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In this paper I describe a phenomenon I refer to by its Aboriginal English name — ‘humbugging’ — in a western Arnhem Land Aboriginal settlement. By discussing the focal object in this phenomenon — the ‘mutika’ (car)1— I argue that a most interesting process of de‐commoditization is occurring in this settlement.I use examples of humbugging to illustrate how the car in this community has tremendous symbolic as well as practical significance. I use. in particular, the work of Douglas and Isherwood (1979) and Appaduraiet al.(1986), and argue that their ‘social life of things’ theoretical framework is appropriate for interpreting the importance of the ‘mutika’. I also suggest, however, that this framework needs to be re‐thought in order to incorporate the challenge which de‐c

ISSN:0025-2328    

DOI:10.1111/j.1835-9310.1989.tb00099.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

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This paper is concerned with the ongoing intense interest in Thailand of two controversial urban Buddhist movements which have appeared since the beginning of the seventies, Santi Asok and Thammakaai. Essentially, I view both as a resonance of the perceived need for ‘change’ among an articulate aspiring new middle class. I also argue that both Santi Asok and Thammakaai in their expressions — Thammakaai the specious discursive function of capital, Santi Asok by confrontation and spurning what they consider an ‘amoralistic’ establishment — are predicating a radical critique of the Thai social order, a call for collective ‘inner‐worldly activism’ and ‘individualistic’ reflexive r

ISSN:0025-2328    

DOI:10.1111/j.1835-9310.1989.tb00100.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

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The idea that those with wealth and power in Thailand are believed by their compatriots to owe their position to accumulated merit (bun) recurs in the anthropological literature. This paper argues that these notions are not held in any literal sense, but are qualified by pragmatic and rational considerations, and are countered by common scepticism concerning the personas adopted by those of prominence.

ISSN:0025-2328    

DOI:10.1111/j.1835-9310.1989.tb00101.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0025-2328    

DOI:10.1111/j.1835-9310.1989.tb00102.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

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Book reviewed in this article:Palauan Cosmology: Dominance in a Traditional Micronesian Society.By Celio Ferreira.Australian Catholics.By Edmund Campion.Shades of Darkness: Aboriginal Affairs 1925‐65.By Paul Hasluck.Les Enfants du Sang: Socibtb, Reproduction et Imaginaire en Nouveue‐Guinbe.By Bernard Juillerat.The Archaeology of Medieval Ireland.By T.B. Barq Meth

ISSN:0025-2328    

DOI:10.1111/j.1835-9310.1989.tb00103.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY