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1 online resource (210 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction: thinking through sociality: the importance of mid-level concepts / Vered Amit with Sally Anderson, Viriginia Caputo, John Postill, Deborah Reed-Danahay and Gabriela Vargas-Cetina -- Disjuncture: the creativity of, and breaks in, everyday associations and routines / Vered Amit -- Fields: dynamic configurations of practices, games and Socialities / John Postill -- Social space: distance, proximity and thresholds of affinity / Deborah Reed-Danahay -- Sociability: the art of form / Sally Anderson -- Organizations: from corporations to ephemeral associations / Gabriela Vargas-Cetina -- Network: the possibilities and mobilizations of connections / Vered Amit and Virginia Caputo -- Epiloge: Sociality and uncertainty: between avowing and disavowing concepts in anthropology / Nigel Rapport. |
| Summary |
As issues and circumstances investigated by anthropologists are becoming ever more diverse, the need to address social affiliation in contemporary situations of mobility, urbanity, transnational connections, individuation, media, and capital flows, has never been greater. Thinking Through Sociality combines a review of classical theories with recent theoretical innovations across a wide range of issues, locales, situations and domains. In this book, an international group of contributors train attention on the concepts of disjuncture, field, social space, sociability, organizations a. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ethnology.
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Ethnology. |
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Social interaction.
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Social interaction. |
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Anthropology.
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Anthropology. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Amit, Vered, 1955- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Amit, Vered, 1955- Thinking through sociality. New York : Berhahn Books, [2015] 9781782385851 (DLC) 2014033522 (OCoLC)873902230 |
| ISBN |
9781782385868 (electronic book) |
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178238586X (electronic book) |
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9781782385851 |
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1782385851 |
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