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Title Honor and grace in anthropology / edited by J.G. Peristiany and Julian Pitt-Rivers
Published Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1992

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Description x, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series Cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology ; 76
Cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology ; 76
Contents Machine derived contents note: List of illustrations -- 1. Introduction J. G. Peristiany and Julian Pitt-Rivers -- 2. Royalty and ritual in the Middle Ages: coronation and funerary rites in France Catherine Lafages -- 3. The court surrounds the King: Louis XIV, the Palatine Princess, and Saint-Simon Emmanuel Leroy Ladurie -- 4. Rites as acts of institution Pierre Bourdieu -- 5. Religion, world views, social classes, and honor during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in Spain Julio Caro Baroja -- 6. The Sophron - a secular saint? wisdom and the wise in a Cypriot community J. G. Peristiany -- 7. The Greek hero J. K. Campbell -- 8. Name, blood, and miracles: the claims to renown in traditional Sicily Maria Pia Di Bella -- 9. From the death of men to the peace of God: violence and peace-making in the Rif Raymond Jamous -- 10. Indarra: some reflections on a Basque concept Sandra Ott -- 11. Postscript: the place of grace in anthropology Julian Pitt-Rivers -- Index
Analysis Social anthropology
Social anthropology
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology no:76
Subject Honor.
Mediterranean Region -- Social conditions.
Author Peristiany, John G. (John George), 1911-1987.
Pitt-Rivers, Julian A. (Julian Alfred)
LC no. 90001861
ISBN 0521390559 (hardback)