The problem of context / edited by Roy Dilley.
| Other author | Dilley, Roy, 1954- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Berghahn Books, 1999. |
| Description | xiv, 242 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Methodology 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 note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 99035007 |
| ISBN | 157181700X (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1571817735 (alk. paper) |