edited by Andre Gingrich and Richard G. Fox ; foreword by Marilyn Strathern.
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Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2002.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (xx, 261 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, map
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Anthropology's comparative consciousness : the case of human rights / Kirsten Hastrup -- Action comparison : efforts towards a global and comparative yet local and active anthropology / James Peacock -- Issues of relevance : anthropology and the challenges of cross-cultural comparison / Marit Melhuus -- Conditions of comparison : a consideration of two anthropological traditions in the Netherlands / Jan J. de Wolf -- Some current kinship paradigms in the light of true Crow Indian ethnography / Emmanuel Désveaux -- Comparison and contextualization : reflections on South Africa / Adam Kuper -- The study of historical transformation in American anthropology / Richard G. Fox -- Comparison and ontogeny / Christina Toren -- The notion of art : from regional to distant comparison / Thomas Fillitz -- When ethnic majorities are 'dethroned' : towards a methodology of self-reflexive, controlled macrocomparison / Andre Gingrich.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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An international group of anthropologists take a fresh look at various neglected approaches to comparison and present new approaches that are relevant to the globalized world of the twenty first century.
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Title
Anthropology, by comparison.
International Standard Book Number
0415260531
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Cross-cultural studies.
Ethnology-- Methodology.
Ethnologie-- Méthodologie.
Études transculturelles.
Cross-cultural studies.
Culturele antropologie.
Ethnology-- Methodology.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.