The Material Subject : Rethinking Bodies and Objects in Motion (Hardcover)

Introduction: Subjects, their bodies and their objects Laurence Douny and Urmila Mohan Making do and wanting: The professional diver's predicament Celine Rosselin-Bareille Management’ and its refuse Agnes Jeanjean Clothing choices and questioning the incorporation of habitus Marie-Pierre Julien Museum objects in motion: Colonial leftovers and French cultural politics Melanie Roustan The material shaping of women’s subjectivities. Wild-silk textiles of the Marka-Dafing as a cultural heritage Laurence Douny Politics matters: Matiere a Politique Jean-Pierre Warnier Chronicles of a moral war: Ascetic subjectivation and formation of the Javanese state Romain Bertrand Opening and closing gestures: Weaving rituals that give and sustain life Myriem Naji Devotion on the home altar as ‘efficacious intimacy’ in a Hindu group Urmila Mohan Anthropology of knowledge transmission beyond dichotomies. Learning and subjectivation among watchmakers in Switzerland Herve Munz The enskilled subject: Two paths to becoming a skilled person among the Paiwan indigenous people of Taiwan Geoffrey Gowlland