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Anthropology and the Individual - A Material Culture Perspective

English · Paperback / Softback

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Zusatztext ...the portraits all contain a wealth of knowledge and rich data that will make this book a useful secondary source for those working in the areas it touches on, both geographical and theoretical. - Abby Loebenberg, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford, UK Informationen zum Autor Daniel Miller is Professor of Anthropology, University College London. Klappentext Anthropology is usually associated with the study of society, but the anthropologist must also understand people as individuals. This highly original study demonstrates how methods of social analysis can be applied to the individual, while remaining entirely distinct from psychology and other perspectives on the person. Zusammenfassung Anthropology is usually associated with the study of society, but the anthropologist must also understand people as individuals. This highly original study demonstrates how methods of social analysis can be applied to the individual, while remaining entirely distinct from psychology and other perspectives on the person. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Individuals and the Aesthetic of OrderD. Miller2. Trading in Fake Brands, Self-creating as an IndividualM. Crãciun3. 'Making Things Come Out': Design, Originality and the Individual in a Bogolan Artisan CommunityB. Olesen4. Building and Ordering Transnationalism: The 'Greek House' in Albania as a Material ProcessD. Dalakoglou5. The Christian and the Taxi-driver: Poverty and Aspiration in Rural JamaicaD. Miller6. How Madrid Makes IndividualsM. Murray7. Aesthetics of the Self: Digital Mediations H. Horst8. Unmaking Family Relationships: Belgrade Mothers and Their Migrant ChildrenI. Bajiæ9. Fashioning Individuality and Social Connectivity Among Yoruba Women in LondonJ. Botticello10. Creating Order Through Struggle in Revolutionary Cuba A. Pertierra11. Food, Family, Art and God: Aesthetic Authority in Public Life in TrinidadG. Hosein

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1. Individuals and the Aesthetic of OrderD. Miller2. Trading in Fake Brands, Self-creating as an IndividualM. Crãciun3. 'Making Things Come Out': Design, Originality and the Individual in a Bogolan Artisan CommunityB. Olesen4. Building and Ordering Transnationalism: The 'Greek House' in Albania as a Material ProcessD. Dalakoglou5. The Christian and the Taxi-driver: Poverty and Aspiration in Rural JamaicaD. Miller6. How Madrid Makes IndividualsM. Murray7. Aesthetics of the Self: Digital Mediations H. Horst8. Unmaking Family Relationships: Belgrade Mothers and Their Migrant ChildrenI. Bajiæ9. Fashioning Individuality and Social Connectivity Among Yoruba Women in LondonJ. Botticello10. Creating Order Through Struggle in Revolutionary Cuba A. Pertierra11. Food, Family, Art and God: Aesthetic Authority in Public Life in TrinidadG. Hosein

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...the portraits all contain a wealth of knowledge and rich data that will make this book a useful secondary source for those working in the areas it touches on, both geographical and theoretical. - Abby Loebenberg, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford, UK

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Authors Daniel Miller
Assisted by Paul Gilroy (Editor), Daniel Miller (Editor), Daniel (University of New Mexico Miller (Editor)
Publisher Berg Publishers Ltd
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.10.2009
 
EAN 9781847884947
ISBN 978-1-84788-494-7
No. of pages 192
Series Materializing Culture
Materializing Culture (Paperba
Materializing Culture (Paperba
Materializing Culture
Subject Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories

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