Bodies and Persons : Comparative Perspectives from Africa and Melanesia
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0521627370
ISBN-13
9780521627375
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 28th, 1998
Print length
316 Pages
Weight
474 grams
Dimensions
15.40 x 22.90 x 2.70 cms
Product Classification:
Cultural studiesSocial & cultural anthropology, ethnography
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This book suggests a comparative approach to broad cultural differences between Africa and Melanesia. Its theme is personhood, understood in terms of what anthropologists call embodiment. Questioning common assumptions about huge differences between these areas, it documents surprising continuities.
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