ; References.…”
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Naukratis : trade in archaic Greece by Möller, Astrid

Table of Contents: “…Karl Polanyi's anthropological theory of economy -- Egypt under the Saite Dynasty -- The Greek economy and its market elements -- The archaeological material from Naukratis -- Naukratis as "port of trade."…”
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Linguistic anthropology by Duranti, Alessandro

Table of Contents: “…The scope of linguistic anthropology -- Theories of culture -- Linguistic diversity -- Ethnographic methods -- Transcription : from writing to digitized images -- Meaning in linguistic forms -- Speaking as social action -- Conversational exchanges -- Units of participation -- Conclusions -- Appendix: Practical tips on recording interaction.…”
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Indigenous religion and cultural performance in the new Maya world by Cook, Garrett W., 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Understanding Maya Religion in the New Millennium -- The Fiesta Patronál in Historical Context : The Festival System and Anthropological Theory -- Santiago and the Cofradía : Reorganizing the Tradition -- The Monkeys Dance : Adjusting the Performance -- Foreign Characters : Visualizing Identity in the Guatemalan Highlands in the Twenty-First Century -- The Dynamics of Contemporary Maya Religious Tradition : Agency and Structure in Selected Case Studies -- Conclusion : The Future of Village-Level Indigenous Religion.…”
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The Reinvention of Primitive Society. by Kuper, Adam

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Negotiating Risk : British Pakistani Experiences of Genetics. by Shaw, Alison

Table of Contents: “…Title page-Negotiating Risk; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1-Medical and Public Perceptions of Consanguineoud Marriage and Genetic Risk; Chapter 2-Close Kin Marriages: Some Anthropological Theory and European History; Chapter 3-British Pakistani Cousin Marriages: Balancing Marital Risks; Chapter 4-Medical Surveillance and Diagnostic Uncertainty; Chapter 5-Responding to Reproductive Risk; Chapter 6-Foretelling and Managing Infant Death; Chapter 7-Genetic Screening and the Extended Family; Chapter 8-Genetic Risk in Context; Bibliography; Index.…”
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Working with Spirit : Experiencing izangoma Healing in Contemporary South Africa. by Wreford, Jo Thobeka

Table of Contents: “…Title page-Working with spirit; Contents; Acknowledgements; Terminology; Acronyms; Introduction; Ch 1-Conversations in anthropological theory and method; Ch 2-On the question of Ancestors; Ch 3-Biomedicine and Izangoma Sinyanga; Ch 4-On 'being called'; Illustrations; Ch 5-Graduation (Goduswa) and ancestral evidences; Ch 6-What got into you? …”
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The evolution of culture : the development of civilization to the fall of Rome by White, Leslie A., 1900-1975

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Elementary Structures Reconsidered : Levi-Strauss on Kinship. by Korn, Francis

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Order and Rebellion in Tribal Africa. by Gluckman, Max

Table of Contents: “…Succession and Civil War among the Bemba -- An Exercise in Anthropological Theory; III. Rituals of Rebellion in South-East Africa; IV. …”
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Connections : brain, mind, and culture in a social anthropology by Reyna, Stephen P.

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Toward an anthropology of the will

Table of Contents: “…Willing contours : locating volition in anthropological theory / Keith M. Murphy and C. Jason Throop -- In the midst of action / C. …”
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Masks of identity : representing and performing otherness in Latin America

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Sartre and No child left behind : an existential psychoanalytic anthropology of urban schooling by Parker, Darian M.

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