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Beyond metaphor : the theory of tropes in anthropology. ed. by James W. Fernandez

Fernandez, James W (1930-...) 1991

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Title:
Beyond metaphor : the theory of tropes in anthropology. ed. by James W. Fernandez
Author: Fernandez, James W (1930-...)
Subjects: Métaphore;
Ethnologie -- Philosophie;
Symbolism;
Metaphor -- Cross-cultural studies;
Cognition and culture;
Ethnology -- Philosophy
Description: La plupart des contributions ont été présentées à l'Annual Meeting de l'American Anthropological Association, novembre 1987, Chicago
Bibliogr.: p. 263-285.Index
Polytropy / Paul Friedrich The cultural basis of metaphor / Naomi Quinn Metaphor and experience : looking over the notion of image schema / Hoyt Alverson "We are parrots," "twins are birds" : play of tropes as operational structure / Terence Turner Embedding and transforming polytrope : the monkey as self in Japanese culture / Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney Tropical dominions : the figurative struggle over domains of belonging and apartness in Africa / Deborah Durham and James W. Fernandez Reasonable and unreasonable worlds : some expectations of coherence in culture implied by the prohibition of mixed metaphor / Dale Pesmen The Japanese tea ceremony : coherence theory and metaphor in social adaptation / Benjamin N. Colby
Publisher: Stanford : Stanford University Press, 1991
Creation Date: 1991
Format: x-298 p ; 22 cm
Language: English

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