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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Eugenia GeorgesPublisher: Vanderbilt University Press Imprint: Vanderbilt University Press Dimensions: Width: 17.20cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 25.10cm Weight: 0.743kg ISBN: 9780826515988ISBN 10: 0826515983 Pages: 376 Publication Date: 30 December 2008 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. 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. --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 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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