Problem of Context

Perspectives from Social Anthropology and Elsewhere

Inbunden, Engelska, 1999

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The apparently simple notion that it is contextualization and invocation of context that give form to our interpretations raises important questions about context definition. Moreover, different disciplines involved in the elucidation and interpretation of meanings construe context indifferent ways. How do these ways differ? And what analytical strategies are adopted in order to suggest that the relevant context is "self-evident"? The notion of context has received less attention than is due such a central, key concept in social anthropology, as well as in other related disciplines.This collection of contributions from a group of leading social anthropologists and anthropological linguists addresses the question of how the idea of context is constructed, invoked, and deployed in the interpretations put forward by social anthropologists. The ethnographic focus embraces peoples from regions such as Bali, Europe, Malawi, and Zaire. Primarily theoretical in its aims, the work also draws on expertise from anthropological linguistics and philosophy in order to set the issue as much in a comparative disciplinary perspective as in a comparative cross-cultural one.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1999-11-18
Mått140 x 216 x 18 mm
Vikt449 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieMethodology & History in Anthropology
Antal sidor256
FörlagBerghahn Books, Incorporated
ISBN9781571817006

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Notes on ContributorsPrefaceIntroduction: The Problem of ContextRoy DilleyChapter 1. Contextualisation and Paradigm ShiftsLadislav HolyChapter 2. Context, the Ghost in the MachineSándor G.J. HerveyChapter 3. New Paradigm Thinking in Linguistics: Meaning is the ContextElzbieta TabakowskaChapter 4. Ethnographic Misunderstanding and the Perils of ContextJohannes FabianChapter 5. As They Like It: Overinterpretation and Hyporeality in BaliMark HobartChapter 6. Context and Interpretation: Reflections on Nyau Rituals in MalawiBrian MorrisChapter 7. The Holistic Individual: Context as Political Process in the New Age MovementRuth Prince and David RichesChapter 8. Context as an Act of Personal Externalisation: Gregory Bateson and the Harvey Family in the English Village of WanetNigel RapportChapter 9. Culture and Context: The Effects of VisibilityPenelope HarveyIndex

"... an interesting book to satisfy both specialists and those with an interest in particular contributions." · The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute"Dilley's introduction offers a lengthy review of the literature on context and should be required reading for anyone interested in this problem. The volume is a welcome addition to the literature and will be useful especially to scholars of ritual studies." · Religious Studies Review"... a useful handbook for a field very much in need of attention." · SIGNS - Journal of Women in Culture and Society