Claiming individuality : the cultural politics of distinction / edited by Vered Amit and Noel Dyck.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Amit, Vered, 1955-

Dyck, Noel.

Series:

Anthropology, culture, and society.

Anthropology, culture, and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Individuality--Social aspects.

Individuality.

Physical Description:

vii, 225 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Ann Arbor, Mich. : Pluto Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Why the concept of individuality is important to people.

Contents:

On claiming individuality : an introduction to the issues / Vered Amit, Noel Dyck

In the aftermath of death : presenting self, individuality and family in an Iyangar family in Chennai, 1994 / Mattison Mines

Growing up in the Caribbean : individuality in the making / Karen Fog Olwig

Distinction and co-construction : diaspora Asian fashion entrepreneurs in London / Parminder Bhachu

Claiming individuality through "flexibility" : career choices and constraints among traveling consultants / Vered Amit

A personalized journey : tourism and individuality / Julia Harrison

Becoming educated, becoming and individual? Tropes of distinction and "modesty" in French narratives of rurality / Deborah Reed-Danahay

An anatomy of humor : the charismatic repartee of Trevor Jeffreis in The Mitre pub / Nigel Rapport

Proclaiming individual piety : pilgrims and religious renewal in Côte d'Ivoire / Marie Nathalie LeBlanc

Claiming to be Croat : the risks of return to the homeland / Daphne Winland.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781849642996

1849642990

OCLC:

656261381