Resonance
Beyond the Words
“Unni Wikan has spent more time in sustained fieldwork in more societies than any other anthropologist whom I know, and these essays are the connective tissue among her most substantial work. They demonstrate her theoretical acuity in defining an approach that always places human experience first. As a result, she develops attractive, balanced, pragmatic views of culture, relativism, and the tendency in cultural anthropology, at least, to emphasize difference over the coherence of human experience in whichever culture and society it is engaged. They are exemplars and a test, as well, of just that approach which understands that common humanity is to be found anywhere, though complicated by distinctive cultural orientations to the expression of personhood.”
Preface: A Way in the World
Introduction
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1 Beyond the Words: The Power of Resonance
2 Toward an Anthropology of Lived Experience
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3 The Self in a World of Urgency and Necessity
4 Against the Self—For a Person-Oriented Approach
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5 Resilience in the Megacity: Cultural Competence among Cairo’s Poor
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6 Man Becomes Woman: The Xanith as a Key to Gender Roles
7 Shame and Honor: A Contestable Pair
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8 The Nun’s Story: Reflections on an Age-Old Postmodern Dilemma
9 In the Middle Way: Childbirth and Rebirth in Bhutan
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10 “My Son a Terrorist? He Was Such a Gentle Boy . . .”
11 On Evil and Empathy: Remembering Ghazala Khan
Epilogue: Resonance and Beyond
Acknowledgments
Appendix: On Writing
Notes
References
Index
Anthropology: Cultural and Social Anthropology | General Anthropology
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