Updated with a new Preface, this seminal work challenges the
routine ways in which anthropologists have thought about the
complexity and quantity of their materials. Marilyn Strathern
focuses on a problem normally regarded as commonplace; that of
scale and proportion. She combines a wide-ranging interest in
current theoretical issues with close attention to the cultural
details of social life, attempting to establish proportionality
between them. Strathern gives equal weight to two areas of
contemporary debate: The difficulties inherent in anthropologically
representing complex societies, and the future of cross-cultural
comparison in a field where 'too much' seems known. The
ethnographic focus of this book emphasizes the context through
which Melanesianists have managed the complexity of their own
accounts, while at the same time unfolding a commentary on
perception and the mixing of indigenous forms. Revealing unexpected
replications in modes of thought and in the presentation of
ambiguous images, Strathern has fashioned a unique contribution to
the anthropological corpus. This book was originally published
under the sponsorship of the Association for Social Anthropology in
Oceania.
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