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Beyond Boundaries: Understanding, Translation and Anthropological Discourse

Hardback

Main Details

Title Beyond Boundaries: Understanding, Translation and Anthropological Discourse
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Gisli Palsson
SeriesExplorations in Anthropology
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:272
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138
ISBN/Barcode 9780854968138
ClassificationsDewey:301
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Berg Publishers
Publication Date 9 May 1994
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Anthropology, it is often argued, is an art of translation. Recently, however, social theorists have raised serious doubts about the translator's enterprise. Over the last few years the human social and ecological habitat has seen spectacular developments. Modern humans inhabit a 'global village' in a very genuine sense. What lessons may be learned from these developments for anthropology? In Beyond Boundaries, ten anthropologists from different countries address the problem of social understanding and cultural translation from different theoretical as well as ethnographic perspectives. Quite appropriately, given the general theme of the volume, the contributors represent several different academic traditions and communities - Britain, Finland, France, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Norway, the former Soviet Union, and Sweden.

Author Biography

Gisli Palsson Professor of Social Anthropology,University of Iceland

Reviews

' ... the first of its kind to touch upon the idea of understanding social life through discourse.' Informations bibliographiques et lexicographiques