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  • THE AFTERLIFE IS WHERE WE COME FROM
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    THE AFTERLIFE IS WHERE WE COME FROM
    ALMA GOTTLIEB
    When a new baby arrives among the Beng people of West Africa, they see it not as being born, but as being reincarnated after a rich life in a previous world. Far from being a tabula rasa, a Beng infant is thought to begin its life filled with spiritual knowledge. How do these beliefs affect the way the Beng rear their children? In this unique and engaging ethnography of babies,...

    $646.51

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  • BRAIDED WORLDS
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    BRAIDED WORLDS
    ALMA GOTTLIEB / PHILIP GRAHAM
    In a compelling mix of literary narrative and ethnography, anthropologist Alma Gottlieb and writer Philip Graham continue the long journey of cultural engagement with the Beng people of Côte d’Ivoire that they first recounted in their award-winning memoir Parallel Worlds. Their commitment over the span of several decades has lent them a rare insight. Braiding their own stories ...

    $489.21

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  • THE RESTLESS ANTHROPOLOGIST
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    THE RESTLESS ANTHROPOLOGIST
    GOTTLIEB, ALMA
    What does a move from a village in the West African rain forest to a West African community in a European city entail?  What about a shift from a Greek sheep-herding community to working with evictees and housing activists in Rome and Bangkok?  In The Restless Anthropologist, Alma Gottlieb brings together eight eminent scholars to recount the riveting personal and intellectual ...

    $559.12

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  • UNDER THE KAPOK TREE
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    UNDER THE KAPOK TREE
    ALMA GOTTLIEB
    In this companion volume to Parallel Worlds, Alma Gottlieb explores ideology and social practices among the Beng people of Côte d'Ivoire. Employing symbolic and postmodern perspectives, she highlights the dynamically paired notions of identity and difference, symbolized by the kapok tree planted at the center of every Beng village. "This book merits a number of readings. . . . ...

    $524.17

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