The question of how identity is formed is a central question within anthropology, but just as significant is the concept of boundaries. This book examines the ways in which relations between different social groups are underpinned by each group's perceptions of their distinctive identities. Editor(s): Cohen, Anthony P. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFS; JHMC; JMH; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408. . 1999. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Signifying Identities: Anthropological Perspectives on Boundaries and Contested Identities
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 1999
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0415192374
ISBN 13: 9780415192378
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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This collection of extended papers examines the ways in which relations between national, ethnic, religious and gender groups are underpinned by each group's perceptions of their distinctive identities and of the nature of the boundaries which divide them. Questions of frontier and identity are theorised with reference to the Maori, Australian aborigines and Celtic groups. The theoretical arguments and ethnographic perspectives of this book place it at the cutting edge of contemporary anthropological scholarship on identity, with respect to the study of ethnicity, nationalism, localism, gender and indigenous peoples. It will be of value to scholars and students of social and cultural anthropology, human geography and social psychology.

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Anthony Cohen is Professor of Social Anthropology, and Provost of Law and Social Sciences at the University of Edinburgh.

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