Phenomenology in anthropology : a sense of perspective / edited by Kalpana Ram and Christopher Houston ; afterword by Michael Jackson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ram, Kalpana, editor.

Houston, Christopher, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Phenomenological anthropology.

Physical Description:

ix, 318 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2015]

Summary:

This volume explores what phenomenology adds to the enterprise of anthropology, drawing on and contributing to a burgeoning field of social science research inspired by the phenomenological tradition in philosophy. Essays by leading scholars ground their discussions of theory and method in richly detailed ethnographic case studies. The contributors broaden the application of phenomenology in anthropology beyond the areas in which it has been most influential - studies of sensory perception, emotion, bodiliness, and intersubjectivity - into new areas of inquiry such as martial arts, sports, dance, music, and political discourse. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction : Phenomenology's Methodological Invitation / Kalpana Ram and Christopher Houston

Moods and Method : Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty on Emotion and Understanding / Kalpana Ram

Toward a Cultural Phenomenology of Body-World Relations / Thomas J. Csordas

Sacred Suffering : A Phenomenological Anthropological Perspective / C. Jason Throop

Being "Sita" : Physical Affects in the North Indian Dance of Kathak / Monica Dalidowicz

Beneath the Horizon : The Organic Body's Role in Athletic Experience / Greg Downey

Unmeasured Music and Silence / Ian Bedford

Experiencing Self-Abstraction : Studio Production and Vocal Consciousness / Daniel Fisher

Being-in-the-Covenant : Reflections on the Crisis of Historicism in North Malaita, Solomon Islands / Jaap Timmer

Seared with Reality : Phenomenology through Photography, in Nepal / Robert Desjarlais

Writing Affect, Love, and Desire into Ethnography / L.L. Wynn

Senses of Magic : Anthropology, Art, and Christianity in the Vula'a Lifeworld / Deborah Van Heekeren

Neither Things in Themselves nor Things for Us Only : Anthropology, Phenomenology, and Poetry / Christopher Houston

Afterword / Michael Jackson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780253017543

0253017548

9780253017758

0253017750

OCLC:

904455811