Marcel Mauss
Author | : Wendy James |
Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Anthropology |
ISBN | : 9781571817051 |
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Presents results of a September 1996 conference held at Oxford University, re-evaluating the importance of the writings and inspiration of Marcel Mauss, the nephew and younger colleague of Emile Durkheim. Explores not only the context of Mauss' work and his influence on other writers, but also the resonance of some of his key themes for the concerns of today's anthropology and sociology. Papers are arranged in sections on the scholar and his time, foundations of Maussian anthropology, critiques of exchange and power, and materiality, body, and history. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR