Elite cultures : anthropological perspectives.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Nugent, Stephen (ed.), Shore, Cris (ed.)
Format: Ouvrage
Language:Anglais
Published: London, New York : Routledge, 2002.
Series:ASA Monographs ; 38
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Towards an anthropology of elites / Shore, Cris
  • World Society as an old regime / Hart, Keith
  • 1. Elites, Politics and Peripheries
  • The Powers Behind the Masks. Mexico's political class and social elites at the end of the millennium / Gledhill, John
  • Genre Boa. Elites in and of Amazonia / Nugent, Stephen
  • Elites on the margins. Mestizo traders in the southern Peruvian Andes / Harvey, Penelope
  • The Vanishing Elite. The political and cultural work of nationalist revolution in Sri Lanka / Spenger, Jonathan
  • The Changing Nature of Elites in Indonesia Today / Watson, C. W.
  • 2. Elites, Hegemony and Tradition
  • Settlers and their Elites in Kenya and Liberia / Tonkin, Elizabeth
  • Cultural Heritage and the Role of Traditional Intellectuals in Mali and Cameroon / Rowlands, Michael
  • The Construction of Elite Status in the Extreme Southern Highlands of Madagascar / Evers, Sandra J.T.M.
  • Revising the Past. The heritage elite and native peoples in North America / Peers, Laura
  • Revolution and Royal Style. Problems of post-socialist legitimacy in Laos / Evans, Grant
  • 3. Elites, Professionals and Networks
  • How Far Can You Go? English catholic elites and the erosion of ethnic boundaries / Eade, John
  • Pre-symptomatic Networks. Tracking experts across medical science and the new genetics / Konrad, Monica
  • Anthropologists. Lions and/or foxes. An afterword / Frankenberg, Ronald.