Fluid Signs (Paper)

1. Auflage 1987
ISBN: 978-0-520-06167-5
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 215 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 215 mm, Gewicht: 363 g

Fluid Signs is the product of anthropological fieldwork carried out among Tamil-speaking villagers in a Hindu village in Southern India. Combining a richness of ethnographic detail with a challenging and innovative theoretical analysis, Daniel argues that symbolic anthropologists have yet to appreciate the multifaceted function of the sign and its role in the creation of culture. This provocative study underscores the need for Western intellectual traditions in general and anthropology in particular to deepen its discourse with South Asian cultural and religious thought.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Daniel, E. Valentine

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Volks- und Völkerkundliche Museen
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Note on Transliteration
1. Introduction

PART I. TOWARD COMPATIBILITY
2. An Or Known
3. A House Conceived
4. Sexuality Exposed
5. Km;tams Divined

PART II. TOWARD EQUIPOISE
6. A Theoretical Interlude
7. Equilibrium Regained
8. A "Differant" Conclusion

Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

E. Valentine Daniel is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan and coeditor of Culture/Contexture (California, 1995).