A Moment's Notice : Time Politics across Culture /

Focusing on the problem of time - the paradox of time's apparent universality and cultural relativity - Carol J. Greenhouse develops an original ethnographic account of our present moment, the much-heralded postmodern condition, which is at the same time a reflexive analysis of ethnography itse...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Greenhouse, Carol J., 1950-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1996.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Temps > Sociologie.
Anthropologie politique.
Politische Anthropologie
Kultursoziologie
Zeit
Time > Social aspects.
Political anthropology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Temps > Aspect social.
China.
China
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; A Moment's Notice; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I; 1 Time, Life, and Society; 2 Relative Time and the Limits of Law; 3 Agency and Authority; Part II; 4 Time and Territory in Ancient China; 5 Time and Sovereignty in Aztec Mexico; 6 Time, Life, and Law in the United States; Conclusion: Postmodernity This Time; Notes; References; Index.

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