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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Chicago, Illinois :
HAU Books
2017.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009720226806719 |
Table of Contents:
- 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.
