Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 445 g
Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 445 g
Reihe: European Association of Social Anthropologists
ISBN: 978-0-415-12928-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
With chapters that encompass countries such as Peru, Mozambique, Spain, Iran, the US and Britain this book has a strong global perspective.
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Postgraduate
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Introduction,Olivia Harris 1.THE STATE AND ITS ATTRIBUTES. 2. The Particular Context of Universal Claims: Human Rights Talk and Anthropological Ambivalence,Marie-Benedicte Dembour.3. Vigilantism in Comparative Perspective,Ray Abrahams. 4. Trading in Ambiguity: Law, Rights and Realities in the Distribution of Land in Northern Mozambique,Sue Fleming.SEXUALITY AND LEGITIMACY. 5. The Law and the Market: Rhetorics of Exclusion and Inclusion Among London Prostitutes,Sophie Day.6.In Praise of Bastardy: The Uncertainties of Mestizo Identity,Therese Bouysse-Cassagne. 7. Living Their Lives in Courts: The Hegemonic Force of the Tswana Kgnotla in a Colonial Context, Ornulf Gulbrandsen.8. A Public Flogging in South-western Iran: Juridical Rule, Abolition of Legality and Local Resistance,Manuchehr Sanadjian.9. Which Centre, Whose Margin? Notes Towards an Archaeology of US Supreme Court Case 91-948 1993 (Church of the Lukumi vs City of Hialeah, Southern Florida)