Classic Concepts in Anthropology - Couverture souple

Valeri, Valerio

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0990505081 ISBN 13 : 9780990505082

Editeur : HAU, 2017

Synopsis

The late anthropologist Valerio Valeri (1944–98) was best known for his substantial writings on societies of Polynesia and eastern Indonesia. This volume, however, presents a lesser-known side of Valeri’s genius through a dazzlingly erudite set of comparative essays on core topics in the history of anthropological theory. Offering masterly discussions of anthropological thought about ritual, fetishism, cosmogonic myth, belief, caste, kingship, mourning, play, feasting, ceremony, and cultural relativism, Classic Concepts in Anthropology, will be an eye-opening, essential resource for students and researchers not only in anthropology but throughout the humanities.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Valerio Valeri (1944-98) was an Italian anthropologist and professor of anthropology at the University of Chicago. He is the author of several books, including Kingship and Sacrifice: Ritual and Society in Ancient Hawaii, published by the University of Chicago Press.

Giovanni da Col is research associate at SOAS, University of London, and founder of HAU and the Centre for Ethnographic Theory.

Rupert Stasch is a lecturer in social anthropology at the University of Cambridge and the author of Society of Others: Kinship and Mourning in a West Papuan Place.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: HAU
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0990505081
• ISBN 13: 9780990505082
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 278
• Éditeur: Da Col Giovanni, Stasch Rupert
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible