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

Other author Amit, Vered, 1955-
Other author Dyck, Noel.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon ; Ann Arbor, MI : Pluto Press,
Descriptionvii, 225 p. ; 22 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects

SeriesAnthropology, culture, and society
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.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2006281595
ISBN0745324584 (pbk.)
ISBN9780745324586 (pbk.)
ISBN9780745324586

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