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Presents a systematic rethinking of the power and limits of comparison in anthropology.

"Anthropologists today use comparisons to describe and to explain, to generalise and to challenge generalisations, to critique and to create new concepts. In th

Comparison has long been the backbone of the discipline of anthropology. But recent developments in anthropology, including critical self-reflection and new cas

How are different cultures to be described and compared? This book provides a clear and concise discussion of the theoretical issues involved in ethnographic de

Shows how comparative ethnographic methods can be successfully used to study important human concerns in anthropology.