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9780761807841

Social Organization and Cultural Aesthetics Essays in Honor of William Davenport

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  • ISBN13:

    9780761807841

  • ISBN10:

    0761807845

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1997-10-23
  • Publisher: UPA
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List Price: $60.99

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
Introductionp. 1
W. H. Davenport: Principal Worksp. 13
Missionary Ventures in Hawaii: 19th Century Wives, 20th Century Social Workersp. 19
Empowered Womenp. 45
Exchanging Sisters Is Not a Gamep. 61
Kinship and Social Organization: Traditional Issues in the Study of Modernityp. 73
Resepsi: Dou Donggo Wedding Receptions as Cultural Critiquep. 95
Chiefs Who Fall Down and Get Washed Out to Sea: The Limitation of Museum Objects in the Representation of Ethnographic Realityp. 113
Affect and Paradox in Museum Exhibitsp. 129
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