Claiming individuality : the cultural politics of distinction / edited by Vered Amit and Noel Dyck.

Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; Ann Arbor, MI : Pluto, 2006.
Descriptionvii, 225 pages ; 22 cm.
Subjects

SeriesAnthropology, culture, and society
Anthropology, culture, and society. ^A682721
Contents On claiming individuality: an introduction to the issues / Vered Amit, Noel Dyck -- In the aftermath of death: presenting self, individuality and family in an Iyangar family in Chennai, 1994 / Mattison Mines -- Growing up in the Caribbean: individuality in the making / Karen Fog Olwig -- Distinction and co-construction: diaspora Asian fashion entrepreneurs in London / Parminder Bhachu -- Claiming individuality through "flexibility": career choices and constraints among traveling consultants / Vered Amit -- A personalized journey: tourism and individuality / Julia Harrison -- Becoming educated, becoming and individual? Tropes of distinction and "modesty" in French narratives of rurality / Deborah Reed-Danahay -- An anatomy of humor: the charismatic repartee of Trevor Jeffreis in The Mitre pub / Nigel Rapport -- Proclaiming individual piety: pilgrims and religious renewal in Côte d'Ivoire / Marie Nathalie LeBlanc -- Claiming to be Croat: the risks of return to the homeland / Daphne Winland.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN0745324584 ($30.00)
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ISBN9780745324586

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Joyner General Stacks BF697.5.S65 C53 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold