Fracturing Resemblances

Fracturing Resemblances
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Publisher : Berghahn Books
Total Pages : 196
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ISBN-10 : 1845450973
ISBN-13 : 9781845450977
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Book Synopsis Fracturing Resemblances by : Simon Harrison

Download or read book Fracturing Resemblances written by Simon Harrison and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Western societies draw crucially on concepts of the 'individual' in constructing their images of the ethnic group and nation and define these in terms of difference. This study explores the implications of these constructs for Western understanding of social order and ethnic conflicts. Comparing them with the forms of cultural identity characteristic of Melanesia as they have developed since pre-colonial times, the author arrives at a surprising conclusion: he argues that these kinds of identities are more properly and adequately viewed as forms of disguised or denied resemblance, and that it is these covert commonalities that give rise to, and prolong, social divisions and conflicts between groups.


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