{"product_id":"a-moments-notice-9780801482281","title":"A Moments Notice","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing on the problem of time—the paradox of time's apparent universality and cultural relativity—Carol J. Greenhouse develops an original ethnographic account of our present moment, the much-heralded postmodern condition, which is at the same time a reflexive analysis of ethnography itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreenhouse moves from the idea that perceptions of time and what time plans are culturally specific to the idea that cultural notions of time are linked to cultural notions about how the world works, or 'agency.' She includes discussions of the anthropological theories of time and their relationship to beliefs about death, a critique of the notion of social structure, and case studies that show the relationship of official assumptions of time-as-history to the responses of state elites toward challenges brought against them from below. These challenges to state legitimacy arise from the increasing diversity of populations within the state. The illustrative cases cover a wide range: the late-20th-century US, China 2,300 years ago, and early-16th-century Mexico. They show that official views of time and history are important in establishing and maintaining political legitimacy.\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cb\u003ePart I\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. Time, Life, and Society\u003cbr\u003e 2. Relative Time and the Limits of Law\u003cbr\u003e 3. Agency and Authority\u003cb\u003ePart II\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. Time and Territory in Ancient China\u003cbr\u003e 5. Time and Sovereignty in Aztec Mexico\u003cbr\u003e 6. Time, Life, and Law in the United StatesConclusion: Postmodemity This Time\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405163503959,"sku":"9780801482281","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-moments-notice-9780801482281","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}