TY - BOOK ID - 50778004 TI - Classic Concepts in Anthropology AU - Valeri AU - Stasch, Rupert AU - da, Giovanni PY - 2017 SN - 1912808552 0990505081 PB - Chicago, IL USA HAU Books DB - UniCat KW - Anthropology. KW - Human beings KW - Primitive societies KW - Social sciences UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:50778004 AB - The late anthropologist Valerio Valeri (1944 - 1998) was best known for his substantial writings on societies of Polynesia and eastern Indonesia. This volume, however, presents a lesser-known side of Valeri's genius through a dazzlingly erudite set of comparative essays on core topics in the history of anthropological theory. Offering masterly discussions of anthropological thought about ritual, fetishism, cosmogonic myth, belief, caste, kingship, mourning, play, feasting, ceremony, and cultural relativism, Classic Concepts in Anthropology, presented here with a critical foreword by Rupert Stasch and Giovanni da Col, will be an eye-opening, essential resource for students and researchers not only in anthropology but throughout the humanities. ER -