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Kinship in Action
For courses in Social Organization, Kinship, and Cultural Ecology.Kinship has made a come-back in Anthropology. Not only is there a line of noted, general, introductory works and …
Breaking the Frames
This book argues that the breaking and re-making of frames of analysis underlie the history of theorizing in anthropology. Pamela J. Stewart and Andrew J. Strathern note that this …
Language and Culture in Dialogue
In this book, Andrew J. Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart delineate the relationship between “language in particular” and “culture in general” by focusing on language as both social …
Sustainability, Conservation, and Creativity
By examining how small communities have dealt with forces of change and have sought to maintain themselves over time, this book offers pointers and lessons for conservation …
Ritual: Key Concepts in Religion
Ritual has emerged as a major focus of academic interest. As a concept, the idea of ritual integrates the study of behavior both within and beyond the domain of religion. Ritual …
Dealing with Disasters
Providing a fresh look at some of the pressing issues of our world today, this collection focuses on experiential and ritualized coping practices in response to a multitude of …
Gender, Song, and Sensibility
The authors present a historical picture of gender relations in Highlands New Guinea by exploring domains of imagination as revealed in courting songs, ballads, and folktales from …
Anthropology and Consultancy
More and more, anthropologists are recruited as consultants by government departments, companies or as observers of development processes in their field areas generally. Although …
Landscape, Memory and History
How do people perceive the land around them, and how is that perception changed by history? This book explores this question from an anthropological angle, assessing the …
Sacred Revenge in Oceania
Revenge is an important motivation in human affairs relating to conflict and violence, and it is a notable feature in many societies within Oceania, where revenge is traditionally …
The Python's Back
Building on an incipient tendency to make comparisons between Indonesian and Melanesian cultural themes, this study makes a fresh comparison of themes that interrelate …
Language and Culture in Dialogue
In this book, Andrew J. Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart delineate the relationship between "e;language in particular"e; and "e;culture in general"e; by focusing on …