Local Knowledge : Further Essays In Interpretive Anthropology
(2008)
By:
Geertz, Clifford
Nonfiction
eBook
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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Basic Books, 2008
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1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9780786723751 MWT15983083, 0786723750 15983083
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
In essays covering everything from art and common sense to charisma and constructions of the self, the eminent cultural anthropologist and author of The Interpretation of Cultures deepens our understanding of human societies through the intimacies of "local knowledge." A companion volume to The Interpretation of Cultures, this book continues Geertz's exploration of the meaning of culture and the importance of shared cultural symbolism. With a new introduction by the author
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