The problem of context / edited by Roy Dilley.

Other author Dilley, Roy, 1954-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Berghahn Books, 1999.
Descriptionxiv, 242 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Subjects

SeriesMethodology and history in anthropology ; v. 4
Methodology and history in anthropology v. 4. ^A446847
Contents Introduction : The problem of context / Roy Dilley -- Contextualisation and paradigm shifts / Ladislav Holy -- Context, the ghost in the machine / Sándor G.J. Hervey -- New paradigm thinking in linguistics : meaning is the context / Elżbieta Tabakowska -- Ethnographic misunderstanding and the perils of context / Johannes Fabian -- As they like it : overinterpretation and hyporeality in Bali / Mark Hobart -- Context and interpretation : reflections on Nyau rituals in Malawi / Brian Morris -- The holistic individual : context as political process in the New Age movement / Ruth Prince and David Riches -- Context as an act of personal externalisation : Gregory Bateson and the Harvey family in the English village of Wanet / Nigel Rapport -- Culture and context : the effects of visibility / Penelope Harvey.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 99035007
ISBN157181700X (alk. paper)
ISBN1571817735 (alk. paper)