Lilies of the field : marginal people who live for the moment / edited by Sophie Day, Evthymios Papataxiarchis, Michael Stewart.
| Other author | Day, Sophie. |
| Other author | Papataxiarchēs, E. (Euthymios), 1954- |
| Other author | Stewart, Michael, 1959- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Boulder : Westview Press, 1999. |
| Description | xi, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Studies in the ethnographic imagination Studies in the ethnographic imagination. ^A283323 |
| Contents | pt. 1. Life without thought for the morrow. "Brothers" and "orphans" : images of equality among Hungarian Rom / Michael Stewart ; Incorporation and exclusion in the Podhale / Frances Pine ; Prey at the center : resistance and marginality in Amazonia / Laura Rival -- pt. 2. Two marginal individuals. At the center of the market : a Vezo woman / Rita Astuti ; Two beautiful Untouchable women : processes of becoming in Southern India / Yasushi Uchiyamada -- pt. 3. Single-sex worlds. Wage hunting at the margins of urban Japan / Tom Gill ; Hustling : individualism among London prostitutes / Sophie Day ; A contest with money : gambling and the politics of disinterested sociality in Aegean Greece / Evthymios Papataxiarchis -- pt. 4. Writing about marginality. Verging on the marginal : modern Amazonian peasantries / Stephen Nugent ; The Brazilian floodplains : where cholera does not kill / Cacoclos, Mark Harris ; A doctor by the canal : a presentation of a person, from Nasser to Foucault / Fanny Colona. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-250) and index. |
| LCCN | 98030158 |
| ISBN | 0813335310 (hc : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HM136 .L524 1999 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |