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The Anthropology of Friendship
EN NWISBN: 9781003135821 bzw. 100313582X, in Englisch, Routledge, neu.
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Friendship is usually seen as a vital part of most people's lives in the West. From our friends we hope to derive emotional support advice and material help in times of need. In this pioneering book basic assumptions about friendship are examined from a cross-cultural point of view. Is friendship only a western conception or is it possible to identify friends in such places as Papua New Guinea Kenya China and Brazil? In seeking to answer this question contributors also explore what friendship means closer to home from the bar to the office and address the following:* Are friendships voluntary?* Should friends be distinguished sharply from relatives?* Do work and friendship mix?* Does friendship support or subvert the social order?* How is friendship shaped by the nature of the person gender and the relationship between private and public life?* How is friendship affected when morality is compromised by self-interest?This book represents one of the few major attempts to deal with friendship from a comparative perspective. In achieving this aim it demonstrates the culture-bound nature of many assumptions concerning one of the most basic building-blocks of western social relationships. More importantly it signposts the future of social relations in many parts of the world where older social bonds based on kinship or proximity are being challenged by flexible ties forged when people move within local national and increasingly global networks of social relations. KF24930.
Friendship is usually seen as a vital part of most people's lives in the West. From our friends we hope to derive emotional support advice and material help in times of need. In this pioneering book basic assumptions about friendship are examined from a cross-cultural point of view. Is friendship only a western conception or is it possible to identify friends in such places as Papua New Guinea Kenya China and Brazil? In seeking to answer this question contributors also explore what friendship means closer to home from the bar to the office and address the following:* Are friendships voluntary?* Should friends be distinguished sharply from relatives?* Do work and friendship mix?* Does friendship support or subvert the social order?* How is friendship shaped by the nature of the person gender and the relationship between private and public life?* How is friendship affected when morality is compromised by self-interest?This book represents one of the few major attempts to deal with friendship from a comparative perspective. In achieving this aim it demonstrates the culture-bound nature of many assumptions concerning one of the most basic building-blocks of western social relationships. More importantly it signposts the future of social relations in many parts of the world where older social bonds based on kinship or proximity are being challenged by flexible ties forged when people move within local national and increasingly global networks of social relations. KF24930.
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