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Recasting Anthropological Knowledge
Jeanette Edwards (Ed.)
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Description for Recasting Anthropological Knowledge
hardcover. This collection provides an innovative and multifaceted reflection on the impact and inspiration Marilyn Strathern's scholarship has for contemporary anthropology. Editor(s): Edwards, Jeanette; Petrovic-Steger, Maja. Num Pages: 218 pages, 2 b/w illus. BIC Classification: JHBA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 490.
This collection of original essays provides an innovative and multifaceted reflection on the impact and inspiration of the scholarship of eminent anthropologist Marilyn Strathern. A distinguished team of international contributors, all former students of Strathern, reflect on the impact of their relationship with their teacher and address the wider conceptual contribution of her work through their own writings. The essays provide an accessible entry into Strathern's scholarship for those new to her work and a rich source of material which mobilises and deploys her concepts, including new ethnographic examples and discussion of contemporary political issues, for those more familiar with ... Read more
This collection of original essays provides an innovative and multifaceted reflection on the impact and inspiration of the scholarship of eminent anthropologist Marilyn Strathern. A distinguished team of international contributors, all former students of Strathern, reflect on the impact of their relationship with their teacher and address the wider conceptual contribution of her work through their own writings. The essays provide an accessible entry into Strathern's scholarship for those new to her work and a rich source of material which mobilises and deploys her concepts, including new ethnographic examples and discussion of contemporary political issues, for those more familiar with ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
Number of Pages
218
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107009684
SKU
V9781107009684
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About Jeanette Edwards (Ed.)
Jeanette Edwards is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester. Maja Petrović-Šteger is a Junior Research Fellow in Social Anthropology at Peterhouse, Cambridge.
Reviews for Recasting Anthropological Knowledge
'… this compilation of papers by her former Ph.D students indicates both the immense applicability of the key concepts and theoretical insights of Strathern, as well as the remarkable range of topics to which this anthropological knowledge may be applied.' Anthropological Notebooks