FOREWORD By Michael J. Lambek, Professor of Anthropology, University of Toronto THE QUEST FOR PATTERN 1. Key Questions in Anthropology 2. Dialogues with Grand Theory SHAPE AND RHYTHM IN SOCIAL FORMS 3. Species, Space, and Time 4. Daughters of the Dance 5. On Ritual and Social Memoey LANGUAGE AND THE MAKING OF PERSONS 6. Language and Social Engagement 7. The Dialectics of Gender and Generation 8. Human Bodies, Social Persons, and Selves PRACTICE AND POLITICS IN THE CEREMONIAL ARENA 9. Place, Home, and Habitus 10. Work, Wealth, and Exchange 11. Theatres of Power, War, and Peace LARGE-SCALE MODERN FORMS 12. The New Spaces: Cities and Popular Culture 13. The Modern Person and 'The Market' 14. States, 'Nations', and the Struggles of the People CONCLUDING ESSAY 15. Anthropology as a Human Science: Conversations with History and Religion Notes Select Bibliography