
Arguments with Ethnography
Comparative Approaches to History, Politics and Religion
The Athlone Press
Published on 1. January 1999
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-0-485-19570-5 (ISBN)
Description
A critique of the globalisation of the culture principle, arguing that theory is dependent on the actual study of peoples.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-485-19570-5 (9780485195705)
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Comparative Approaches to History, Politics and Religion Volume 70
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Persons
Cecilia Busby is Lecturer in Anthropology at Goldsmiths College.
Content
CONTENTS List of Figures vii Acknowledgements ix Preface xiii Introduction 1 Part I: The Marking of Difference 1 Men and boys: the lives of the fishermen 27 2 Women, money and markets 53 3 Gender, body and the tracing of relatedness 72 Part II: The Merging of Difference 4 Becoming husband and wife 91 5 Loans and goods: flows and exchanges between households 113 6 Eating from one plate: gender, exchange and spouses 149 Part III: Disputes and Negotiations 7 Gender and money: the saving and spending of household wealth 177 8 Conflict and Violence 195 9 Conclusions 215 Notes 232 Bibliography 245 Index 253