On the Emic Gesture - Difference and Ethnography in Roy Wagner

Sommario

Preface 1. Introduction: Difference and ethnography in Roy Wagner 2. Deconstruction, alterity, différance 3. Inventing culture 4. Groups and others 5. The names of others 6. On metaphor 7. Final remarks: Beyond the emic gesture 8. A short note: Under the guide of postscript

Info autore

Iracema Dulley is Research Affiliate and Affiliate Professor of Anthropology at the Department of Social Sciences of the Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil. Prior to this, she held a post-doctoral visiting fellow position at the London School of Economics, UK, a researcher position at the Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning, and a visiting professor position at the State University of Campinas, Brazil.

Riassunto

The question Dulley asks throughout her engagement with Roy Wagner’s main essays is whether it is possible for the emic gesture to account for difference within difference without falling into the closure of totalization.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Iracema Dulley, Iracema (University of Sao Paulo Dulley
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780367731304
• ISBN: 978-0-367-73130-4
• Pagine: 158
• Serie: Theorizing Ethnography
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Altro; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology