Small Places, Large Issues: An Introduction to Social and Cultural AnthropologyA revised and updated edition of this unique best-selling guide to social and cultural anthropology. |
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Page 26
... analysis . The descriptive aspect of an anthropological account is usually close to the native con- ceptualisation of the world , and a major problem lies in translating native concepts into the anthropologist's working language . When ...
... analysis . The descriptive aspect of an anthropological account is usually close to the native con- ceptualisation of the world , and a major problem lies in translating native concepts into the anthropologist's working language . When ...
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... analysis , but role analysis can help us in posing the relevant questions about cultural constructions of the self , since it helps in structuring observations of social life which may at first glance seem random and purely ...
... analysis , but role analysis can help us in posing the relevant questions about cultural constructions of the self , since it helps in structuring observations of social life which may at first glance seem random and purely ...
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... analysis , Kapferer stresses that the rituals enable the participants to see the world more clearly than usual , and to reflect on their own position in it . For this to be possible , however , they must be able to move to and fro ...
... analysis , Kapferer stresses that the rituals enable the participants to see the world more clearly than usual , and to reflect on their own position in it . For this to be possible , however , they must be able to move to and fro ...
Contents
Comparison and Context | 1 |
Fieldwork and Interpretation | 14 |
The Social Human | 30 |
Copyright | |
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