Isbn: 9780521024730 - people of the sea: identity and descent among the vezo of madagascar (19 risultati)

Condizione: Bueno. : Este libro explora la identidad y el linaje entre los Vezo de Madagascar. La identidad de los Vezo se establece por sus actividades como pescadores, diferenciándose de los agricultores. El análisis revela que el linaje es crucial en el culto a los muertos, distinguiendo dos modelos de persona: uno determinado por el pasado y otro definido contextualmente en el presente. EAN: 9780521024730 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Otros Título: People of the Sea Autor: Rita Astuti Editorial: Cambridge University Press Idioma: en Páginas: 202 Formato: tapa blanda.…

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Condizione: New. A study of the Vezo fishing people which examines their definition of their own identity. Series Editor(s): Fortes, Meyer; Leach, Edmund; Goody, Jack; Tambiah, Stanley Jeyaraja. Series: Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 204 pages, 5 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1HSM; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336. . 2008. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . .…

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Condizione: New. A study of the Vezo fishing people which examines their definition of their own identity. Series Editor(s): Fortes, Meyer; Leach, Edmund; Goody, Jack; Tambiah, Stanley Jeyaraja. Series: Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 204 pages, 5 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1HSM; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336. . 2008. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The Vezo, a fishing people of western Madagascar, are known as 'the people who struggle with the sea'. Dr Astuti explores their identity showing that it is established through what people do rather than being determined by descent. Vezo identity is a 'way of doing' rather than a 'state of being', performative rather than ethnic. However, her innovative analysis of Vezo kinship also uncovers an opposite form of identity based on descent, which she argues is the identity of the dead. By looking at key mortuary rituals that engage the relationship between the living and the dead, Dr Astuti develops a dual model of the Vezo person: the one defined contextually in the present, the other determined by the past.…

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The Vezo, a fishing people of western Madagascar, are known as 'the people who struggle with the sea'. Dr Astuti explores their identity showing that it is established through what people do rather than being determined by descent. Vezo identity is a 'way of doing' rather than a 'state of being', performative rather than ethnic. However, her innovative analysis of Vezo kinship also uncovers an opposite form of identity based on descent, which she argues is the identity of the dead. By looking at key mortuary rituals that engage the relationship between the living and the dead, Dr Astuti develops a dual model of the Vezo person: the one defined contextually in the present, the other determined by the past. Ethnicity is usually thought to be a consequence of inborn qualities acquired by descent, but in this innovative study of the Vezo, who are fishing people of Madagascar, Rita Astuti explores the consequences of ascribing ethnic identity with reference to economic activity. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Condizione: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Ethnicity is usually thought to be a consequence of inborn qualities acquired by descent, but in this innovative study of the Vezo, who are fishing people of Madagascar, Rita Astuti explores the consequences of ascribing ethnic identity with reference to ec.…