Resonance beyond the words

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...

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1. Verfasser: Wikan, Unni (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Chicago, Ill. u.a. Univ. of Chicago Press 2012
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:VIII, 368 S.
ISBN:0226924467
0-226-92446-7
0226924475
0-226-92447-5
9780226924465
978-0-226-92446-5
9780226924472
978-0-226-92447-2