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Classic Concepts in Anthropology (Hau - Special Collections in Ethnographic Theory)
Classic Concepts in Anthropology - Hau - Special Collections in Ethnographic Theory Author:Valerio Valeri The late anthropologist Valerio Valeri (1944?98) was best known for his substantial writings on societies of Polynesia and eastern Indonesia. This volume, however, presents a lesser-known side of Valeri?s genius through a dazzlingly erudite set of comparative essays on core topics in the history of anthropological theory. Offering masterly discu... more »ssions of anthropological thought about ritual, fetishism, cosmogonic myth, belief, caste, kingship, mourning, play, feasting, ceremony, and cultural relativism, Classic Concepts in Anthropology, presented here with a critical foreword by Rupert Stasch and Giovanni da Col, will be an eye-opening, essential resource for students and researchers not only in anthropology but throughout the humanities.