Anthropology, by comparison
By: edited by Andre Gingrich and Richard G. Fox ; foreword by Marilyn Strathern
Contributors: Gingrich, André; Fox, Richard Gabriel, 1939-
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
Subjects: Ethnology -- Methodology; Cross-cultural studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Anthropology's comparative consciousness : the case of human rights / Kirsten Hastrup; title: Action comparison : efforts towards a global and comparative yet local and active anthropology / James Peacock; title: Issues of relevance : anthropology and the challenges of cross-cultural comparison / Marit Melhuus; title: Conditions of comparison : a consideration of two anthropological traditions in the Netherlands / Jan J. de Wolf; title: Some current kinship paradigms in the light of true Crow Indian ethnography / Emmanuel Désveaux; title: Comparison and contextualization : reflections on South Africa / Adam Kuper; title: The study of historical transformation in American anthropology / Richard G. Fox; title: Comparison and ontogeny / Christina Toren; title: The notion of art : from regional to distant comparison / Thomas Fillitz; title: When ethnic majorities are 'dethroned' : towards a methodology of self-reflexive, controlled macrocomparison / Andre Gingrich