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Bodies and persons : comparative perspectives from Africa and Melanesia. edited by Michael Lambek and Andrew Strathern

Lambek, Michael Joshua Strathern, Andrew (1939-...) cop. 1998

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  • Title:
    Bodies and persons : comparative perspectives from Africa and Melanesia. edited by Michael Lambek and Andrew Strathern
  • Author: Lambek, Michael Joshua;
    Strathern, Andrew (1939-...)
  • Subjects: Body, Human -- Social aspects -- Africa;
    Body, Human -- Social aspects -- Melanesia;
    Body, Human -- Symbolic aspects -- Africa;
    Body, Human -- Symbolic aspects -- Melanesia;
    Corps humain -- Aspect social -- Afrique;
    Corps humain -- Aspect social -- Mélanisie;
    Corps humain -- Aspect symbolique -- Afrique;
    Corps humain -- Aspect symbolique -- Mélanésie
  • Description: Plusieurs chapitres de ce vol. ont été presentés lors du colloque annuel American Anthropological Association en novembre 1994
    Bibliogr. p. 274-293. Index
    pt. 1. Transcending dichotomies: "It's a boy," "it's a girl!": reflections on sex and gender in Madagascar and beyond / Rita Astuti Modernity and forms of personhood in Melanesia / Edward Lipuma Refiguring the person: the dynamics of affects and symbols in an African spirit possession cult / Ellen Corin Body and mind in mind, body and mind in body: some anthropological interventions in a long conversation / Michael Lambek pt. 2. Transitions, containments, decontainments: Treating the affect by remodelling the body in a Yaka healing cult / René Devisch To eat for another: taboo and the elicitation of bodily form among the Kamea of Papua New Guinea / Sandra Bamford Electric vampires: Haya rumors of the commodified body / Brad Weiss pt. 3. From exchange to history: Creative possessions: spirit mediumship and millennial economy among Gebusi of Papua New Guinea / Bruce M. Knauft Dis-embodiment and concealment among the Atbalmin of Papua New Guinea / Eytan Bercovitch Melpa and Nuer ideas of life and death: the rebirth of a comparison / Andrew Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart Afterword: embodying ethnography / Janice Boddy
  • Publisher: Cambridge U.K. New York : Cambridge University Press, cop. 1998
  • Creation Date: cop. 1998
  • Format: 1 vol. (xiii-298 p.) : couv. ill. ; 24 cm
  • Language: English
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