{"product_id":"fracturing-resemblances-identity-and-mimetic-conflict-in-melanesia-and-the-west-9781571816801","title":"Fracturing Resemblances: Identity and Mimetic","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tWestern societies draw crucially on concepts of the 'individual' in constructing their images of the ethnic group and nation and define these in terms of difference. This study explores the implications of these constructs for Western understanding of social order and ethnic conflicts. Comparing them with the forms of cultural identity characteristic of Melanesia as they have developed since pre-colonial times, the author arrives at a surprising conclusion: he argues that these kinds of identities are more properly and adequately viewed as forms of disguised or denied resemblance, and that it is these covert commonalities that give rise to, and prolong, social divisions and conflicts between groups.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"This book offers a counterintuitive and innovative approach to the politics of cultural difference and social order. The appeal of Harrison’s argument is enhanced because he shows that currently dominant approaches to the politics of identity and difference are likely to be misguided, but does not resort to a wrongheaded appeal to universalism that simply collapses difference.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  Anthropological Forum\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eSimon Harrison has written a thoughtful short book. It is clearly written and well argued. It uses diverse ethnography to explore proprietary forms of identity, where culture is a form of property to be possessed or selectively given out to others. The book is comparative anthropology at its best…a powerful thoughtful book, [whose] controversial ideas deserve serious debate.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003cb\u003e  ·  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDialect Anthropol\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It is clearly and convincingly written, covers a large number of fascinating and diverse ethnographic cases, and its central theoretical propositions are well worthy of consideration and debate.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  American Anthropologist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/b\u003e Order, Conflict and ‘Difference’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/b\u003e Proprietary Identities\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/b\u003e A Phenomenology of Trademark Ownership\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/b\u003e Mimesis and Identity\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/b\u003e Difference as Denied Resemblance\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/b\u003e Property, Personhood and the Objectification of Culture\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/b\u003e Cultural Piracy and Cultural Pollution\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/b\u003e Cultural Boundaries, Cultural Ownership\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/b\u003e Power and the Negotiation of Identity\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/b\u003e Identity as a Scarce Resource\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/b\u003e The Politics of Alikeness\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eConclusion:\u003c\/b\u003e Cultural Constructions of ‘Cultural Identity’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041426473303,"sku":"9781571816801","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781571816801.jpg?v=1750950234","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fracturing-resemblances-identity-and-mimetic-conflict-in-melanesia-and-the-west-9781571816801","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}