The likeness: semblance and self in Slovene society

"The Likeness is a close ethnographic study of subjectivity in the former Yugoslav republic of Slovenia. In this highly imaginative work, the author argues that Slovenes provide a remarkable counterbalance to Western notions of a divided inner and outer self by playing with surface level resemb...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bakke, Gretchen Anna 19XX- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California University of California Press [2020]
Series:Ethnographic studies in subjectivity 13
Subjects:
Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Literaturverzeichnis
Register // Gemischte Register
Summary:"The Likeness is a close ethnographic study of subjectivity in the former Yugoslav republic of Slovenia. In this highly imaginative work, the author argues that Slovenes provide a remarkable counterbalance to Western notions of a divided inner and outer self by playing with surface level resemblances, or likenesses. Such practices render the complexity of self-expression as external and legible, but as of the last several decades, very rarely unique or original. Bakke takes a deep dive into a range of topics-from art worlds to punk to mental illness-to ask questions about the shift in Slovene identity. By engaging with some of anthropology's most pressing theoretical debates as well as some of Slovenia's most important thinkers, this book explores how one can understand the meaning of self and individuality in a society that values convention"--
Physical Description:xvii, 175 Seiten 17 Illustrationen und Karten, Portrait [der Verfasserin auf dem Cover] 24 cm
ISBN:9780520320048
9780520320031

There is no print copy available.

Interlibrary loan Place Request Caution: Not in THWS collection! Indexes