From hospitality to grace a julian pitt-rivers omnibus

The Pitt-Rivers Omnibus brings together the definitive essays and lectures of the influential social anthropologist Julian A. Pitt-Rivers, a corpus of work that has, until now, remained scattered, untranslated, and unedited. Illuminating the themes and topics that he engaged throughout his lifeâ€&q...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Da Col, Giovanni, editor (editor), Shryock, Andrew, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago, Illinois : HAU Books 2017.
Edición:1st ed
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009720226806719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments. Introduction: A perfect host: Julian Pitt-Rivers and the anthropology of grace / Andrew Shryock and Giovanni da Col. Part 1 Moral frames: honor, mana, and grace : Honor and social status in Andalusia
  • Mana
  • The place of grace in anthropology
  • The malady of honor. Part 2 Uncertain relations: kin/friend, host/guest, male/female, and human/animal : The kith and the kin
  • Ritual kinship in the Mediterranean: Spain and the Balkans
  • The law of hospitality
  • Women and sanctuary in the Mediterranean
  • The paradox of friendship
  • Lending a hand: neighborly cooperation in southwestern France
  • Spiritual power in Central America: the naguals of Chiapas. Part 3 Transformative rites: sacrifice, substitution, and the sacred : The sacrifice of the bull
  • The role of pain in rites of passage
  • From the love of food to the love of God
  • Quand nos aînés n'y seront plus
  • The fate of Shechem or the politics of sex. Part 4 Analytics in place: concepts, theory, and method : Contextual analysis and the locus of the model
  • On the word "caste"
  • Race in Latin America: the concept of "raza"
  • Reflections on fieldwork in Spain
  • Grace and insight: the legacy of Julian Pitt-Rivers. Reference list
  • Index.