Beyond Boundaries - Understanding, Translation and Anthropological Discourse (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Berg Publishers
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Explorations in Anthropology
Release date:	May 1994
First published:	1993
Editors:	Gisli Palsson
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	274
ISBN-13:	978-0-85496-813-8
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General
LSN:	0-85496-813-X
Barcode:	9780854968138

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