Personhood : An Examination of the History and Use of an Anthropological Concept

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Appell-Warren, Laura.

Appell-Warren, Laura P., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anthropology.

Identity (Psychology) in children--Congresses.

Sociology.

Ethnopsychology.

Self.

Local Subjects:

Anthropology.

Identity (Psychology) in children--Congresses.

Sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (291 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

“Personhood”

Personhood

Place of Publication:

Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""A comprehensive analysis of how the concept of personhood has been used by anthropologists and how it should be used in the future...This book is a very valuable contribution to the study of the history of anthropological thought, as well as a tremendously useful guide for scholars and students who want to use the concept of personhood analytically in their own work.""-Professor Venessa Fong,Associate Professor Anthropology,Amherst College, Massachusetts

Contents:

"Personhood": An Examination of the History and Use of an Anthropological Concept; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One - The Emergence of Personhood as a Concept in Anthropological Research; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Part Two - The Confusion and Conflation of Four Anthropological Concepts: Personhood, Person, Self and Identity; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Appendices

Appendix A - A Brief Ethnographic Account of the Bulusu' of East Kalimantan, Indonesia and the Rungus Momogun, A Dusunic Speaking People, of Sabah, MalaysiaAppendix B - Named Developmental Stages among the Bulusu' and the Rungus Momogun; Appendix C - Examples of the Use of Personhood in Newspapers and Novels; Appendix D - Definitions of Personhood Found in Popular Literature, in the Psychological Literature and in the Anthropological Literature; Appendix E - Definitions of Personhood from the Oxford English Dictionary Online

Appendix F - Definitions of Person Found in The Anthropological LiteratureAppendix G - Definitions of Self Found in The Anthropological Literature; Appendix H - Definitions of Identity Found in the Psychological and Anthropological Literature; Works Consulted; Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-7734-4566-8

OCLC:

871781493