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This wide-ranging volume captures the diverse range of societies and experiences that form what has come to be known as Melanesia. It covers prehistoric, historic and contemporary issues, and includes work by art historians, political scientists, geographers and anthropologists. ...The chapters range from studies of subsistence, ritual and ceremonial exchange to accounts of state violence, new media and climate change. The 'Melanesian world' assembled here raises questions that cut to the heart of debates in the human sciences today, with profound implications for the ways in which scholars across disciplines can describe and understand human difference. This impressive collection of essays represents a valuable resource for scholars and students alike.
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In a bold theoretical move, propertyA is put alongside two other terms: transactionsA and creations.A The former have a place in the anthropological tradition that now needs to be brought into the foreground.
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This comprehensive volume captures the diverse range of societies and experiences that form what has come to be known as Melanesia. It covers prehistoric, historic and contemporary issues, and includes work by anthropologists, geographers, political scientists and art historians.... The chapters range from studies of subsistence, ritual and ceremonial exchange to accounts of state violence, new media and climate change. The `Melanesian world' assembled here raises questions that cut to the heart of debates in the human sciences today, with profound implications for the ways in which scholars across disciplines can describe and understand human difference. This impressive collection of essays represents a valuable resource for scholars and students alike.
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Now available in paperback, this book takes a fresh look at the social and cultural implications of the new reproductive technologies and assisted conception. It has already attracted a wide readership in anthropology, sociology and health.
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Through the idea of the extended field, this volume examines issues in fieldwork and ethnography and provides insights into the problems of ethnographic knowledge construction. It is a key text for new fieldworkers, established researchers and those looking for material to suppor...t modules on these issues.
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Now available in paperback, this book takes a fresh look at the social and cultural implications of the new reproductive technologies and assisted conception. It has already attracted a wide readership in anthropology, sociology and health.
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Anthropologists are increasingly turning their attention to the study of Western organizations. This book highlights the practical, political and ethical dimensions of research in work places from museums to multinational businesses, addressing issues such as gender and politics.
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Opens up for analysis some crucial but rarely-examined areas of social, cultural and economic life. At its core is a concern with the complex set of relationships that mark and define the place of the domestic in the modern world.
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In the early 21st century, intellectual and cultural resources emerge on all sides as candidates for ownership claims. Members of an anthropological research team investigating emergent conomic relations in a part of the world renowned for its innovative approach to resources and... transactions, wish to open up the vocabulary.
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Anthropologists are increasingly turning their attention to the study of Western organizations. This book highlights the practical, political and ethical dimensions of research in work places from museums to multinational businesses, addressing issues such as gender and politics.
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