How we think they think : anthropological approaches to cognition, memory, and literacy / Maurice E.F. Bloch

Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1998. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: x, 205 pages: illustrations, map; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Language, anthropology and cognitive science -- What goes without saying: the conceptualization of Zafimaniry society -- Cognition and ethnography -- Domain-specificity, living kinds and symbolism -- Internal and external memory: different ways of being in history -- The resurrection of the house amongst the Zafimaniry of Madagascar -- Time, narratives and the multiplicity of representations of the past -- Autobiographical memory and the historical memory of the more distant past -- Astrology and writing in Madagascar -- Literacy and enlightenment -- The uses of schooling and literacy in a Zafimaniry village -- Why do Malagasy cows speak French? Subjects: Ethnopsychology. Cognition and culture. Social policy. Sociology. Cognitive psychology. Literacy Madagascar. Memory Social aspects Madagascar. Genre: Bibliography. Illustrated.