From hospitality to grace [electronic resource] : a Julian Pitt-Rivers omnibus / edited by Giovanni da Col and Andrew Shryock ; afterword by Michael Herzfeld.

Brings together the definitive essays and lectures of the influential social anthropologist Julian A. Pitt-Rivers, a corpus of work that has, until now, remained scattered, untranslated, and unedited. Illuminating the themes and topics that he engaged throughout his life - including hospitality, gra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pitt-Rivers, Julian Alfred (Author)
Other Authors: Da Col, Giovanni (Editor)
Shryock, Andrew (Editor)
Herzfeld, M. (Michael) (writer of afterword.)
Language:English
Published: Chicago : HAU Books, [2017]
Subjects:
Ethnology.
Online Access:
Open Research Library (ORL): 2017 (Open Research Library)
OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks): 2017 (Open Access Publishing in European Networks)
DOAB Directory of Open Access Books: 2017 (Directory of Open Access Books)
Variant Title:
From Hospitality to Grace: A Julian Pitt-Rivers Omnibus
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Acknowledgments. Introduction: A perfect host: Julian Pitt-Rivers and the anthropology of grace / Andrew Shryock and Giovanni da Col. Part 1 Moral frames: honor, mana, and grace : Honor and social status in Andalusia
  • Mana
  • The place of grace in anthropology
  • The malady of honor. Part 2 Uncertain relations: kin/friend, host/guest, male/female, and human/animal : The kith and the kin
  • Ritual kinship in the Mediterranean: Spain and the Balkans
  • The law of hospitality
  • Women and sanctuary in the Mediterranean
  • The paradox of friendship
  • Lending a hand: neighborly cooperation in southwestern France
  • Spiritual power in Central America: the naguals of Chiapas. Part 3 Transformative rites: sacrifice, substitution, and the sacred : The sacrifice of the bull
  • The role of pain in rites of passage
  • From the love of food to the love of God
  • Quand nos aînés n'y seront plus
  • The fate of Shechem or the politics of sex. Part 4 Analytics in place: concepts, theory, and method : Contextual analysis and the locus of the model
  • On the word "caste"
  • Race in Latin America: the concept of "raza"
  • Reflections on fieldwork in Spain
  • Grace and insight: the legacy of Julian Pitt-Rivers. Reference list
  • Index.