‘The Anthropologist and the Native’ is a collection of twenty
essays by internationally known scholars of different persuasions,
honouring the distinguished anthropologist Gananath Obeyesekere,
Professor Emeritus at Princeton University. Obeyesekere’s writings
include ‘Land Tenure in Village Ceylon’, ‘Medusa’s Hair’,
‘The Cult of the Goddess Pattini’, ‘Work of Culture’, ‘The
Apotheosis of Captain Cook’, ‘Imagining Karma’, ‘Cannibal
Talk’, (with Richard Gombrich) ‘Buddhism Transformed’, and the
forthcoming ‘The Awakened Ones’. Professor Obeyesekere’s
contribution to South Asian studies and to anthropology is vast, and
the rich variety of topics and approaches that marks this volume
reflects his wide-ranging interests, constituting an apt tribute to
his voluminous and inspiring work. The authors featured in this
collection are internationally known scholars from a variety of
disciplines, including literary and textual studies, Indology,
religion, history, social theory, art and anthropology. Reflecting
Obeyesekere’s wide interests, the volume is arranged into six
sections dealing with the Indian tradition and its representation;
caste, kinship, land and community; renunciation and power; Buddhism
transformed; the enigma of the text; and lastly a section entitled
‘The Anthropologist and the Native’, a discussion of aspects of
anthropological fieldwork that evokes Obeyesekere’s extensive and
intensive work dealing with his own society of Sri Lanka.
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ISBN
9780857289919
Publisert
2016
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Anthem Press (NBN)
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Engelsk
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Digital bok