Table of Contents

Introduction, Anthony P. Cohen; Part 1 Boundary; Chapter 1 Boundaries and connections, Fredrik Barth; Chapter 2 Maori and modernity, Anne Salmond; Chapter 3 Violence and the work of time, Veena Das; Part 2 Identity; Chapter 4 Aboriginality, authenticity and the Settler world, Robert Paine; Chapter 5 Peripheral wisdom, James W. Fernandez; Chapter 6 Peripheral vision, Anthony P. Cohen;

About the Author

Anthony Cohen is Professor of Social Anthropology, and Provost of Law and Social Sciences at the University of Edinburgh.