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Social 20TH Century Africa Oxford

9.4 Excellent

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Clifford Geertz

Clifford Geertz was an American anthropologist central to the development of interpretive, or symbolic, anthropology. He...

Symbolic Indonesia Late 20TH Interpretive

9.2 Excellent

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Eric Wolf

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Historical Political Economy Late 20TH World System

9.0 Excellent

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Marilyn Strathern

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Kinship British Feminist Late 20TH

9.0 Excellent

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Talal Asad

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8.9 Great

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David Graeber

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8.7 Great

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Arthur Kleinman

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China Medical Harvard Late 20TH

8.7 Great

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Sherry Ortner

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8.7 Great

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8.6 Great

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8.5 Great

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Roy Rappaport

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8.4 Great

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8.4 Great

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Nancy Scheper-Hughes

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8.4 Great

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Laura Nader

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8.3 Great

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Andrew Sherratt

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7.5 Good

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Dale Eickelman

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7.3 Good

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Steven Caton

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Middle East North America Poetry Late 20TH

6.9 Fair

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Richard Tapper

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6.9 Fair

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Brian Spooner

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6.8 Fair

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Peter Rivière

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6.8 Fair