Social Formations of Wonder : Anthropology and Awe (Paperback)

Introduction 1.The wonder of cloacal creation from myth to MONA 2.Wonders and tremors in the aftershocks of high energy physics 3.Wondrous geographies and historicity for state-building on Malaita, Solomon Islands 4.Fear and wonder out bush: engaging a critical anthropological perspective on indigenous alterity 5.Try the spirits: power encounters and anti-wonder in Christian missions 6.Clearing curses and commanding crocodiles: observations of atypical events in rural Solomon Islands 7.Uncertain encounters with wild elephants in Assam, Northeast India 8.Getting more real with wonder: an afterword