A practice of anthropology : thought and influence of Marshall Sahlins / edited by Alex Golub, Daniel Rosenblatt, John D. Kelly. - Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource (305 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographies and index.

Preface / Introduction: A practice of anthropology -- the work of Marshall Sahlins, so far / 1. How long is a longue durée? : structure, duration, and the cultural analysis of cultural change / 2. Monarchical visions : constructions of "kingship" in colonial Samoa / 3. Slow time : culture, materiality, and the knowability of the Neolithic / 4. From Jew to Roman : Mr. Joske, Mr. Brewster, The hill tribes of Fiji, and the hill tribes of Fiji / 5. Supplement to Marshall Sahlins's Voyage around the islands of history (Tahiti 1768, Samoa 1787) / 6. Chassé-croisé : or how Christianity appropriated indigenous appropriation of Christianity on the Rio Negro / 7. The past is old, the future is traditional : Ircenrraat, the DOT, and the inventiveness of tradition / 8. The Kafka connection : structure, lifeworld, and the cunning of history / 9. Way-finding : respectfulness as a performance art / Claude Lévi-Strauss -- Alex Golub, Daniel Rosenblatt, and John D. Kelly -- Joel Robbins -- Jocelyn Linnekin -- Webb Keane -- Martha Kaplan -- Serge Tcherkézoff -- Manuela Carneiro da Cunha -- Ann Fienup-Riordan -- Jonathan Friedman -- Greg Dening.

Eminent anthropologists explore the nature of culture in essays honoring a colleague and teacher.



9780773546899 9780773546882

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Sahlins, Marshall, 1930-2021.


Ethnology.
Social change.


Electronic Books.

GN320 / .P733 2016