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Document Type: | Book |
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Unni Wikan |
ISBN: | 9780226924465 0226924467 9780226924472 0226924475 |
OCLC Number: | 1001575007 |
Description: | viii, 368 pages ; 23 cm |
Contents: | Preface: A Way in the world -- Introduction -- Beyond the words: the power of resonance -- Toward an anthropology of lived experience -- The self in a world of urgency and necessity -- Against the self: for a person-oriented approach -- Resilience in the megacity: cultural competence among Cairo's poor -- Man becomes woman: the Xanith as a key to gender roles -- Shame and honor: a contestable pair -- The nun's story: reflections on an age-old postmodern dilemma -- In the Middle Way: childbirth and rebirth in Bhutan -- "My Son a Terrorist? He was such a gentle boy -- " -- On evil and empathy: remembering Ghazala Khan -- Epilogue: Resonance and beyond -- Appendix: On writing. |
Responsibility: | Unni Wikan. |
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"Unni Wikan has spent more time in sustained fieldwork in more societies than any other anthropologist I know, and these essays are the connective tissue among her most substantial work. They demonstrate her theoretical acuity in defining an approach that always places human experience first. They are exemplars and a test, as well, of just that approach which understands that common humanity is to be found anywhere, though complicated by distinctive cultural orientations to the expression of personhood." (George Marcus, University of California, Irvine)" Read more...
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