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The work of culture : symbolic transformation in psychoanalysis and anthropology / Gananath Obeyesekere.
Van Pelt Library BF175.4.C84 O24 1990
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LIBRA BF175.4.C84 O24 1990
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Obeyesekere, Gananath.
- Series:
- Lewis Henry Morgan lectures ; 1982.
- Lewis Henry Morgan lectures ; 1982
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Psychoanalysis and culture--Sri Lanka.
- Psychoanalysis and culture.
- Symbolism (Psychology)--Case studies.
- Symbolism (Psychology).
- Buddhism--Psychology--Case studies.
- Buddhism.
- Hinduism--Psychology--Case studies.
- Hinduism.
- Sinhalese (Sri Lankan people)--Psychology--Case studies.
- Sinhalese (Sri Lankan people).
- Psychology.
- Hinduism--Psychology.
- Buddhism--Psychology.
- Sri Lanka.
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 354 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1990.
- Summary:
- ""The Work of Culture is the product of two decades of field research by Sri Lanka's most distinguished anthropological interpreter, and its combination of textual analysis, ethnographic sensitivity, and methodological catholicity makes it something of a blockbuster."--Arjun Appadurai, "Journal of Asian Studies
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-333) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0226615987
- 0226615995
- OCLC:
- 21338536
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