Social Organization and Cultural Aesthetics Essays in Honor of William Davenport

by Flanagan, James G.; Donner, William W.

• ISBN13: 9780761807834
• ISBN10: 0761807837
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-11-06
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

This book includes seven essays written by students of William H. Davenport in honor of his retirement from teaching anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. Reflecting the breadth of Davenport's interests, these essays cover a range of issues, including art, social organization, and culture change.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	v
Introduction	1	(12)
James G. Flanagan
William W. Donner
W. H. Davenport: Principal Works	13
Missionary Ventures in Hawaii: 19th Century Wives, 20th Century Social Workers	19	(26)
Judith Modell
Empowered Women	45	(16)
Laura Zimmer-Tamakoshi
Exchanging Sisters Is Not a Game	61	(12)
James G. Flanagan
Kinship and Social Organization: Traditional Issues in the Study of Modernity	73	(22)
William W. Donner
Resepsi: Dou Donggo Wedding Receptions as Cultural Critique	95	(18)
Peter Just
Chiefs Who Fall Down and Get Washed Out to Sea: The Limitation of Museum Objects in the Representation of Ethnographic Reality	113	(16)
Miriam Kahn
Affect and Paradox in Museum Exhibits	129
Peter H. Welsh