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  • Becoming Other

    Heterogeneity and Plasticity of the Self

    Most of us are conscious of having a single and stable self, but the self is more fragmented and plastic than we care to think. David Berliner explores the captivating world of identity through an array of astonishing experiences. From Napoleon doppelgangers to Philip Roth's alter-ego Nathan Zukerman and Wonder Woman cosplayers to anthropologists going native, he delves into the kaleidoscopic ... Leer más

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  • Devenir autre

    Hétérogénéité et plasticité du soi

    Même si la plupart des humains disposent de la conscience d'avoir un moi unique et stable, ce dernier est plus fragmenté et plastique qu'on ne tend à le penser. Des sosies de Napoléon à Gary inventeur d'Ajar, de la cosplayeuse fan de Wonder Woman à l'amateur de devenir animal, du rôle d'acteur au jeu grandeur nature, en passant par l'anthropologue qui s'indigénise, David Berliner étudie un ... Leer más

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  • Anthropology and Nostalgia

    Edición de Olivia Angé, David Berliner ...
    Nostalgia is intimately connected to the history of the social sciences in general and anthropology in particular, though finely grained ethnographies of nostalgia and loss are still scarce. Today, anthropologists have realized that nostalgia constitutes a fascinating object of study for exploring contemporary issues of the formation of identity in politics and history. Contributors to this volume ... Leer más

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  • Losing Culture

    Nostalgia, Heritage, and Our Accelerated Times

    Traducido por Dominic Horsfall ...
    We’re losing our culture… our heritage… our traditions… everything is being swept away.Such sentiments get echoed around the world, from aging Trump supporters in West Virginia to young villagers in West Africa. But what is triggering this sense of cultural loss, and to what ends does this rhetoric get deployed?To answer these questions, anthropologist David Berliner travels around the world, from ... Leer más

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  • Learning Religion

    Anthropological Approaches

    Edición de David Berliner, Ramon Sarró ...
    Series Libro 17 - Methodology & History in Anthropology
    As we enter the 21st century, it becomes increasingly difficult to envisage a world detached from religion or an anthropology blind to its study. Yet, how people become religious is still poorly studied. This volume gathers some of the most distinguished scholars in the field to offer a new perspective for the study of religion, one that examines the works of transmission and innovation through ... Leer más

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  • Ecological Nostalgias

    Memory, Affect and Creativity in Times of Ecological Upheavals

    Edición de Olivia Angé, David Berliner ...
    Series Libro 26 - Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology
    Introducing the study of econostalgias through a variety of rich ethnographic cases, this volume argues that a strictly human centered approach does not account for contemporary longings triggered by ecosystem upheavals. In this time of climate change, this book explores how nostalgia for fading ecologies unfolds into the interstitial spaces between the biological, the political and the social, ... Leer más

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  • World Heritage on the Ground

    Ethnographic Perspectives

    Series Libro 28 - EASA Series
    The UNESCO World Heritage Convention of 1972 set the contemporary standard for cultural and natural conservation. Today, a place on the World Heritage List is much sought after for tourism promotion, development funding, and national prestige. Presenting case studies from across the globe, particularly from Africa and Asia, anthropologists with situated expertise in specific World Heritage sites ... Leer más

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  • Social and Cultural Anthropology

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  • The Missing Myth

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  • Know-It-All Anthropology

    The 50 Extraordinary Human Innovations and Events, Each Explained in Under a Minute

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