How People Compare (LSE Monographs on Social Anthropology)
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- Synopsis
- This book focuses on comparison in anthropology, turning an ethnographic lens onto the diversity of comparative practice. It seeks to understand how, why, and with what consequences, diversely situated groups of people – many of whom operate on radically different premises to professional anthropologists – make comparisons, above all between themselves and real or imagined others. What motivates people to compare, what techniques or logics do they employ, and what are the most likely outcomes - both intended and unintended? How do comparative practices reflect, reinforce or refuse uneven relations of power? And finally, what can a rejuvenated comparative anthropology learn from the anthropology of comparison? The volume develops a dialogue between scholars with long-term ethnographic engagement in a variety of contexts around the world and is particularly valuable reading for those interested in anthropological methodology and theory.
- Copyright:
- 2023
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 240 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781000845020
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781032229973, 9781032255149, 9781003283669
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Date of Addition:
- 12/26/22
- Copyrighted By:
- selection and editorial matter, Mathijs Pelkmans and Harry Walker
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Social Studies
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- Mathijs Pelkmans
- Edited by:
- Harry Walker