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Names are Thicker than Blood: Kinship and Ownership amongst the Iatmul (British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Monographs)
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Hardcover. This is an ethnographic study of kinship and the nature and behaviour of ownership amongst the much-studied Sepik River Iatmul people. Written from the viewpoint of a Melanesian scholar, this book seeks to re-think anthropology's central assumptions about social relations. Series: British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Monographs. Num Pages: 220 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1MB; 1MKLP; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 528.
This is an ethnographic study of kinship and the nature and behaviour of ownership amongst the much-studied Sepik River Iatmul people. Until very recently, anthropology has remained a Western analytical project for understanding and conceptualising non-Western societies, and was often geared towards the pragmatics of colonial and post-colonial interest. In the spirit of social science, anthropology has formulated a rigorous method of research and a specialised language of description and analysis. Embedded within this approach are metaphysical assumptions about the nature of human society, culture, history, and so forth. This volume provides the vantage point from which to ... Read more
This is an ethnographic study of kinship and the nature and behaviour of ownership amongst the much-studied Sepik River Iatmul people. Until very recently, anthropology has remained a Western analytical project for understanding and conceptualising non-Western societies, and was often geared towards the pragmatics of colonial and post-colonial interest. In the spirit of social science, anthropology has formulated a rigorous method of research and a specialised language of description and analysis. Embedded within this approach are metaphysical assumptions about the nature of human society, culture, history, and so forth. This volume provides the vantage point from which to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
Series
British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Monographs
Number of Pages
220
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780197264454
SKU
V9780197264454
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