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_b.J42 2003
100 1 _aJames, Wendy.
245 1 4 _aThe ceremonial animal :
_ba new portrait of anthropology /
_cWendy James ; with a foreword by Michael Lambek.
260 _aNew York :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2003.
300 _axxiii, 384 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [307]-354) and index.
505 0 _aI: 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.
650 0 _aEthnology
_xPhilosophy.
650 0 _aEthnology
_xMethodology.
650 0 _aRites and ceremonies.
650 0 _aPhilosophical anthropology.
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