Bodies and Persons: Comparative Perspectives from Africa and Melanesia - Michael Lambek - Books - Cambridge University Press - 9780521621946 - March 28, 1998
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Michael Lambek
Bodies and Persons: Comparative Perspectives from Africa and Melanesia

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This book suggests a comparative approach to broad cultural differences between Africa and Melanesia. Its theme is personhood, understood in terms of what anthropologists call embodiment. Questioning common assumptions about huge differences between these areas, it documents surprising continuities.

312 pages, Illustrations

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Released March 28, 1998
ISBN13 9780521621946
Publishers Cambridge University Press
Pages 314
Dimensions 157 × 236 × 26 mm   ·   630 g
Language English  
Editor Lambek, Michael (University of Toronto)
Editor Strathern, Andrew (University of Pittsburgh)

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