James, Wendy. <br/><br/>
The ceremonial animal :  a new portrait of anthropology / 
Wendy James ; with a foreword by Michael Lambek. 
 - New York :  Oxford University Press,  2003. 
 - xxiii, 384 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-354) and index. 
<br/><br/>I: The quest for pattern. Key questions in anthropology -- Dialogues with grand theory -- II: Shape and rhythm in social forms. Species, space, and time -- Life in motion : daughters of the dance -- Ritual, memory, and religion -- III: Language and the making of persons. Speech and social engagement -- The dialectics of gender and generation -- Human bodies, social persons, and conscious selves -- IV: Practice, production, and politics in the ceremonial arena. The "home-made" patterns of livelihood -- Towards large-scale modern forms -- From local to global peace and war -- V: Concluding essay. Anthropology as a human science : conversations with history and religion. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0199263337 (acidfree paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003069084 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Ethnology--Philosophy.<br/>Ethnology--Methodology.<br/>Rites and ceremonies.<br/>Philosophical anthropology.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GN345  / .J42 2003