Claiming individuality : the cultural politics of distinction /

Why the concept of individuality is important to people.

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: Amit, Vered, 1955-, Dyck, Noel
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; Ann Arbor, MI : Pluto, 2006
Series:Anthropology, culture, and society.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • On claiming individuality: an introduction to the issues / Vered Amit, Noel Dyck
  • In the aftermath of death: presenting self, individuality and family in an Iyangar family in Chennai, 1994 / Mattison Mines
  • Growing up in the Caribbean: individuality in the making / Karen Fog Olwig
  • Distinction and co-construction: diaspora Asian fashion entrepreneurs in London / Parminder Bhachu
  • Claiming individuality through "flexibility": career choices and constraints among traveling consultants / Vered Amit
  • A personalized journey: tourism and individuality / Julia Harrison
  • Becoming educated, becoming and individual? Tropes of distinction and "modesty" in French narratives of rurality / Deborah Reed-Danahay
  • An anatomy of humor: the charismatic repartee of Trevor Jeffreis in The Mitre pub / Nigel Rapport
  • Proclaiming individual piety: pilgrims and religious renewal in Côte d'Ivoire / Marie Nathalie LeBlanc
  • Claiming to be Croat: the risks of return to the homeland / Daphne Winland.