Claiming individuality the cultural politics of distinction /

Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Other Authors: Amit, Vered,
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; Ann Arbor, Mich. : Pluto Press, 2006.
Series:Anthropology, culture, and society
Subjects:
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10480059
Table of Contents:
  • On claiming individuality : an introduction to the issues / Vered Amit, Noel Dyck
  • In the aftermath of death : presenting self, individuality and family in an Iyangar family in Chennai, 1994 / Mattison Mines
  • Growing up in the Caribbean : individuality in the making / Karen Fog Olwig
  • Distinction and co-construction : diaspora Asian fashion entrepreneurs in London / Parminder Bhachu
  • Claiming individuality through "flexibility" : career choices and constraints among traveling consultants / Vered Amit
  • A personalized journey : tourism and individuality / Julia Harrison
  • Becoming educated, becoming and individual? Tropes of distinction and "modesty" in French narratives of rurality / Deborah Reed-Danahay
  • An anatomy of humor : the charismatic repartee of Trevor Jeffreis in The Mitre pub / Nigel Rapport
  • Proclaiming individual piety : pilgrims and religious renewal in Cγote d'Ivoire / Marie Nathalie LeBlanc
  • Claiming to be Croat : the risks of return to the homeland / Daphne Winland.