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Fracturing resemblances : identity and mimetic conflict in Melanesia and the West

Title
Fracturing resemblances : identity and mimetic conflict in Melanesia and the West / Simon Harrison.
Author
Harrison, Simon.
Publication
New York : Berghahn Books, 2006.

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Description
182 pages; 24 cm.
Series Statement
EASA series ; 5
Uniform Title
EASA series ; v. 5.
Subject
  • Group identity
  • Social groups
  • Social conflict
  • Resemblance (Philosophy)
  • Cognition and culture
  • Social psychology
  • Group identity > Melanesia
  • Social conflict > Melanesia
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-173) and index.
Contents
Introduction : order, conflict and 'difference' -- Ch. 1. Proprietary identities -- Ch. 2. A phenomenology of trademark ownership -- Ch. 3. Mimesis and identity -- Ch. 4. Difference as denied resemblance -- Ch. 5. Property, personhood and the objectification of culture -- Ch. 6. Cultural piracy and cultural pollution -- Ch. 7. Cultural boundaries, cultural ownership -- Ch. 8. Power and the negotiation of identity -- Ch. 9. Identity as a scarce resource -- Ch. 10. The politics of alikeness -- Conclusion : cultural constructions of 'cultural identity'.
ISBN
1571816801
LCCN
2005040615
OCLC
  • OCM57579332
  • SCSB-5227343
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries