Signifying Identities - Anthropological Perspectives on Boundaries and Contested Identities

The theoretical arguments and ethnographic perspectives of this book place it at the cutting edge of contemporary anthropological scholarship on identity with respect to the study of ethnicity, nationalism, localism and gender.

List of contents

Introduction, Anthony P. Cohen; Part 1 Boundary; Chapter 1 Boundaries and connections, Fredrik Barth; Chapter 2 Maori and modernity, Anne Salmond; Chapter 3 Violence and the work of time, Veena Das; Part 2 Identity; Chapter 4 Aboriginality, authenticity and the Settler world, Robert Paine; Chapter 5 Peripheral wisdom, James W. Fernandez; Chapter 6 Peripheral vision, Anthony P. Cohen;

About the author

Anthony Cohen is Professor of Social Anthropology, and Provost of Law and Social Sciences at the University of Edinburgh.

Summary

The theoretical arguments and ethnographic perspectives of this book place it at the cutting edge of contemporary anthropological scholarship on identity with respect to the study of ethnicity, nationalism, localism and gender.

Product details

• Assisted by: Anthony Cohen (Editor), Anthony P. Cohen (Editor), Cohen Anthony (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.10.1999
• EAN: 9780415192378
• ISBN: 978-0-415-19237-8
• No. of pages: 186
• Weight: 520 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Ethnic Studies, Sociology, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Social and cultural anthropology, Social groups, communities and identities