In the event : toward an anthropology of generic moments /

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Events are ""generative moments"" in at least three senses: events are created by and condense larger-scale social structures; as moments, they spark and give rise to new social processes; in themselves, events may also serve to analyze social situations and relationships. Based...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Meinert, Lotte (Editor ), Kapferer, Bruce (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2015.
Temas:
Ethnology > Philosophy.
Ethnology > Methodology.
Symbolic anthropology.
Experience.
Life change events.
Life Change Events
Ethnologie > Philosophie.
Ethnologie > Méthodologie.
Symbolisme en anthropologie.
Expérience.
Événements stressants de la vie.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Ethnology > Methodology
Ethnology > Philosophy
Experience
Life change events
Symbolic anthropology
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Events are ""generative moments"" in at least three senses: events are created by and condense larger-scale social structures; as moments, they spark and give rise to new social processes; in themselves, events may also serve to analyze social situations and relationships. Based on ethnographic studies from around the world-varying from rituals and meetings over protests and conflicts to natural disasters and management-this volume analyzes generative moments through events that hold the key to understanding larger social situations. These events-including the Ashura ritual in Bahrain, social
Notas:Originally published as a special issue of Social analysis (volume 54, issue 3).
Descripción Física:1 online resource : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781782388906
1782388907

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