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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Eugenia GeorgesPublisher: Vanderbilt University Press Imprint: Vanderbilt University Press Dimensions: Width: 17.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 24.60cm Weight: 0.591kg ISBN: 9780826515995ISBN 10: 0826515991 Pages: 376 Publication Date: 30 December 2008 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsThis book, written brilliantly and engagingly, is destined to become one of the primary works in the anthropology of reproduction. It is all about cultural uniqueness in the face of globalization, how Greeks so value modernity that they have given up a lot that was Greek in obtaining it, yet the way they 'do' modernity is nevertheless uniquely Greek.<br>Robbie Davis-Floyd This book, written brilliantly and engagingly, is destined to become one of the primary works in the anthropology of reproduction. It is all about cultural uniqueness in the face of globalization, how Greeks so value modernity that they have given up a lot that was Greek in obtaining it, yet the way they 'do' modernity is nevertheless uniquely Greek.<br>--Robbie Davis-Floyd This book, written brilliantly and engagingly, is destined to become one of the primary works in the anthropology of reproduction. It is all about cultural uniqueness in the face of globalization, how Greeks so value modernity that they have given up a lot that was Greek in obtaining it, yet the way they 'do' modernity is nevertheless uniquely Greek. --Robbie Davis-Floyd Author InformationEugenia Georges, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Rice University, is the author of The Making of a Transnational Community: Migration, Development, and Cultural Change in the Dominican Republic. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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