How People Compare
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 anthropologi...
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| Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2023
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| Series: | LSE Monographs on Social Anthropology
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| Online Access: | OAPEN Library: download the publication OAPEN Library: description of the publication |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (212 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9781003283669 9781000845013 9781032229973 9781032255149 |
| Access: | Open Access |