Questions of Anthropology

Questions of Anthropology
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Publisher : Berg
Total Pages : 384
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ISBN-10 : 9781847883728
ISBN-13 : 1847883729
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Book Synopsis Questions of Anthropology by : Rita Astuti

Download or read book Questions of Anthropology written by Rita Astuti and published by Berg. This book was released on 2007-07-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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