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Ethnographer and Contrarian : Biographical and anthropological essays in honour of Peter Sutton.

Sutton's colleagues reflect on aspects of his life and work, starting with a set of biographical essays. The second section focuses on his controversial book ""The Politics of Suffering"". The third section addresses Sutton's ground-breaking analysis of the transition b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Finlayson, Julie
Otros Autores: Morphy, Frances
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Adelaide : Wakefield Press, 2020.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half title page
  • Title page
  • Imprint
  • Contents page 1
  • Contents page 2
  • Figures, Maps and Tables
  • Preface
  • Part 1
  • Reflections on a life
  • Chapter 1
  • Introduction: A contrarian life
  • Chapter 2
  • Outside the square: From Christian Scientist to social scientist
  • Chapter 3
  • Living Larrimah: A reminiscence
  • Chapter 4
  • What is a social anthropologist doing in a museum?
  • Part 2
  • On the politics of suffering
  • Chapter 5
  • Suttonalia: A revealing moment in public anthropology
  • Chapter 6
  • Suffering and silence: Sutton's challenge
  • Chapter 7
  • Speaking to others: Anthropology's languages, audiences and engagements
  • Chapter 8
  • Personal challenges and professional research in Aboriginal Australia: Reading 'The Politics of Suffering'
  • Chapter 9
  • Culture, development and the future of remote Aboriginal communities
  • Chapter 10
  • The politics of suffering: Some contrarian reflections
  • Part 3
  • On classical and post-classical societies
  • Chapter 11
  • Marriage networks in Arnhem Land and beyond
  • Chapter 12
  • The resilience of Lakes societies: From classical systems to 'families of polity' and the endurance of 'underlying title'
  • Chapter 13
  • Sutton's model of underlying and proximate customary title and the Lander Warlpiri region
  • Chapter 14
  • Géza Róheim's Australian dreams
  • Appendix
  • Contributors
  • Index
  • Wakefield Press
  • Back cover