Friendship /

"This book draws on philosophy, biography, ethnography, and literature to explore the meanings and affordances of friendship-a relationship just as significant as, yet somehow different from, kinship and love. Renowned anthropologist Michael Jackson explores the political and personal resonance...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jackson, Michael, 1940- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2023]
Subjects:
Friendship.
Interpersonal relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Prologue
  • Part I. The Politics of Friendship
  • Chapter 1. Oases of Friendship
  • Chapter 2. A Society of Friends
  • Chapter 3. No Man Is an Island
  • Chapter 4. Friendships in the Field
  • Chapter 5. Man's Best Friend
  • Part II. Personal Friendship
  • Chapter 6. Elective Affinities
  • Chapter 7. Where Is the Friend's House?
  • Chapter 8. Childhood Friendships
  • Chapter 9. Imaginary Friends
  • Chapter 10. The Saronic Gulf
  • Chapter 11. A Soldier's Story
  • Chapter 12. The Other in Oneself
  • Chapter 13. A Plaited Rope, Entire from Source to Mouth
  • Chapter 14. Friends and Familiars
  • Chapter 15. Objects in the Rearview Mirror (Are Closer Than They Appear)
  • Chapter 16. The Rock and Pillar Range
  • Chapter 17. Love and Friendship
  • Chapter 18. Fictive Friendship
  • Chapter 19. Reunion
  • Coda. All for One, and One for All
  • Notes
  • Index.

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