{"product_id":"resonance-beyond-the-words-9780226924465","title":"Resonance  Beyond the Words","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGathers together forty years of anthropological study by a researcher and writer with one of the broadest fieldwork resumes in anthropology. In its twelve essays, this book covers encounters with transvestites in Oman, childbirth in Bhutan, poverty in Cairo, and honor killings in Scandinavia, with visits to several other locales.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Unni Wikan has spent more time in sustained fieldwork in more societies than any other anthropologist I know, and these essays are the connective tissue among her most substantial work. They demonstrate her theoretical acuity in defining an approach that always places human experience first. They are exemplars and a test, as well, of just that approach which understands that common humanity is to be found anywhere, though complicated by distinctive cultural orientations to the expression of personhood.\" (George Marcus, University of California, Irvine)\"","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036769911127,"sku":"9780226924465","price":113.07,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226924465.jpg?v=1750932515","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/resonance-beyond-the-words-9780226924465","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}