anthropology
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concept of the self
cross cultural
cultural studies
culturally situated
eccentric self
eccentricity
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ideological process
indigenous media
individual self
jewish males
jewish men
jews
judaism
new genetics
non western world
nostalgia
personality study
persuasion
postmodernism
postmodernity
practical nostalgia
ritual circumstances
self
self determination
self exposure
social practices
social science
study of selfhood
urban trobrianders
western culture
western world
Product details
- ISBN 9780520087996
- Weight: 227g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 03 Feb 1995
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Departing from an essentialist concept of the self, this highly original volume advances the cross-cultural study of selfhood with three contributions to the literature: First, it approaches the self as an ideological process, arguing that selfhood is culturally situated and emergent in social practices of persuasion. Second, it demonstrates how postmodernity problematizes the experience and concept of the self. Finally, the book challenges the pervasive practice of equating an individuated self with the Western world and a relational self with the non-Western world. Contributions cover a broad range of topics--from the development of the eccentric self to the ritual circumcision of Jewish males.
Debbora Battaglia, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Mount Holyoke College, is the author of On the Bones of the Serpent: Person, Memory and Mortality in Sabarl Island Society (1990).
