The Ways of Friendship : Anthropological Perspectives /

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Friendship is an essential part of human experience, involving ideas of love and morality as well as material and pragmatic concerns. Making and having friends is a central aspect of everyday life in all human societies. Yet friendship is often considered of secondary significance in comparison to d...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Coleman, Simon (Contribuidor), Course, Magnus (Contribuidor), Desai, Amit (Contribuidor, Editor ), Evans, Gillian (Contribuidor), Froerer, Peggy (Contribuidor), Killick, Evan (Contribuidor, Editor ), Obeid, Michelle (Contribuidor), Rodgers, Graeme (Contribuidor), Santos, Gonçalo D. (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2010]
Temas:
Friendship > Congresses.
Friendship.
Humanism > Congresses.
Humanism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
Anthropology (General), Sociology, Cultural Studies (General).
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: Valuing Friendship
  • 1. On 'Same-Year Siblings' in Rural South China
  • 2. Ayompari, Compadre, Amigo: Forms of Fellowship in Peruvian Amazonia
  • 3. Friendship, Distance and Kinship-Talk Amongst Mozambican Refugees in South Africa
  • 4. Friendship, Kinship and Sociality in a Lebanese Town
  • 5. A Matter of Affection: Ritual Friendship in Central India
  • 6. Close Friends: The Importance of Proximity in Children's Peer Relations in Chhattisgarh, Central India
  • 7. Making Friends, Making Oneself: Friendship and the Mapuche Person
  • 8. The Value of Friendship: Subject/Object Transformations in the Economy of Becoming a Person (Bermondsey, Southeast London)
  • Afterword: Making Friendship Impure: Some Reflections on a (Still) Neglected Topic
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Index

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