Bodies and Persons Comparative Perspectives from Africa and Melanesia |
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| Contribution by:
| Lambek, Michael
Strathern, Andrew
Astuti, Rita
Lipuma, Edward S.
Corin, Ellen
Devisch, Rene
Bamford, Sandra |
| Editor:
| Lambek, Michael
Strathern, Andrew |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-62194-6 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1998 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $112.00 |
Book Description:
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This book suggests a comparative approach to broad cultural differences between Africa and Melanesia. Its theme is personhood, understood in terms of what anthropologists call embodiment. Questioning common assumptions about huge differences between these areas, it documents surprising continuities.
This book suggests a comparative approach to broad cultural differences between Africa and Melanesia. Its theme is personhood, understood in terms of what anthropologists call embodiment. Questioning common assumptions about huge differences between these areas, it documents surprising continuities.