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ISBN-13: | 9781845454098 |
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Publisher: | Berghahn Books |
Publication date: | 03/01/2008 |
Pages: | 296 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d) |
About the Author
João de Pina-Cabral is Research Coordinator at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon, where he has been the President of the Scientific Board for the past six years. He has carried out fieldwork and published extensively on Northwestern Portugal, Macau (south China) and Mozambique. His books in English include Sons of Adam, Daughters of Eve (Clarendon Press, Oxford), Between China and Europe (Continuum Books, LSE Monographs, London) and various co-edited volumes (JASO, Macmillan and Berg). He is presently the President of the European Association of Social Anthropologists.
Table of Contents
List of Figures AcknowledgementsChapter 1. On the Margins: An Introduction João de Pina-Cabral and Frances Pine
Chapter 2. Homeless Spirits: Modern Spiritualism, Psychical Research and the Anthropology of Religion in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries João Vasconcelos
Chapter 3. The Abominations of Anthropology: Christianity, Ethnographic Taboos and the Meanings of 'Science' Simon Coleman
Chapter 4. Religious Logistics: African Christians, Spirituality and Transportation Thomas Kirsch
Chapter 5. Contested Spaces: Temple Building and the Re-creation of Religious Boundaries in Contemporary Urban India Ursula Rao
Chapter 6. Bosnian Neighbourhoods Revisited: Tolerance, Commitment and Kom¡siluk in Sarajevo Cornelia Sorabji
Chapter 7. Revival of Buddhist Royal Family Commemorative Ritual in Laos Grant Evans
Chapter 8. Centres and Margins: The Organisation of Extravagance as Self-government in China Stephan Feuchtwang
Chapter 9. Allies and Subordinates: Religious Practice on the Margins between Buddhism and Shamanism in Southern Siberia Galina Lindquist
Chapter 10. On Celibate Marriages: Conversion to the Brahma Kumaris in Poland Agnieszka Koscianska
Chapter 11. Elders' Cathedrals and Children's Marbles: Dynamics of Religious Transmission among the Baga of Guinea Ramon Sarró
Chapter 12. Geomancy, Politics and Colonial Encounters in Rural Hong Kong Rubie S. Watson and James L. Watson
Chapter 13. The Sacrifices of Modernity in a Soviet-built Steel Town in Central India Jonathan P. Parry
Notes on Contributors Index