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From hospitality to grace, a Julian Pitt-Rivers omnibus, edited by Giovanni da Col and Andrew Shryock ; afterword by Michael Herzfeld

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-492) and index

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From hospitality to grace

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edited by Giovanni da Col and Andrew Shryock ; afterword by Michael Herzfeld

a Julian Pitt-Rivers omnibus

Brings together the definitive essays and lectures of the influential social anthropologist Julian A. Pitt-Rivers, a corpus of work that has, until now, remained scattered, untranslated, and unedited. Illuminating the themes and topics that he engaged throughout his life - including hospitality, grace, the symbolic economy of reciprocity, kinship, the paradoxes of friendship, ritual logics, the anthropology of dress, and more - this omnibus brings his reflections to new life. Holding Pitt-Rivers's diversity of subjects and ethnographic foci in the same gaze, this book reveals a theoretical unity that ran through his work and highlights his iconic wit and brilliance. Striking at the heart of anthropological theory, the pieces here explore the relationship between the mental and the material, between what is thought and what is done. Classic, definitive, and yet still extraordinarily relevant for contemporary anthropology, Pitt-Rivers's lifetime contribution will provide a new generation of anthropologists with an invaluable resource for reflection on both ethnographic and theoretical issues. --, Provided by publisher

Acknowledgments. Introduction: A perfect host: Julian Pitt-Rivers and the anthropology of grace / Andrew Shryock and Giovanni da Col. Part 1 Moral frames: honor, mana, and grace : Honor and social status in Andalusia -- Mana -- The place of grace in anthropology -- The malady of honor. Part 2 Uncertain relations: kin/friend, host/guest, male/female, and human/animal : The kith and the kin -- Ritual kinship in the Mediterranean: Spain and the Balkans -- The law of hospitality -- Women and sanctuary in the Mediterranean -- The paradox of friendship -- Lending a hand: neighborly cooperation in southwestern France -- Spiritual power in Central America: the naguals of Chiapas. Part 3 Transformative rites: sacrifice, substitution, and the sacred : The sacrifice of the bull -- The role of pain in rites of passage -- From the love of food to the love of God -- Quand nos aînés n'y seront plus -- The fate of Shechem or the politics of sex. Part 4 Analytics in place: concepts, theory, and method : Contextual analysis and the locus of the model -- On the word "caste" -- Race in Latin America: the concept of "raza" -- Reflections on fieldwork in Spain -- Grace and insight: the legacy of Julian Pitt-Rivers. Reference list -- Index