"Wagner asks, daringly, what it would be like to imagine one of the most significant of human activities, the activity of description or representation, as a self-scaling phenomenon. . . . One begins to glimpse a genuine 'alternative anthropology.'"--Marilyn Strathern, author of "The Gender of the Gift"
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"Wagner asks, daringly, what it would be like to imagine one of the most significant of human activities, the activity of description or representation, as a self-scaling phenomenon. . . . One begins to glimpse a genuine 'alternative anthropology.'"--Marilyn Strathern, author of "The Gender of the Gift"
Imprint | University of California Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | April 2001 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | April 2001 |
Authors | Roy Wagner |
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback - Trade |
Pages | 288 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-520-22587-9 |
Barcode | 9780520225879 |
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LSN | 0-520-22587-2 |