Oceanic Socialities and Cultural Forms
Ethnographies of Experience
Ingjerd Hoëm editor Sidsel Roalkvam editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Published:1st Feb '03
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In anthropology, theoretical approaches attempting to come to terms with experiences of social interaction, often inspired by phenomenology, have come to the fore in opposition to the previously favored emphasis on symbolic and social structures. These essays attempt a new kind of ethnographic description of social life that treats structure and practice as aspects of the same reality. This is achieved through attention to indigenous conceptualizations of the way society itself is generated.
With Jonathan Friedman and Fredrik Barth providing overviews, this series of innovative ethnographies highlights ways of forming social relations specific to Oceania as a cultural area, exemplifying a new kind of comparative approach and making a major contribution to general social theory.
ISBN: 9781571815583
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 494g
226 pages