Outsiders and Strangers : an Archaeology of Liminality in West Africa.
Studies of liminality have a long history in anthropology. In archaeology, identifying past people - rather than faceless entities - through material culture is still a work in progress, but a project that has seen increased attention in recent years. Focusing on West Africa, this book argues that w...
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| Online Access: | Electronic book from Oxford Scholarship Online |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 2013. |
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| Summary: | Studies of liminality have a long history in anthropology. In archaeology, identifying past people - rather than faceless entities - through material culture is still a work in progress, but a project that has seen increased attention in recent years. Focusing on West Africa, this book argues that we should explore what happens when the primary label assigned to a person's identity is that of an outsider - when he or she is of, but not in, society. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (232 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
| ISBN: | 1299924212 9781299924215 |
| Access: | Access limited to authorized users. |