Anthropology, by comparison /

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An international group of anthropologists take a fresh look at various neglected approaches to comparison and present new approaches that are relevant to the globalized world of the twenty first century.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Gingrich, André, Fox, Richard G. (Richard Gabriel), 1939-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.
Subjects:
Ethnology > Methodology.
Cross-cultural studies.
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Ethnologie > Méthodologie.
Études transculturelles.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Cross-cultural studies
Ethnology > Methodology
Culturele antropologie.
Vergelijkend onderzoek.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Anthropology's comparative consciousness : the case of human rights / Kirsten Hastrup
  • Action comparison : efforts towards a global and comparative yet local and active anthropology / James Peacock
  • Issues of relevance : anthropology and the challenges of cross-cultural comparison / Marit Melhuus
  • Conditions of comparison : a consideration of two anthropological traditions in the Netherlands / Jan J. de Wolf
  • Some current kinship paradigms in the light of true Crow Indian ethnography / Emmanuel Désveaux
  • Comparison and contextualization : reflections on South Africa / Adam Kuper
  • The study of historical transformation in American anthropology / Richard G. Fox
  • Comparison and ontogeny / Christina Toren
  • The notion of art : from regional to distant comparison / Thomas Fillitz
  • When ethnic majorities are 'dethroned' : towards a methodology of self-reflexive, controlled macrocomparison / Andre Gingrich.

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