Sachgebiete

Beschreibung:

469 S.; 8°; kart.

Bemerkung:

Gutes Ex.; Einband stw. leicht berieben. - Englisch. // INHALT : Introduction -- An Anthropologist's Reflections on Symbolic Usage -- A Question of Terms: Scope and Meaning of -- 'Symbol' -- Development of Anthropological Interest in Symbols -- Crystallization of Problems of Symbol Theory -- Modern Anthropological Views of Symbolic -- Processes -- Private Symbols and Public Reactions -- II -- Food Symbolism in a Pre-Industrial Society -- Hair as Private Asset and Public Symbol -- Bodily Symbols of Greeting and Parting -- Symbolism of Flags -- Symbolism in Giving and Getting -- Symbol and Substance References. // "This book is a compendium of information-historical, analytical, and theoretical-concerning symbolism, and contains information drawn together from a wide variety of sources and focused on the relation between public and private symbols. ... Firth has chosen his approach well, and by keeping to his principal theme, has shown, and quite effectively I think, that an important contribution to the anthropological study of symbolism lies in the analysis of the connection between 'the individual and the collective symbolism.' ... I have little doubt that this is an important book. It represents a solidly empirical piece of work stimulatingly presented." (Reviews in Anthropology)