Questions of anthropology

Questions of anthropology [Texte imprimé] / edited by Rita Astuti, Jonathan Parry, and Charles Stafford - Oxford, UK ; New York : Berg, 2007 - 1 vol. (XII-372 p.) ; 22 cm - London School of Economics monographs on social anthropology ; v. 76 .

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Notes bibliogr.

What does it mean to be alone? / Catherine Allerton -- How do we know who we are? / Janet Carsten -- What is going to happen next? / Charles Stafford -- Why, exactly, is the world as it is? / Eva Keller -- How does ritual matter? / Fenella Cannell -- What makes people work? / Olivia Harris -- What kind of sex makes people happy? / Laura Rival -- How do women give birth? / Michael Lambek -- What happens after death? / Rita Astuti -- How does genocide happen? / Michael Stewart -- Why are some people powerful? / Luke Freeman -- How do we know what is true? / Christina Toren -- Afterword: Questions of ("Zafimaniry") anthropology / Jonathan Parry.

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