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The scope of anthropology : Maurice Godelier's work in context / edited by Laurent Dousset and Serge Tcherkezoff.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Methodology and history in anthropology ; v. 23.
- Methodology and history in anthropology ; v. 23
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Godelier, Maurice.
- Ethnology--Philosophy.
- Ethnology.
- Ethnology--Methodology.
- Ethnology--Melanesia.
- Big man (Melanesia).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (296 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Some of the most prominent social and cultural anthropologists have come together in this volume to discuss Maurice Godelier's work. They explore and revisit some of the highly complex practices and structures social scientists encounter in their fieldwork. From the nature-culture debate to the fabrication of hereditary political systems, from transforming gender relations to the problems of the Christianization of indigenous peoples, these chapters demonstrate both the diversity of anthropological topics and the opportunity for constructive dialogue around shared methodological and theoretica
- Contents:
- The Scope of Anthropology; Methodology and History in Anthropology; The Scope of Anthropology Maurice Godelier's Work in Context; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Publications by Maurice Godelier; Notes on Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-80758-320-1
- 1-280-49660-6
- 9786613591838
- 0-85745-332-7
- OCLC:
- 793996628
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