Synopsis
This sequel to The Interpretation of Cultures is a collection of essays which reject large abstractions, going beyond the mere translation of one culture into another, and looks at the underlying, compartmentalized reality.
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Clifford Geertz is arguably the most distinguished anthropologist of our time. First published in 1973, his ‘The Interpretation of Cultures has become an established classic.
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The noted cultural anthropologist and author of 'The Interpretation of Cultures' deepens our understanding of human societies through the intimacies of 'local knowledge.'
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Local Knowledge: Further Essays in Interpretive Anthropology.
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Basic Books,, NY:, 1983
ISBN 10: 0465041582
ISBN 13: 9780465041589
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