Questions of anthropology

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New York: Berg (2007)
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Each essay in this book starts with a question posed by individual ethnographic experience and then goes on to frame this question in a broader, comparative context. Written in an engaging and accessible style, Questions of Anthropology presents an introduction to the purpose and value of Anthropology today."--BOOK JACKET.

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GN33.Q84 2007

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9781845207496   1845207491   1845207483

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Afterword: Questions of ("Zafimaniry") anthropology.Jonathan Parry
Fenella Cannell.How Does Ritual Matter
How do we know what is true?Christina Toren
How do women give birth?Michael Lambek
How does genocide happen?Michael Stewart
How does ritual matter?Fenella Cannell
What does it mean to be alone?Catherine Allerton
What happens after death?Rita Astuti
What is going to happen next?Charles Stafford
What kind of sex makes people happy?Laura Rival
What makes people work?Olivia Harris
Why are some people powerful?Luke Freeman
Why, exactly, is the world as it is?Eva Keller
How do we know who we are?  (pages 76--29)Janet Carsten
Questions of anthropology.Rita Astuti, Jonathan Parry & Charles Stafford (eds.)

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Afterword: Questions of ("Zafimaniry") anthropology.Jonathan Parry - 2007 - In Rita Astuti, Jonathan Parry & Charles Stafford (eds.), Questions of anthropology. New York: Berg.
Fenella Cannell.How Does Ritual Matter - 2007 - In Rita Astuti, Jonathan Parry & Charles Stafford (eds.), Questions of anthropology. New York: Berg.
Why, exactly, is the world as it is?Eva Keller - 2007 - In Rita Astuti, Jonathan Parry & Charles Stafford (eds.), Questions of anthropology. New York: Berg.
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What is going to happen next?Charles Stafford - 2007 - In Rita Astuti, Jonathan Parry & Charles Stafford (eds.), Questions of anthropology. New York: Berg.
Why are some people powerful?Luke Freeman - 2007 - In Rita Astuti, Jonathan Parry & Charles Stafford (eds.), Questions of anthropology. New York: Berg.
How does genocide happen?Michael Stewart - 2007 - In Rita Astuti, Jonathan Parry & Charles Stafford (eds.), Questions of anthropology. New York: Berg.
How does ritual matter?Fenella Cannell - 2007 - In Rita Astuti, Jonathan Parry & Charles Stafford (eds.), Questions of anthropology. New York: Berg.

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