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Book SynopsisThis book looks at the encounter between dress and the body. In the social sciences, dress tends to be viewed as a form of communication, a way in which the wearer gives expression to his or her ideas or situation. 'Bodywork', rather than looking at what people do with their clothes, looks at what clothes do with the wearers. In the context of three small West African communities – Muslim, Christian and Animist – the book describes the dress styles and dress practices of the villagers and shows how a particular way of dressing influences the body's demeanour and habit. It considers thereby the role played by dress in the enculturation of the body.Trade Review'Her strength is connecting the body and dress as a totality that acknowledges movement as an integral part of understanding dress. Her in-depth fieldwork analysis to support that point with the comparison and contrast of the three locations is excellent'. Joanne Eicher. 'Andrewes's emphasis on bodily comportment in relation to distinctive types of dress worn by Diola women and men, ..... make this book an important contribution to the recent literature on African dress and the body'. E.P. Renne, University of Michigan in Choice.

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Book SynopsisGlobalization, modernization and colonialism have played a pivotal role in the social transformation of Southeast Asian societies. The essays in this volume examine three aspects of this transformation: social change and development, the role of intellectuals, religion and cultural values. The volume honours the distinguished Malaysian sociologist Syed Hussein Alatas and his seminal contributions to the sociology of Southeast Asian societies. They have been written by his present and former colleagues, friends and students. Their contributions, reflect, complement and extend the influence of his ideas on contemporary research and social science scholarship.

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Book SynopsisThe authors of this volume explore the tensions and dilemmas that impact pluralism and homogeneity in modern societies. This is the first work in this field in which the frame of discussion is a comparative civilizational analysis. It focuses on issues that are at the heart of the contemporary human experience and culture. The contributors to this book, renowned scholars from all over the world, tackle these issues by referring to different temporal and spatial settings. This book is in homage to Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt. We honor his ground-breaking work in the comparative study of modernities and civilizations. Contributors are: Jeffrey C. Alexander, Erik Allardt , Saïd Arjomand, Johann P. Arnason, Eliezer Ben-Rafael, Raymond Boudon, Michael Confino, Ralf Dahrendorf, Gerard Delanty, Shmuel N. Eisenstadt, Han Entzinger, Bernhard Giesen, Rolland Goetschell, Ulf Hannerz, Danièle Hervieu-Léger, Jürgen Kocka, Donald N. Levine, Menachem Magidor, Alberto Martinelli, T.K. Oommen, Shalini Randeria, Luis Roniger, W.G. Runciman, Dominique Schnapper, Hayim Tadmor, Stanley J. Tambiah, Wolfgang Schluchter, David Shulman, Sammy Smooha, Piotr Stzompka, Edward A. Tiryakan, Alain Touraine, Zvi Werblowsky, and Björn Wittrock.Table of ContentsPreface In homage to Shmuel N. Eisenstadt, Menachem Magidor, Hayim Tadmor, Piotr Stzompka, Elizier Ben-Rafael and Shalini Randeria I: The Historical Trajectory of Modernity 1. Modernity in socio-historical perspective, Shmuel N. Eisenstadt 2. The Axial Conundrum: Between historical sociology and the philosophy of history, Johann P. Arnason 3. Cultural crystallization and civilization change: Axiality and modernity, 4. The exception that proves the rule? Rome in the Axial Age, W.G. Runciman 5. Civil Society: Some remarks on the career of a concept, Jürgen Kocka 6. Challenges of modernity in an age of globalization, T.K. Oommen 7. The dark side of modernity: Tension relief, splitting, and Grace, Jeffrey C. Alexander II: Modernity and Pluralism 8. Pluralities and pluralisms, Zvi Werblowsky 9. Multiculturalism revisited, Han Entzinger 10. Ethnic revival and religious revival in “Providential decomcracies”, Dominique Schnapper 11. Doubts about pluralism, Ralf Dahrendorf 12. The end of the “social”, Alain Touraine 13. Collective identity and the representation of liminality, Bernhard Giesen III: Religion, Nationalism and Pluralism 14. Weber’s sociology of religion and Ancient Judaism, Wolfgang Schluchter 15. Comparative analysis of the civilization of modernity: 1203 and 2003, Edward A. Tiryakan 16. Political culture in the Islamicate civilization, Saïd Arjomand 17. Multiple religious modernities: A new approach to contemporary religiosity, Danièle Hervieu-Léger 18. Religion and power in the history of the Eastern Orthodox Church, Michael Confino 19. From religion to nationalism: The transformation of the Jewish identity, Eliezer Ben-Rafael IV: Modernity as World Reality 20. Who invented modernity in South India, and is it modern?, David Shulman 21. Is Israel Western?, Sammy Smooha 22. Cultural translations and European modernity, Gerard Delanty 23. Center-periphery, creolization and cosmopolitanism, Ulf Hannerz 24. Europe’s multiple modernity, Erik Allardt 25. Civilizational resources for dialogic engagement?, Donald N. Levine V: Challenges of Collective Identities 26. French and German Judaism facing modernity, Rolland Goetschell 27. From East Europeans to Europeans, Piotr Sztompka 28. Is Hindu-Muslim cleavage the paradigmatic case for conflicts in South Asia?, Stanley J. Tambiah 29. Democracy in Latin America: The ‘only game in town’?, Luis Roniger 30. The European identity, Alberto Martinelli VI. Epilogue: Modernity as Program 31. Basic mechanisms of moral evolution: in Durkheim’s and Weber’s footsteps, Raymond Boudon 32. Collective identity and the constructive and destructive forces of modernity, Shmuel N. Eisenstadt Appendix The trail of a scholar A scholarly portrait, Donald N. Levine Bibliography Index of Persons Index of Subjects

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Book SynopsisThis anthology brings together studies of post-colonial, post-Cold War Central Eurasia. This part of the world is in transition from Soviet institutions to independent statehood, nation building, resistance against state expansion, cultural change and the release of market forces. The theoretical framework of the study is called ‘critical geo-politics.’ The objective of the work is to better comprehend the nature of the post-colonial ‘Great Game'. Part I studies US power projection activity in the region. America is extending its World War II trans-oceanic 'defense perimeter into the fossile fuel rich area between integrating Europe, recovering Russia and industrializing China. Part II details various aspects of state-nation building and soci-cultural and economic change in the region. Part III studies interactions between outsiders, neighbors and Central Asian Republics. Conflict and cooperation in the Caspian region is studied in part IV, with Aral Sea and Azerbijan as cases. This is the revised edition of the book that was published under the same title in 2004.Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION BY THE EDITORS The Crisis in IR Theory: Towards a Critical Geopolitics Approach Part One THE POLICY OF PROJECTING POWER INTO VACUUM AREAS I The Geopolitics of Power Projection in US Foreign Policy: From Colonization to Globalization, Henk Houweling and Mehdi Parvizi Amineh II Caspian Energy: Oil and Gas Resources and the Global Market, Mehdi Parvizi Amineh and Henk Houweling Part Two LOCAL DYNAMIC III Nation-State Building in Central Asia: A Lost Case?, Pınar Akçalı IV Political Processes in Post-Soviet Central Asia, Shirin Akiner V The Economic and Social Impact of Systemic Transition in Central Asia and Azerbaijan, Michael Kaser VI Gendered Transitions: The Impact of the Post-Soviet Transition on Women in Central Asia and the Caucasus, Armine Ishkanian Part Three INTERACTIONS BETWEEN OUTSIDERS, NEIGHBORS AND CENTRAL EURASIAN REPUBLICS VII Sino-Indian Relations: Security Dilemma, Ideological Polarization, or Cooperation Based on ‘Comprehensive Security’?, Kurt Radtke VIII The US and the EU in CEA. Relations with Regional Powers, Mehdi Parvizi Amineh and Henk Houweling IX Paradigms of Iranian Policy in Central Eurasia and Beyond, Eva Rakel Part Four LOCAL CONFLICTS X Growing Tension and the Threat of War in the Southern Caspian Sea: The Unsettled Division Dispute and Regional Rivalry, Hooman Peimani XI The ‘Power of Water’ in a Divided Central Asia, Max Spoor and Anatoly Krutov XII A Transnational Policy for Conflict Reduction and Prevention in the South Caucasus, Robert M. Cutler XIII International Challenges and Domestic Preferences in the Post-Soviet Political Transition of Azerbaijan, Ayça Ergun Index

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Book SynopsisDemocracy Compromised is about traditional authorities (chiefs of various ranks) in a democracy. The book addresses mainly two integrally related questions. First, how despite their role in the apartheid state, traditional authorities have not only survived, but have won unprecedented powers in rural governance in South Africa's democracy, and secondly, how they derive their authority. It argues that chieftaincy has always been contested and that it has throughout its history since the advent of colonialism been dependent on the support of the state. Their role in the land allocation process is central to our understanding, not only of the survival of traditional authorities, but on how they derived their authority. The book will be of particular interest to academics, researchers, students, activists and policy makers.

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Book SynopsisThis volume explores the role of religion in the educational achievement of Hispanics. In particular, it assesses the influence of religion on parental involvement in children's educational experiences. The book compares Catholic and Protestant parents' opinions and practices against the backdrop of socio-economic factors, such as levels of income and schooling. In its examination of the relationships between family, church and school, the study explores how religion and other cultural traits such as family structure, language, and ethnic identity, interact and yield particular educational outcomes. The study shows that religion can make a positive difference in the education of Latinos. Religion is a resource that parents can tap into for the benefit of their children. Teachers, school administrators, policy makers and religious leaders will find this study useful as they strive to understand and change Latinos' educational status.

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Book SynopsisThis book is the analysis of the civilizational and historical context of the development of the Great Modern Revolutions; their relations to modernity, to the civilization of modernity, and to the development of multiple modernities; and the fate of revolutionary symbolism and dynamics in modern regimes, in the continually changing civilization of modernity, its dynamics and tribulations.Trade Review'... this is an important work in historical and comparative sociology that should be read by those seeking to understand both the structural causes of revolutions and the way the modern world came to be as it is.' S.C. Ward, Western Connecticut State UniversityTable of ContentsPreface Part I - The Great Revolutions and the Origins and Crystallization of Modernity: Some Comparative Observations Introduction Chapter 1 - The Historical and Civilizational Frameworks of the Great Revolutions Chapter 2 - The Distinctive Characteristics of the Revolutionary Processes and Ideologies PART II - The "Causes" and Historical - Civilizational Frameworks of Revolutions Chapter 3 - Structural and Social Psychological Causes Chapter 4 - The Historical Settings - The Contradictions of “Early Modernity” Chapter 5 - The Civilizational Frameworks of the Great Revolutions - The Axial Civilizations Part III - The Variability of Axial Civilizations and Political Dynamics – The Distinctiveness of the Revolutionary Process Chapter 6 - "Other-worldly" Civilizations – The Hindu Civilization Chapter 7 - The Political Dynamics in "this-worldly" Civilization – the Chinese Confucian Political Order Chapter 8 - Monotheistic Civilizations — Islam Chapter 9 - Christian Civilizations – the European Complex Chapter 10 - A Comparative excursus: Japan – the Non-Axial Revolutionary Revolutions and Concluding Remarks Conception of social orders; access to the political order and political dynamics Part IV - Cosmological Visions, Modes of Regulation and Revolutionary Potentials: Political Dynamics in Axial Civilizations Chapter 11 - Revolutionary Potentials in Axial Civilizations Chapter 12 - Cosmological Visions, Modes of Regulation, and Political Dynamics in Imperial and Imperial-Feudal Societies Chapter 13 - Cosmological Visions, Modes of Regulation, and Political Dynamics in Patrimonial Regimes Chapter 14 - Concluding Observations – The "Causes", Historical Contexts and Civilizational Frameworks of Revolutions Part V – The Outcomes of Revolutions Chapter 15 - The Outcomes of Revolutions - The Crystallization of the Political and Cultural Programs of Modernity Chapter 16 - The Outcomes of Revolutions - The Variability of Revolutionary Symbolism in Modern Societies – Preliminary Indications Chapter 17 - The New Setting - Changes in the Modes of the Model of the Nation and Revolutionary State

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Book SynopsisUsing a Canadian case study, this book demonstrates that Dutch immigrant farmers have a global competitive advantage. It also deals with the implications, both beneficial and harmful, of positive stereotyping, in this case the reputation of the Dutch as successful farmers. Farming in a Global Economy consists of three parts. The first provides an overview of farming and migration in the Netherlands and Ontario. Part two deals with Dutch farmers in Ontario from a historical and a sociological perspective, telling the story of postwar farm immigrants, much of it in their own words. The last part covers the Dutch presence in, and impact on, Ontario agriculture.Table of ContentsPreface List of Figures & Tables Abbreviations Introduction PART ONE: FARMING, CULTURE, AND MIGRATION: THE NETHERLANDS AND ONTARIO 1: The Netherlands: The Country of Origin 2: Ontario: A Province of Immigrants 3: Dutch Farm Immigrants Prior to World War Two PART TWO: DUTCH FARM IMMIGRANTS AFTER WORLD WAR II 4: The Netherlands-Canada Settlement Scheme 5: Becoming a Canadian Farmer 6: Learning and Getting Ahead 7: Dutch Farmers in Different Regions 8: Forming Communities and Institutions 9: Getting Politically Involved 10: A Profile of Dutch-Canadian Farmers 11: Three Generations of Farmers: Continuity and Discontinuity PART THREE: THE DUTCH PRESENCE IN ONTARIO AGRICULTURE 12: Demographics and Spatial Distribution 13: Crop Specialization and Agribusiness 14: The European-Dutch Corporate Connection 15: The Newcomers Conclusion Bibliography Appendix (dual scaling) Index

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Book SynopsisThroughout most of Russian history, two views of who the Russians are have dominated the minds of Russian intellectuals. Westerners assumed that Russia was part of the West, whilst Slavophiles saw Russia as part of a Slavic civilization. At present, it is Eurasianism that has emerged as the paradigm that has made attempts to place Russia in a broad civilizational context and it has recently become the only viable doctrine that is able to provide the very ideological justification for Russia’s existence as a multiethnic state. Eurasians assert that Russia is a civilization in its own right, a unique blend of Slavic and non-Slavic, mostly Turkic, people. While it is one of the important ideological trends in present-day Russia, Eurasianism, with its origins among Russian emigrants in the 1920s, has a long history. Placing Eurasianism in a broad context, this book covers the origins of Eurasianism, dwells on Eurasianism’s major philosophical paradigms, and places Eurasianism in the context of the development of Polish and Turkish thought. The final part deals with the modern modification of Eurasianism. The book is of great relevance to those who are interested in Russian/European and Asian history area studies.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Eurasianism and Soviet/Post-Soviet Studies Dmitry Shlapentokh Bibliography Chapter I: The Orient in Russian Thought at the Turn of the Century Marlène Laruelle The Genesis of Eurasianism The Turn of the Century, or the Crystallization of Discourse on the Orient Orientalist Mysticism and Theosophy in Russia Vladimir Soloviev and the Idea of Totality (Vseedinstvo) The Inheritance of Pan-Slavism: "Civilizationism" and Its Assumptions The Idea of a Third Continent: The Geographical Mission of Russia in the Orient The Orientals Movement (Vostochniki) The Mongolian Wave: The Orient and Eschatology Eschatology Reviewed by the Revolutionary Prism A New Orient to Which Revolutionary Russia Belongs The Ambiguity of the Pre-revolutionary Russian Appeal to the Orient The Genesis of Eurasianism before the Revolution The Eurasianists' Orientalism and Its Limits Conclusion Bibliography Chapter II: Eurasianism as a Reaction to Pan-Turkism 39 Stephan Wiederkehr Pan-Turkism Threatening the Russian Empire? Pan-Turkism and Modernization of Russia's Muslim Turks: The Emergence of Pan-Turkism in Russia Pan-Turkism in the Ottoman Empire World War I, the Russian Revolutions, and Afterward Contemporary Perceptions of Pan-Turkism in the First Quarter of the Twentieth Century Eurasian Nation-Building against the Challenge of Pan-Turkism: The Eurasian Perception of Pan-Turkism "True" and "False" Nationalism The Eurasian Point of View Conclusion Bibliography Chapter III: Karsavin and the Eurasian Movement Franoise Lesourd Eurasian C onnections Separation from the Eurasian Movement Soviet Experience Russian Culture and Religion Theory of Culture Revolution The New Russian State Conclusion Bibliography Chapter IV: Absolutism and Authority in Eurasian Ideology: Karsavin and Alekseev Ryszard Paradowski Karsavin's Philosophy Theory of the State Alekseev and the Eurasians Bibliography Chapter V: From Rejection to Attempts at Reconciliation: Poles and the Interwar Eurasian Movement Roman Barker Interwar Russian Emigration and Polish Public Opinion Interest in Eurasianism in Poland Kazimierz Czapifiski Manan Zdziechowski Manan Uzdowski Petr Savitskii and Przeglad Wspolczesny Polish Secret Service: Naive Illusions and Brutal Assessments Poles and Eurasians, Interests and Stereotypes Bibliography Chapter VI: Anti-Semitism in Eurasian Historiography: The Case of Lev Gumilev Vadim Rossman The Jews in Ethnic History Judeo-Khazaria: "A Disaster for the Aboriginals of Eastem Europe" Judaism in Relation to Christianity and Islam Judeo-Khazaria and Russia The Jews and the Nomads: The Khazar Origins of the Eastern European Jews Discussion of Gumilev's Theory by Russian Nationalists Neo-Eurasianism: Leviathan, Behemoth, and the Jews The “Jewish Question" in Classical Eurasianism The Jews in Neo-Eurasianism Anacus and Hostis: Fax Euroasiatica and Its Mystical Antipode Eurasianism versus Atlanticism Tradition and Counter-Tradition The Jews and the Crisis of the Modern World The "Enlightened" Science of Conspirology Nuremberg versus Auschwitz The Muslim World, Israel, and the Conservative Revolution Bibliography Conclusion Diniky Shlapentokh Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis illustrated volume presents a wide variety of themes from the historical and modern periods of Bhutan, illustrating change and adaptation to new realities. Topics covered include the exploration of early history, Buddhism and the lives of Bhutanese Buddhist saints, the changing role of local, non-Buddhist religious practitioners in today’s society, traditional law and the emergence of a modern legal system, and the seasonal celebrations of an aristocratic family from central Bhutan. The book will be of special interest to students of early Tibetan history, legal history, comparative sociology and cultural anthropology of the Himalayan regions.

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Book SynopsisLong caught between powerful neighbours, Ladakh is now a border region in the vast Indian nation state. In this detailed, anthropological study Fernanda Pirie traces the ways order has been created by, but also despite and in defiance of, the powerful external forces of religion, war, politics and wealth. Gradually a clear analysis unfolds of the subtle dynamics that have long characterised relations between local communities and centres of power and which can successfully be applied to the wider region. This exemplary study of conflict resolution brings to light the means by which small communities, both rural and urban, negotiate peace amidst the heterogeneous forces of modernity, while at the same time critically re-examining theories that over-emphasize the explanatory power of Buddhism. This rich ethnographic account of local practices fills a conspicuous gap in secondary literature on Tibetan law.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents the first comprehensive anthropological account of premodern Tibetan pastoral economy and social organization in the Kham region of eastern Tibet. It offers a uniquely fine-grained descriptive portrait of traditional Tibetan rural life among nomads in the kingdom of Dege. Based upon extensive ethnographic interviews, this study yields a nuanced analysis of the most crucial and controversial relationship in premodern Tibetan societies, namely, that ensuing between local lords and their dependents. It convincingly readdresses anthropological debates and political claims about feudalism or serfdom in Tibetan societies from a perspective that is more sensitive to local historical, social, and economic contexts.Trade Review"In summary, this book provides a fascinating glimpse of social and economic life in a pastoral society during the early part of the twentieth century. Rinzin Thargyal deserves credit for producing this rich, insightful, clearly written monograph. This book is an admirable accomplishment considering the painstaking task of describing a past way of life through the recollections of people who were spatially and temporally removed from their former homeland." Geoff Childs (Washington University in St. Louis), JAS 68 (2009).Table of ContentsAuthor’s Preface, Editor’s Preface, List of Illustrations TONI HUBER—The Anthropology of Tibet and the First Tibetan Anthropologies RINZIN THARGYAL—Nomads of Eastern Tibet: Social Organization and Economy of a Pastoral Estate in the Kingdom of Dege Chapter One—Introduction Chapter Two—The Genesis of Zilphukhog Chapter Three—Labour Service Chapter Four—Animal Husbandry Chapter Five—Trade and Peripheral Incomes Chapter Six—Strategic Transhumance Chapter Seven—Household Organization Chapter Eight—Marriage and Kinship Chapter Nine—Birth and Death Chapter Ten—The Political Environment Chapter Eleven—Social Organization Bibliography, Index

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Book SynopsisIn 1981, the European and World Values surveys started the empirical investigations of value orientations on a global scale. This volume builds on these surveys, which now cover a time period of a quarter of a century. Two chapters discuss basic theoretical and methodological issues of value research, while four chapters focus on contemporary processes of value change: cultural globalization, individualization, secularization and democratization. These analyses of the data from the value surveys give new life to social science classics such as Tocqueville, Durkheim, Marx and Weber. The analyses are also of interest to the practitioners of economic and social development as well as educational and cultural policies. Contributors include: Chris Cochran, Yilmaz Esmer, Ronald Inglehart, Neil Nevitte, Shalom Schwartz, Thorleif Pettersson and Christian Welzel. This book was originally published as Volume 5 no. 2-3 (2006) of Brill's journal ‘Comparative Sociology'.Table of Contents1. Introduction Esmer, Yilmaz; Pettersson, Thorleif 2. Mapping Global Values Inglehart, Ronald 3. A Theory of Cultural Value Orientations: Expectations and Applications Schwartz, Shalon H. 4. Globalization, "McDonaldization" and Values: Quo Vadis? Esmer, Yilmaz 5. Individualization in Europe and America: Connecting Religious and Moral Values Nevitte, Neil; Cochrane, Christopher 6. Religion in Contemporary Society: Eroded by Human Well-being, Supported by Cultural Diversity Pettersson, Thorleif 7. Democratization in the Human Development Perspective Welzel, Christian Index

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Book SynopsisIn this book, discussions on African brain circulation and transnational society provide new insights and point to fertile research and policy agendas. Today, a globally important dilemma concerns citizens who either depart from their homeland to enhance their life chances in a rich society - but possibly contribute to a brain drain for their homeland - or stay home and work - but possibly contribute to a brain waste since conditions at home will not allow them to contribute commensurately with their capability. Increasingly, scholars on the subject of global South-to-West emigrants argue that it is not just a possibility of a brain drain occurring when citizens emigrate or brain waste occurring when they stay home, but rather a brain gain when they emigrate strategically and contribute to development in the homeland.Table of ContentsIntroduction Rubia Patterson Going Around the Drain-Gain Debate with Brain Circulation References 13 1. PAN-AFRICAN BRAIN CIRCULATION Cynthia Lucas Hewitt Introduction 15 Pan-Africanism and World-Systems Theory 17 Pan-Africanism and Transnationalism 22 Brain Circulation 25 Testing Brain Circulation 27 African Diaspora Immigration and Brain Circulation 28 Discussion 33 Conclusion 38 References 38 2 .DIASPORA REMITTANCES AND THE FINANCING OF BASIC SOCIAL SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN FRANCOPHONE AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA Fondo Sikod and Gérard Tchouassi Introduction 41 Methodology 43 Discussions 44 Conclusion, Lessons Learned and Recommendations 54 References 55 3. GLOBALIZATION, MIGRATION, AND THE CHALLENGES OF DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA John Akokpari Introduction 59 Development 61 The Reality of Africa's Developmental Crisis 62 Globalization and Migration 64 Migration and Africa's Development 68 The Effects of Migration on Africa's Development The Unending Debate 71 Managing Africa's Skill Emigration Prospects and Problems 80 Conclusion 82 References 83 4. ON THE BRAIN DRAIN OF AFRICANS TO AMERICA: SOME METHODOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS F. Nii-Amoo Dodoo, Bahrour K. Takyi and Jesse R. Mann Background and Problem Statement 87 Measurement Issues and Implications 90 Conclusion 92 References 93 5. CYBERORGANIZING UNITED STATES CONSTITUENCIES FOR AFRICA Jill M. Humphries Introduction 95 The "Non-Democratic" Nature of U.S. Foreign Policy 97 Resources and Communication Networks 99 Methodology 104 The National Summit in Historical Context 107 Results 109 Discussion 120 References 123 6. BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT: A CURRENT TRACE OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA Paulo Moreno-Zapata Introduction 127 Globalization, Ethnicity, and the Environment: Finding Similarities, Building Global Communities 130 Ethno-Development and Territory 132 Biodiversity: The Case of African Colombians in the Pacific Coast 134 The African Colombian Institutional Strengthening and the Biodiversity Network 136 Conclusions 138 Acknowledgement 139 References 139 7. BUILDING THE NEW AFRICAN ECO-INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY: CIRCULATING BRAINS AND RECYCLING MATERIALS Rubia Patterson Introduction 143 A New Production Genus: From Destructo-Industrial to Eco-Industrial 146 Pioneering an Ecological Economy 149 Brain Circulation: Digital Asia and Eco-Industrial Africa 154 Building an Ecological Economy: The Potential Case of Liberia 158 Conclusion 163 Acknowledgment 164 References 164 8. BRAIN DRAIN AND ITS IMPACT ON ETHIOPIA'S HIGHER LEARNING INSTITUTIONS: MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENTS AND THE MILITARY ACADEMIES BETWEEN 1970S AND 2000 Solomon A. Getahun Introduction 168 Context of Migration: The Development of Higher Education in Ethiopia 168 Context of Migration: Political Repression 170 Another "Push" Factor: Lack of Infrastructural Development and Absence of Government Incentive for the Educated 173 The Possibility of Brain Gain 178 Conclusion 181 References 183 Index 185

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Book SynopsisA wide range of research and review articles are presented. Topic areas include mental and physical health, personality correlates of spirituality, validity evidence for the ASPIRES, and the role of religious values on socio-political attitudes. Also included in this volume are studies examining women's issues surrounding body image and disordered eating. Another paper addresses Christian Serpent handlers, a very understudied group, and the legal, religious, and moral issues surrounding this practice. There is also a special section, edited by Dr. Christopher Boyatzis, that addresses specific issues around adolescant spirituality. This volume provides a diverse snapshot of cutting edge research in the field across multiple disciplines. Readers will come away with an appreciation for the broad interests that characterize this field and the fascinating empirical findings that continue to draw professional interest in numinous constructs.

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Book SynopsisThis is a book of great originality that analyses cultural change and experience of development in terms of the pursuit of the ‘good life’ as a social process. While recent anthropological critiques of development highlight the importance of ‘local knowledge’, this book argues that these critiques have not gone far enough, and suggests that a much more fundamental issue concerns the ends of development as seen from a more holistic, cultural perspective. Based on ethnographic research among an ethnic Tibetan community in the Nepal Himalaya, the book eloquently illustrates how the pursuit of the good life is inextricably tied to space and history, and demonstrates the relevance of ethno-historically generated conceptions of the ‘good life’ to the practice of development.Table of ContentsList of Tables List of Maps and Photographs Acknowledgements 1.Introduction: In Pursuit of the Good Life 2.Zombie Slayers in a ‘Hidden Valley’ 3.Crossing Borders 4.Being in the World and the Rituals of Life 5.Embedding Bikās in Everyday Life 6.Romantic Dreams and Practical Lives 7.The Morality of Well-being 8.Conclusion: Place, History, and the Good Life Glossary References Index

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Book SynopsisAfrican Floodplains in semi-arid areas are important for local livelihoods as they harbor many common-pool resources such as fisheries, pasture, wildlife, veldt products, water and land for irrigation. However, in many of these areas resources are under pressure. This book is presenting seven case studies from Mali, Cameroon, Tanzania, Zambia and Botswana based on anthropological fieldwork (2002-08) and explores how these common-pool resources have been managed in pre-colonial, colonial and postcolonial times. The major focus of the study is how institutional change has contributed to resource management problems and offers a comparative analysis based on the New Institutionalist approach (Jean Ensminger, Elinor Ostrom), which is combined with a special focus on ideology, discourse and narratives while focusing on conflict and power issues. With a foreword by Elinor Ostrom. This book has received the Environmental Research Award 2011 of the University of Bern, Switzerland.Trade Review'Anthropologists and historians have written individual case studies that are of considerable value. Without serious efforts to compare historical case studies, however, it is difficult to obtain theoretical results that then can be tested by other scholars. The collection of papers in this book helps us understand resource management processes over time within multiple settings in five African countries. The focus is primarily on floodplain resources, but includes parallel resource problems related to fisheries and open pastures. Each of the chapters is well worth a serious read. Chapter Nine is a particularly valuable contribution to the study of institutional change. Haller provides an excellent synthesis of the work of the eight scholars who have contributed chapters in this book.' Elinor Ostrom, Indiana University and Arizona State University 'This book is a useful addition to any African studies library because it lays out a rigorously detailed and persuasively argued model for environmental history and anthropology, [....] It is a very dry book about very wet places, but it establishes an analytical framework that will undoubtedly be useful for understanding the historical dynamics of African socialecological systems far beyond the wetlands'. Michael Sheridan, Middlebury College In: IJAHS Vol. 45, No. 1 (2012)

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Book SynopsisThis volume provides a systematic overview of the debates over Japanese national identity and nationalism from the middle of the nineteenth century to the present. It presumes that nationalism is a particular form of identity-politics and as such it foregrounds national identity as it has been articulated by influential Japanese intellectuals. Building on theories that situate nationalism as a mode of politicizing the people, this study presents Japanese nationalism as a contestory practice that positions “the people” as what the nation is and what nationalism seeks to achieve. The body of the text is composed of chapters that explore key sites where this practice has been particularly intense and influential (kokumin, minzoku, shakai, tenno). Originally published in hardcover.Trade Review"...the most comprehensive analysis of Japanese nationalism that exists in the English language." Irwin Schenker, University of California, Berkeley, Journal of Asian Studies (Vol. 68/1).

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Book SynopsisMarxism in a Lost Century retells the history of the radical left during the twentieth century through the words and deeds of Paul Mattick. An adolescent during the German revolutions that followed World War I, he was also a recent émigré to the United States during the 1930s Great Depression, when the unemployed groups in which he participated were among the most dynamic manifestations of social unrest. Three biographical themes receive special attention -- the self-taught nature of left-wing activity, Mattick’s experiences with publishing, and the nexus of men, politics, and friendship. Mattick found a wide audience during the 1960s because of his emphasis on the economy’s dysfunctional aspects and his advocacy of workplace councils—a popularity mirrored in the cyclical nature of the global economy.Trade Review"Just as all good biographies transcend their immediate subject matter and illuminate more enduring truths, so too does Roth's recounting of Mattick's life disclose much about the biases and prejudices within intellectual and political circles on the left, both then and now. [...] Marxism in a Lost Century illuminates as much about ourselves and the world within which left intellectuals circulate today as it does about the world of this remarkable Marxist thinker." - Thom Workman (University of New Brunswick), in Marx and Philosophy Review of Books, 23 July 2016 "Gary Roths biographische Studie über Paul Mattick basiert wesentlich auf dem umfangreichen, im Amsterdamer Institut für Sozialgeschichte (IISG) aufbewahrten Nachlass, insbesondere auf der überlieferten Korrespondenz, die nahezu 2000 Briefe umfasst; außerdem nutzte Roth die Gelegenheit zur Befragung von Zeitzeugen, insbesondere Matticks zweiter Frau Ilse Mattick und den Sohn Paul Mattick Jr. , der auch die letzte Schrift seines Vaters „Marxism. Last Refuge of the Bourgoisie?“ 1983, zwei Jahre nach dem Tod des Autors 1981 posthum herausbrachte (während eine deutsche Ausgabe leider nach wie vor aussteht). Roth erzählt das Leben Matticks faktisch aus Sicht und politischer Perspektive von Mattick selbst; damit gelingt ihm eine mit vielen Einzelheiten und zuweilen auch überflüssigen Informationen gefüllte lebendige Darstellung, die es zu lesen durchaus lohnt." - Michael Buckmiller (Leibniz Universität Hannover), The International Newsletter of Communist Studies, Vol. 22-23 (2016/17), Nos. 29-30, pp. 108 - 110 "In his new biography of Paul Mattick, a German-born worker who immigrated to the United States in 1926 and later emerged as one of the most important radical critics of his time, Gary Roth tells the story of a largely forgotten current in the 20th century that early on made a rupture with the statist caricatures of communism to which today’s media-savvy leftist intellectuals are still holding fast.1 Noting that this story is about “bygone eras in which a radicalized working class still constituted a hope for the future,” Roth steers clear of melancholy and nostalgia, instead seeking a justification for his work in the more recent reconfiguration "of the world’s population into a vast working class that extends into the middle classes in the industrialized countries and the pools of underemployed agricultural workers everywhere else"." - Felix Baum, The Brooklyn Rail, December 9th, 2015 "Besides its political and theoretical content, Roth’s biography of Mattick is of great human interest. It tells us a lot about what life was like at various times for working people in both Germany and the United States. The book is worth reading for that alone." - In: Socialist Standard, February 2016 "Gary Roth’s Marxism in a Lost Century provides a vivid and fascinating account of the life of Paul Mattick, and in so doing presents a history of the twentieth-century left from the perspective of one of its underappreciated protagonists. [...] By shining light on an extraordinary and neglected Marxist, Roth’s book is an important contribution to Marxist scholarship and deserves to be widely read." - Robin Hurlstone, International Socialist Review, Issue 101Table of ContentsList of Photos Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations About the Notes 1. Introduction 2. Children at Work and War 2.1 At Home 2.2 Protest and Revolution 2.3 Revolution in Retreat 3. Young Radicals 3.1 March 1920 3.2 KAPD 4. Between Berlin and Cologne 4.1 Bouts of Unemployment 4.2 Movement in Decline 4.3 Older Friends 5. New Worlds 5.1 Voyages 5.2 Work and Writing 5.3 Amalgamation 6. Chicago in the Depression 6.1 Opening Years 6.2 Opposition and Accusations 6.3 Across the Country 6.4 Crisis Theory 7. The Unemployed Movement 7.1 The Workers League 7.2 Federation and Party 7.3 Fascism’s Initial Impact 7.4 The German Émigré Community 8. The Independent Left 8.1 German to English 8.2 Editors’ Reluctance 9. International Council Correspondence 9.1 Pamphlets and Authors 9.2 The Inevitability of Communism 9.3 Mid-Decade 10. Towards War 10.1 International Developments 10.2 Opportunities 10.3 Living Marxism 11. End of an Era 11.1 Self-Reflections 11.2 Anti-Fascism 12. The War Years 12.1 Relationships 12.2 New Essays 12.3 Leaving Chicago 13. New York City 13.1 Isolation 13.2 Travelling to Berlin 14. Quiet Times 14.1 Writers’ Bloc 14.2 Back to Nature 14.3 Boston 15. Rekindling 15.1 Recent Admirers 15.2 A New Left 16. Reception 16.1 Discovery in Germany 16.2 From Marx and Keynes to Roskilde 17. Winding Down 17.1 Last Years 17.2 Illness Archives Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisWeaving Women’s Spheres in Vietnam offers an in-depth study of the status of women in Vietnamese society through an examination of their roles in the context of family, religious and local community life from anthropological, historical and sociological perspectives. Unlike previous works on gender issues relating to Vietnam which focus on women as passive subjects and are restricted to specific spheres such as family, this book, through a series of case studies and life stories, not only examines the suppressive gender structure of the Vietnamese family, but also demonstrates Vietnamese women's agency in appropriating that structure and creating alternative spheres for women which they have interwoven in between the dominant realms of public and private spheres in the areas of family, religious practice, community organizations, and politics, including their participation in the (re)construction of national identity. Accordingly, this volume is expected to become an important new benchmark relating to gender issues in Asian societies, especially in the context of so-called ‘transitional’ societies, such as China and Vietnam. Contributors include: Kirsten W. Endres, Ito Mariko, Ito Miho, Kato Atsufumi , Hy V. Luong, Miyazawa Chihiro, Thien-Huong T. Ninh, Tran Thi Minh Thi.Table of ContentsPreface ... vii List of Figures ... x List of Tables ... xii List of Contributors ... xiii Weaving Women’s Spheres in Vietnam: An Introduction ... 1 Kato Atsufumi PART 1 Gendered Structure and Reframing It from within 1 Gender Relations in Vietnam: Ideologies, Kinship Practices, and Political Economy ... 25 Hy V. Luong 2 Rethinking Vietnamese Women’s Property Rights and the Role of Ancestor Worship in Premodern Society: Beyond the Dichotomies ... 57 Miyazawa Chihiro 3 Divorce Prevalence under the Forces of Individualism and Collectivism in “Shortcut” Modernity in Vietnam ... 81 Tran Thi Minh Thi 4 Negotiating with Multilayered Public Norms: Female University Students’ Struggle to Survive the Đổi Mới Period ... 116 Ito Miho PART 2 Transgressing Boundaries, Weaving Alternatives, and Putting Down New Roots 5 The Limit of Chia Sẻ (Compassion): Interpretative Conflicts in the Collectivity of the Vietnamese Women’s Union ... 141 Kato Atsufumi 6 Living in Intimacy: A Case Study of Women’s Community at a Caodaist Temple in Hanoi ... 166 Ito Mariko 7 Imperious Mandarins and Cunning Princesses: Mediumship, Gender, and Identity in Urban Vietnam ... 193 Kirsten W. Endres 8 The Blessed Virgin Mary Wears Áo Dài: Marianism in the Transnational Public Sphere between Vietnamese Catholics in the u.s. and Vietnam ... 218 Thien-Huong T. Ninh Index ... 233

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Book SynopsisIn Family and Social Change in Socialist and Post-Socialist Societies, the authors address the social transformations of eight transitional societies in recent decades (Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, China and Vietnam). Each chapter discusses a different society and reveals their struggles in the reconstruction of the intimate and public spheres amid the post-Cold War period. Making use of a semi-structured analytical framework, the respective chapters address the ambiguous relationship between familism and individualisation seen through change and continuity in demographic behaviour, family values, family solidarity, gender relations, state policy and marketisation. The volume also outlines the possibility of a modified second demographic transition theory as a correction of Western-based interpretations of current social trends. Contributors include: Zsombor Rajkai, Yulia Gradskova, Lyudmyla Males, Tymur Sandrovych, Maƚgorzata Sikorska, Peter Guráň, Jarmila Filadelfiová, Miloš Debnár, Csaba Dupcsik, Olga Tóth, Borbála Kovács, Zhou Weihong, Liu Wenrong, Xue Yali, Nguyen Huu Minh, Chang Kyung-Sup.Table of ContentsPreface ... vii Acknowledgements ... x List of Figures ... xi List of Tables ... xiv List of Contributors ... xviii Introduction ... 1 Zsombor Rajkai 1 A Theoretical Account of the Individual–Family–Population Nexus in Post-Socialist Transitions ... 19 Chang Kyung-Sup 2 Family and Social Change in Russia ... 36 Yulia Gradskova 3 Exploitation of the Intimate Sphere in Socialist and Post-Socialist Ukraine ... 83 Lyudmyla Males and Tymur Sandrovych 4 Changes in the Area of Family Life in Poland ... 122 Małgorzata Sikorska 5 Contemporary Family in Slovakia Demography, Values, Gender and Policy ... 164 Peter Guráň, Jarmila Filadelfiová and Miloš Debnár 6 Family Systems and Family Values in Twenty-First-Century Hungary ... 210 Csaba Dupcsik and Olga Tóth 7 Romanian Families Changes and Continuities over Recent Decades ... 250 Borbála Kovács 8 The Transition of Chinese Families over the Past Thirty Years (1978–2010) ... 300 Zhou Weihong, Xue Yali and Liu Wenrong  9 Changes in Socio-Demographic Characteristics of the Vietnamese Family ... 359 Nguyen Huu Minh Conclusion ... 413 Zsombor Rajkai Index ... 419

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Book SynopsisIn and Out of Suriname: Language, Mobility and Identity offers a unique multidisciplinary perspective on a multilingual society in the Caribbean and Guianan sphere. Breaking away from the view of bounded ethnicity, the authors address central theoretical issues of multilingual and multicultural societies including ethnicity as a social distinction, identity as the shifting construction of the self and others, and the role of language therein. They discuss the impact of contact and mobilities on language maintenance, expansion and change. Language, mobility and identity in Suriname are observed through the lens of the actors themselves, from the ever-mobile Amerindians and Maroons on the periphery of land and society through expanding urban societies enhanced by recent migration from Haiti, Brazil and China.

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Book SynopsisIn Migration as Transnational Leisure: The Japanese Lifestyle Migrants in Australia Jun Nagatomo discusses a new type of migration in which “lifestyle” is at the core of middle class aspirations to migrate. Traditionally, international migration has been commonly seen as resulting from economic, political and religious causes. However, this book studies an intriguing new dynamic between the social transformation and the Japanese engagement with tourism and migration. Since the 1990s, when Japan was struggling with the recession, increasing numbers of young middle class Japanese began to drift from the safe and assured life course model and chose to live abroad. This book explores how lifestyle values affect migration decision of Japanese migrants in Australia and settlement processes in the migration destination.

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Book SynopsisIn Martial Arts and the Body Politic in Indonesia Lee Wilson offers an innovative study of nationalism and the Indonesian state through the ethnography of the martial art of Pencak Silat. Wilson shows how technologies of physical and spiritual warfare such as Pencak Silat have long played a prominent role in Indonesian political society. He demonstrates the importance of these technologies to the display and performance of power, and highlights the limitations of theories of secular modernity for understanding political forms in contemporary Indonesia. He offers a compelling argument for a revisionist account of models of power in Indonesia in which authority is understood as precarious and multiple, and the body is politically charged because of its potential for transformation.Trade Review"Lee Wilson’s excellent new book is carefully crafted, ethnographically rich, historically grounded, politically savvy, and theoretically sophisticated. It provides an interesting, insightful, and important re-visiting of classic debates on Power in Southeast Asia. A must-read." – John Sidel, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) "Abundant historical, ethnographic, and linguistic observations drive theoretical reflection in this innovative perspective on power in Indonesia. Anyone interested in the politics of bodily practice will find much to consider here." – Harri Englund, University of CambridgeTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface I. From out of the Shadows II. Bodies of knowledge: the pedagogy of Pencak Silat III. Blessings, bone setting and the blood of the ancestors IV. The management of tradition V. From the Mystical to the Molecular VI. Sovereign bodies and the practicalities of power Bibliography

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Book SynopsisAndrea Fulvio’s Illustrium imagines and the Beginnings of Classical Archaeology is a study of the book recognized by contemporaries as the first attempt (1517) to publish artifacts from Classical Antiquity in the form of a chronology of portraits appearing on coins. By studying correspondences between the illustrated coins and genuine, ancient coins, Madigan parses Fulvio’s methodology, showing how he attempted to exploit coins as historical documents. Situated within humanist literary and historical studies of ancient Rome, his numismatic project required visual artists closely to study and assimilate the conventions of ancient portraiture. The Illustrium imagines exemplifies the range and complexity of early modern responses to ancient artifacts.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments List of Figures Introduction 1 The Contexts of the Book and Its Author 2 The Republic: Vr–XXIr 3 The Early Empire: Julio-Claudians through Flavians: XXIv–LXIIIv 4 The Middle Empire: Nerva Through the Antonines: LXVr–LXXXIv 5 The Late Empire: Septimius Severus through the Tetrarchs: LXXXIXr–XCIIIv 6 Late Antiquity: Constantinus I through Mezentius (Maxentius): XCVr–CVIr; and Medieval Rulers: CVIv–CXVIIIr 7 Fulvio’s Resources, Methods and Attitudes Concerning Visual and Material Evidence 8 Addendum: Fulvio’s Model Ancient Coins and the Borghesi Collection Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisJoy Hendry's collection demonstrates the value of an anthropological approach to understanding a particular society by taking the reader through her own discovery of the field, explaining her practice of it in Oxford and Japan, and then offering a selection of the results and findings she obtained. Her work starts with a study of marriage made in a small rural community, continues with education and the rearing of children, and later turns to consider polite language, especially amongst women. This lead into a study of "wrapping" and cultural display, for example of gardens and theme parks, which became a comparative venture, putting Japan in a global context. Finally the book sums up change through the period of Hendry's research.

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Book SynopsisIn Naturopathy in South India – Clinics between Professionalization and Empowerment, Eva Jansen offers a rich ethnographic account of current naturopathic thinking and practices, and examines its complex history, multiple interpretations, and antagonisms. This book presents two major forms of Naturopathy in contemporary South India: On one side, a scientific, professional branch models themselves after allopathic practitioners. On the other side, a group of ideologists uses an approach to patient treatment that is grounded in the principles of simplicity, transparency, a critique of globalization, and a focus on patient empowerment. Jansen discusses the current political and medical clash between Naturopaths in South India from the perspectives of practitioners, employees, the media and patients.

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Book SynopsisZitkala-Ša: Letters, Speeches, and Unpublished Writings, 1898–1929, edited by Tadeusz Lewandowski, offers a fascinating, intimate portrait of the Yankton Sioux writer and activist Gertrude Simmons Bonnin (1876–1938). Gertrude Bonnin, better known by her Lakota name, Zitkala-Ša, was one of the most prominent American Indians of the early 20th century. A talented writer, orator, and musician, she devoted much of her life to the protection of Native peoples. As such, Bonnin corresponded with many other distinguished persons within the early Native rights movement, including Carlos Montezuma, Richard Henry Pratt, and Arthur C. Parker, as well as Fathers Martin Kenel and William H. Ketcham of the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions. This volume gathers together Bonnin’s letters, lesser-known writings and speeches, illuminating her private and public struggles.Trade Review"La publication de ces sources primaires inédites apporte un éclairage nouveau sur une intellectuelle de caractère, indépendante, qui a travaillé sans relâche pour les droits des peuples autochtones aux États-Unis et qui a su influencer la politique indienne des États-Unis en sachant s’allier à ses opposants idéologiques [...]. Le livre s’adresse ainsi non seulement aux indianistes et aux spécialistes de la période, mais à toute personne intéressée par une facette peu connue de la naissance des mouvements sociaux minoritaires, militants et pacifistes. Ce recueil offre un panorama de la « question indienne » au tournant du xxe siècle, analysée par une autochtone lettrée et fidèle à ses racines, militante du pan-indianisme." - Marine Le Puloch, Université de Paris, in: Sociétés Plurielles 3 (2019) [Full review] "This collection is the most important by such a major figure in the early-20th-century pan-Indian movement and includes Zitkala-Ša's letters to Carlos Montezuma and Arthur C. Parker. [...] A must for researchers!" - R. Welburn, University of Massachusetts Amherst, in: CHOICE 55/12 (2018)Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures List of Archive Abbreviations Notes on the Archival Material Notes on the Editorial Policy Chronology Zitkala-Ša/Gertrude Simmons Bonnin: A Biographical Sketch Letters From Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and the Dakotas (1898–1902) From Uintah and Los Angeles (1908–17) From Washington, D.C. (1917–19) Speeches and Unpublished Writings “The Sioux Claims” (1923) “Our Sioux People” (1923) “How the National Council of American Indians Came into Being and What of the Things It is Trying to Do through Organization.” (ca. 1926) “The Petition of the National Council of American Indians” (1926) “American Indian Problem” (1928) “The Indian Side of the Question” (1929) Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn spite of its privileged place on the African continent, in the Muslim world and in the Middle East and North Africa region, Algeria remains poorly known, and the works relating to contemporary Algerian society published outside of Algeria are rare. This book seeks to contribute to our understanding of Algerian society today, through its relationships to property and to law. Beyond this, the objective is to propose, in a comparative perspective proper to anthropology, new theoretical and methodological perspectives by which to apprehend the anthropology of law in a Muslim context. Algeria, as a post-colonial and post-Socialist State, whose population is overwhelmingly Muslim, proves to be a particularly interesting case to study. Contributors are: Hichem Amichi, Emilie Barraud, Ammar Belhimer, Yazid Ben Hounet, Nejm Benessaiah, Sami Bouarfa, Tarik Dahou, Baudouin Dupret, Marcel Kuper, Judith Scheele, Alice Wilson.Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Note on Arabic Transliteration Introduction: Anthropological Perspectives on Law and Property in Algeria  Yazid Ben Hounet and Baudouin Dupret 1 Land Tenure and Capital Ownership in Algeria  Ammar Belhimer 2 The Legitimacy of Tilling the Land versus Land Use Rights: Algerian Farmers’ Land Appropriation Processes on Public Land  Hichem Amichi, Marcel Kuper and Sami Bouarfa 3 Rights of Access or Rights to Bypass? Maritime Concessions in Algeria  Tarik Dahou 4 Dignity and Honour: Struggles over Land and Legitimacy in the Soummam Valley  Judith Scheele 5 Land Appropriation, Tenure and Legal Practices in a Steppe-like Environment (Algeria)  Yazid Ben Hounet 6 Anomie and the Post-Colonial State: Local Justice in the M’zab  Nejm Benessaiah 7 To Compensate or Not to Compensate? Law, Property and Sahrawi Refugees in Algeria  Alice Wilson 8 Kafāla and Succession: The Practices of Transfer of the “Parent’s” Name and Goods to an Adopted Child  Emilie Barraud Index

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Book SynopsisAnthropology of Law in Muslim Sudan analyses the hybridity of law systems and the plurality of legal practices in rural and urban contexts of contemporary Sudan, shedding light on the complex relation between Islam and society. It is the outcome of the international research program ANDROMAQUE (Anthropologie du Droit dans les Mondes Musulmans Africains et Asiatiques), funded by the French ANR (Agence National de la Recherche) between 2011 and 2014. Crossing two disciplinary perspectives, anthropology and law, the present volume contains original fieldwork data on contemporary urban and rural Sudan. Focusing on two major domains, land property and courts, several case studies demonstrate the relevance of an approach based on “legal practices” to underline, first, the plurality and hybridity of law systems and the relative role of the Islamic reference in Sudanese society, and, secondly, the reshaping of legal behaviors and norms after the breaking point of South Sudan's independence in 2011. Contributors are: Zahir M. Abdal-Kareem; Azza A. Abdel Aziz; Musa A. Abdul-Jalil; Munzoul M.A. Assal; Mohamed A. Babiker; Yazid Ben Hounet; Barbara Casciarri; Baudoin Dupret; Philippe Gout; Enrico Ille.Trade Review"The authors’ intention in writing the papers included in this volume is stated to be the exploration of property phenomena; furthermore, the intension to offer an ethnographic description of the practices linked to them. Obviously trying to balance between the impact of culture and the legal environment within which the legal praxis is applied, this is a research about the legal practices in an overwhelmingly Muslim environment - not the depiction of an ‘Islamic’ culture observed through the prism of law. This is what makes this study anthropological, as far as I am concerned. Valuable tool for students of law and (of course) anthropologists." - Stavros Nikolaidis, in: Journal of Oriental and African Studies 28 (2019) "Cet ouvrage, de forme très soignée, extrêmement riche et varié dans ses ethnographies de pratiques saisies sur le vif et très homogène dans ses approches, constitue non seulement un apport marquant à l’anthropologie juridique du Soudan (pays passionnant, ne serait-ce qu’au vu des événements récents), mais encore un modèle de collaboration entre anthropologues et juristes." - François Ireton, CNRS, Paris, in: Cahiers d'etudes africaines 240 (2020)

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Book SynopsisBeing a first of its kind, this volume comprises a multi-disciplinary exploration of Mozambique’s contemporary and historical dynamics, bringing together scholars from across the globe. Focusing on the country’s vibrant cultural, political, economic and social world – including the transition from the colonial to the postcolonial era – the book argues that Mozambique is a country still emergent, still unfolding, still on the move. Drawing on the disciplines of history, literature studies, anthropology, political science, economy and art history, the book serves not only as a generous introduction to Mozambique but also as a case study of a southern African country. Contributors are: Signe Arnfred, Bjørn Enge Bertelsen, José Luís Cabaço, Ana Bénard da Costa, Anna Maria Gentili, Ana Margarida Fonseca, Randi Kaarhus, Sheila Pereira Khan, Maria Paula Meneses, Lia Quartapelle, Amy Schwartzott, Leonor Simas-Almeida, Anne Sletsjøe, Sandra Sousa, Linda van de Kamp.Table of ContentsPreface  Sheila Pereira Khan, Maria Paula Meneses and Bjørn Enge Bertelsen List of Contributors  Introduction – Situating Mozambican Histories, Epistemologies, and Potentialities  Maria Paula Meneses, Sheila Pereira Khan and Bjørn Enge Bertelsen  1 ‘No passado o futuro era melhor?’: Mozambique’s Democracy in Question  Anna Maria Gentili  2 Mirrors and Contrasts: Zimbabwe and Zimbabweans in Manica, Mozambique  Randi Kaarhus  3 From Celebrating Female Emancipation to Emplacing Emperor Ngungunyane: Remoulding the Past in Mozambican National Narratology  Bjørn Enge Bertelsen  4 Urban Transformation, Family Strategies and Home Space Creation in the City of Maputo  Ana Bérnard da Costa  5 A Possible Triangle: Employment, Aid, and Mineral Wealth  Lia Quartapelle  6 (Re)configurations of Identity: Memory and Creation in the Narrative of Mia Couto  Ana Margarida Fonseca  7 Dialogues with the Past and with the Future: Ualalapi and Jesusalém  Anne Sletsjøe  8 Racial, Cultural and Emotional Crossing Paths: Mia Couto’s Hopeful Pessimism in Terra Sonâmbula andO Outro Pé da Sereia  Leonor Simas-Almeida and Sandra Sousa  9 Mozambican Capulanas: Tracing Histories and Memories  Signe Arnfred and Maria Paula Meneses  10 Healing the Pain of War through Art: Mozambique’s Grassroots Approach to Post-Conflict Resolution – Transformação de Armas em Enxadas  Amy Schwartzott  11 ‘Taking Ownership’: The Brazilian Pentecostal Project to Change Mozambique  Linda van de Kamp  12 Singing Struggles, Affirming Politics: Mozambique’s Revolutionary Songs as Other Ways of Being (in) History  Maria Paula Meneses  13 Scientific Research and Epistemological Violence  José Luis Cabaço Index

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Book SynopsisThis 10th thematic volume of International Development Policy presents a collection of articles exploring some of the complex development challenges associated with Africa’s recent but extremely rapid pace of urbanisation that challenges still predominant but misleading images of Africa as a rural continent. Analysing urban settings through the diverse experiences and perspectives of inhabitants and stakeholders in cities across the continent, the authors consider the evolution of international development policy responses amidst the unique historical, social, economic and political contexts of Africa’s urban development. Contributors include: Carole Ammann, Claudia Baez Camargo, Claire Bénit-Gbaffou, Karen Büscher, Aba Obrumah Crentsil, Sascha Delz, Ton Dietz, Till Förster, Lucy Koechlin, Lalli Metsola, Garth Myers, George Owusu, Edgar Pieterse, Sebastian Prothmann, Warren Smit, and Florian Stoll.Table of ContentsForeword Preface List of Illustrations Acronyms and Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Part 1: Introduction 1 African Cities and the Development Conundrum Actors and Agency in the Urban Grey Zone  Till Förster and Carole Ammann 2 The Politics of Governing African Urban Spaces  Edgar Pieterse Part 2: Urban Governance 3 Urban Governance in Africa: An Overview  Warren Smit 4 Informal Governance: Comparative Perspectives on Co-optation, Control and Camouflage in Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda  Claudia Baez Camargo and Lucy Koechlin 5 Why is Co-management of Parks Not Working in Johannesburg? The Difficult Reframing of State Mandates and Practices in the Post-apartheid Era  Claire Bénit-Gbaffou Part 3: Planning, Politics and the Urban Grey Zone 6 Online Representation of Sustainable City Initiatives in Africa: How Inclusive?  Ton Dietz 7 Incremental Dependencies: Politics and Ethics of Claim-making at the Fringes of Windhoek, Namibia  Lalli Metsola 8 Towards an Integrative Approach to Spatial Transformation Addressing Contextual and Spatial Indifference in Design, Urban Planning and International Cooperation: A Case Study from Addis Ababa  Sascha Delz 9 Accra’s Decongestion Policy: Another Face of Urban Clearance or Bulldozing Approach?  Aba O. Crentsil and George Owusu Part 4: The Rural-Urban Continuum 10 The Africa Problem of Global Urban Theory: Re-conceptualising Planetary Urbanisation  Garth Myers 11 Urban Identities and Belonging: Young Men’s Discourses about Pikine (Senegal)  Sebastian Prothmann 12 The City and Its Ways of Life: Local Influences on Middle-Income Milieus in Nairobi  Florian Stoll 13 Urbanisation and the Political Geographies of Violent Struggle for Power and Control: Mining Boomtowns in Eastern Congo  Karen Büscher Index

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Book SynopsisThis book documents and interprets the trajectory of ethnographic museums in Tunisia from the colonial to the post-revolutionary period, demonstrating changes and continuities in role, setting and architecture across shifting ideological landscapes. The display of everyday culture in museums is generally looked down upon as being kitsch and old-fashioned. This research shows that, in Tunisia, ethnographic museums have been highly significant sites in the definition of social identities. They have worked as sites that diffuse social, economic and political tensions through a vast array of means, such as the exhibition itself, architecture, activities, tourism, and consumerism. The book excavates the evolution of paradigms in which Tunisian popular identity has been expressed through the ethnographic museum, from the modernist notion of 'indigenous authenticity' under colonial time, to efforts at developing a Tunisian ethnography after Independence, and more recent conceptions of cultural diversity since the revolution. Based on a combination of archival research in Tunisia and in France, participant observation and interviews with past and present protagonists in the Tunisian museum field, this research brings to light new material on an understudied area.Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments List of Figures Abbreviations Notes on Transliteration Introduction Part 1: Mapping Tunisian Material Culture (1881-1956) Introduction to Part 1 1 Artisanship Revival in the Maghreb 2 The Tunisian Arts Part 2: Ethnographic Objects (1957-1980) Introduction to Part 2 3 Le centre des arts et traditions populaires 4 Les musées d’arts et traditions populaires 5 Carving a Modern Tunisian Identity in Traditions 6 Le patrimoine vivant Part 3: Patrimonialisation (1985-2011) Introduction to Part 3 7 Turning Traditional Culture into Heritage 8 The Heteronomous Pole of Cultural Production 9 Museums and Communities Part 4: Revolutionary Museums (2011-2015) Introduction to Part 4 10 The Field of Museum Production 11 The Journey of an Ethnographic Museum from the Colonial to the Post-Revolutionary Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisEmphasising an empirical research to contemporary legal pluralist settings in Muslim contexts, the present collected volume contributes to a deepened understanding of legal pluralist issues and realities through comparative examination. This approach reveals some common features, such as the relevance of Islamic law in power struggles and in the construction of (state or national) identities, strategies of coping with coexisting sets of legal norms by the respective agents, or public debates about the risks induced by the recognition of religious institutions in migrant societies. At the same time, the studies contained in this volume reveal that legal pluralist settings often reflect very specific historical and social constellations, which demands caution towards any generalisation.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors Introduction  Norbert Oberauer Muslim Legal Practice in the United Kingdom: the Muslim Arbitration Tribunal  Yvonne Prief Unregistered Muslim Marriages in the United Kingdom  Vishal Vora Muslims of Greece: a Legal Paradox and a Political Failure  Konstantinos Tsitselikis Islamic Law as Indigenous Law: Sharı̄ʿa Courts in Israel from a Postcolonial Perspective  Ido Shahar Nation Building, Islamic Law and Unofficial Legal Pluralism: the Cases of Turkey and Pakistan  Ihsan Yilmaz Constitutional Recognition of Islamic Family Law and Sharia Courts in Ethiopia: Governmental Strategies to Co-regulate the Plural Family Law Arena  Katrin Seidel Legal Pluralism in the Southern West Bank: the Impact of Honour as a Factor on Developments towards an Increased Consideration of Rule-of-Law Principles in Clan-based Justice  Ulrike Qubaja Legal Pluralism in Indonesia: the Case of Interfaith Marriages Involving Muslims  Judith Koschorke Contextualising Malaysia’s Islamic Law: a Nuanced Perspective  Karen Meerschaut and Werner de Saeger Index

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Book SynopsisMusic of the Baduy People of Western Java: Singing is a Medicine by Wim van Zanten is about music and dance of the indigenous group of the Baduy, consisting of about twelve-thousand people living in western Java. It covers music for rice rituals, for circumcisions and weddings, and music for entertainment. The book includes many photographs and several discussed audio-visual examples that can be found on DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5170520. Baduy are suppposed to live a simple, ascetic life. However, there is a shortage of agricultural land and there are many temptations from the changing world around them. Little has been published on Baduy music and dance. Wim van Zanten’s book seeks to fill this lacuna and is based on short periods of fieldwork from 1976 to 2016.Table of ContentsPreface Orthography List of Illustrations Audio-Visual Examples (AV) and Music Transcriptions (Tr) 1 Introduction 1.1 The Baduy People of Kanékés Village and Their Music and Dance  1.1.1 The Name of the Indigenous Group 1.2 Overview of Baduy Music and Dance 1.3 Outline of the Book 2 Social Organization and Economic Situation 2.1 Socio-Political Organization and Major Spiritual and Secular Officials 2.2 Dangka Hamlets and Their Role in the Delineation of Baduy Culture 2.3 Agricultural Land, Non-Irrigated Fields and Religion 2.4 Relations with Indonesian Authorities and Cultural Tourism 2.4.1 Hand Phones 2.4.2 Séba 2.5 Non-Governmental Organisations: Trust, Social Justice and Environment 2.6 Weaving, Clothes and Production of Textiles for Sale 2.7 Production of Other Goods 2.7.1 Palm Sugar (gula kawung) 2.7.2 Knives 3 Methodological Issues and Theoretical Starting Points 3.1 Historical Sources and Earlier Publications on Music and Dance 3.2 Restrictions for Researchers and Other Methodological Issues 3.3 Visits to the Holy Places in Kanékés between 1822 and 1931 3.3.1 Blume (1822) 3.3.2 Van Hoëvell (1845) 3.3.3 Koorders (1864) 3.3.4 Criticism by Jacobs and Meijer (1891) and Pennings (1902) 3.3.5 Koolhoven (1931) 3.3.6 Van Tricht (1928) 3.4 Fieldwork Periods Present Author 3.5 Some Theoretical Issues and Definitions 4 Seasons for Music and Major Rituals 4.1 Agricultural Calendar and Musical Seasons 4.2 Angklung Music for the Engagement Ritual of the Goddess of Rice 4.3 Circumcisions and Weddings 4.4 Circumcision in Kadujangkung 4.5 Circumcision in Cicakal Leuwi Buleud 4.6 Weddings and Other Rituals; Some General Observations 5 Tone Systems, angklung, keromong, Dancing and Gender Aspects 5.1 General Musical Concepts: Tone Systems, Modes and Styles of Playing  5.1.1 Transcription of Music for Analysis  5.1.2 Tone Systems 5.2 Angklung for Rituals and for Entertainment 5.3 Keromong (gamelan) 5.4 The History of a Baduy Gamelan between 1976 and 2019 5.4.1 Commentary 5.5 Dancing 5.6 Gender Aspects and Gendék Ceremonial Pounding of Rice 5.6.1 Musicians and Gender 5.6.2 Gendék 6 Carita Pantun Storytelling 6.1 Baduy Oral Literature in the Larger Sundanese Context 6.2 Baduy Pantun Stories 6.3 Pantun Texts and Audio-Visual Recordings since 1905 6.4 Own Recordings and Observations of pantun Storytellers  6.4.1 Direction that the Pantun Performer Should Be Facing 6.5 Recited Text and Performing Aspects of pantun Recitation 7 Song Texts in Music for Entertainment 7.1 Earlier Publications of Song Texts 7.2 Formal Aspects of the Song Texts 7.3 Song Texts Used in Performance by Female Singer Raidah in 2003  7.3.1 Kidung Rahayu  7.3.2 Tepang Sono  7.3.3 Daun Hiris  7.3.4 Jalan  7.3.5 Gunjaér Mundur  7.3.6 Kacang Asin  7.3.7 Bayu-Bayu  7.3.8 Poho Kabalik  7.3.9 Kapergok  7.3.10 Daun Puspa  7.3.11 Ucing-Ucingan 7.4 Major Themes in Other Song Texts  7.4.1 Moral Advice  7.4.2 Hurt by Outsiders  7.4.3 Dirty Words  7.4.4 References to Music and Dance  7.4.5 False Instruments and Social Order 8 Wind, String and Other Instruments 8.1 Kumbang Flute 8.2 Tarawélét Flute 8.3 Lamus Flute and Elét 8.3.1 Elét 8.4 String Instruments 8.4.1 Kacapi Pantun 8.4.2 Siter and Falsetto Voice 8.4.3 Rendo 8.4.4 Viol 8.4.5 Rebab 8.5 Xylophones and Jew’s Harp 8.5.1 Gambang or Gambang Kayu 8.5.2 Calung 8.5.3 Karinding Concluding Remarks 9.1 Negotiating Rules and Mutual Respect  9.1.1 The 2003 unesco Convention on Living Culture 9.2 Safeguarding, Cultural Tourism and Future Research Appendix 1 A Map of Kanékés and a List of Its Hamlets Appendix 2 The Baduy Calendar Appendix 3 List of People Interviewed and/or Recorded Appendix 4 Song Texts for Entertainment Glossary References Index

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Book SynopsisSince the second half of the eighteenth century, generations of scientists persisted in studying the relationships between the volume, weight or shape of the human brain and the degree of ‘intelligence’. In Pogliano’s book, the thread of time drives the narrative up to the mid-twentieth century. It investigates the duration and changes of a game that was intrinsically political, although having to do with bones and nervous matter. Races made its main object, during a long period when Western culture believed the human species to be naturally partitioned into a number of discrete types, with their innate and hereditary traits. Never leading to irrefutable achievements, the polycentric (as well as visual) enterprise herein described is full of growing tensions, doubts, and disillusionment.Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Introduction 1 Eighteenth-century Onset  1 Darker Skin and Brain  2 Qualitative and Quantitative Differences  3 Speculations and Objections 2 Rising Tide  1 The “Phrenological Wedge”  2 Shrunken Brains  3 Materialism and the Recapitulation Theory  4 Weighing Empty, Filled Spaces  5 The Will to Differentiate  6 Early Doubts 3 Climax  1 Uncertain Certainty: Paris on Stage  2 An Intense Decade  3 An Urgent Desideratum for Science  4 Antinomies and Paradoxes  5 Orphans of Broca  6 “A Literature By Itself” 4 Twentieth-century Epilogue  1 Resilience Despite Everything  2 Further Views in Conflict  3 Innovating Techniques, Popular Science, and Deconstructing Myths Summary Bibliography Index of Names

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Book SynopsisIn an era of environmental crisis, narratives of ‘hidden lands’ are resonant. Understood as sanctuaries in times of calamity, Himalayan hidden lands or sbas yul have shaped the lives of many peoples of the region. Sbas yul are described by visionary lamas called ‘treasure finders’ who located hidden lands and wrote guidebooks to them. Scholarly understandings of sbas yul as places for spiritual cultivation and refuge from war have been complicated recently. Research now explores such themes as the political and economic role of ‘treasure finders’, the impact of sbas yul on indigenous populations, and the use of sbas yul for environmental protection and tourism. This book showcases recent scholarship on sbas yul from historical and contemporary perspectives.Table of ContentsPreface  Geoffrey Samuel, Frances Garrett and Elizabeth McDougal Note on the Locations of the sbas yul Maps Part 1: Introducing the sbas yul Photo Essay: The Terrestrial Buddha Realm of sbas yul Padma bkod: A Visual Pilgrimage  Ian Baker 1 Hidden Lands of Tibet in Myth and History  Geoffrey Samuel Part 2: The sbas yul over Time: Historical Perspectives 2 Healing Mountains and Hidden Lands  Frances Garrett 3 Did sbas yul Play a Part in the Development of Tibetan Book Culture?  Hildegard Diemberger 4 Early Echoes of sbas yul Padma bkod in the Lifestory of Thang stong rgyal po  Annie Heckman 5 Padma bkod through the Lens of Two Pilgrimage Guidebooks: Walking the Body of Rdo rje phag mo  Barbara Hazelton 6 “A Great and Small Padma bkod”: Guidebooks and Individual Journeys  Franz-Karl Ehrhard 7 Prophecy and Fantastical Reality in Sle lung Bzhad pa’i rdo rje’s Journey to Padma bkod  Tom Greensmith 8 The Shapeshifting Goddess: The Consecration of Padma bkod’s Yang Sang Chu Region by the 20th-Century gter ston, Bdud ’joms drag sngags gling pa  Elizabeth McDougal Part 3: The sbas yul in the Modern World: Ethnographic Perspectives 9 The Arising of Padma bkod in the Western World  Samuel Thévoz 10 Voices from the Mountainside: Vernacular sbas yul in the Western Himalaya  Callum Pearce 11 Pachakshiri: A Little-Known Hidden Land between Tsa ri and Padma bkod in the Eastern Himalaya  Kerstin Grothmann 12 How Is This Sacred Place Arrayed? Pacification, Increase, Magnetism, and Wrath in the Establishment of an Eastern Himalayan sbas yul  Amelia Hall Photo Essay: Glimpses of a Hidden Land: The sbas yul of Yol mo  Jon Kwan with Khenpo Nyima Dondrup Part 4: Two Guidebooks to the Hidden Land of Padma Bkod ’Ja’ tshon snying po’s Guidebook to the Hidden Land of Padma bkod  Translated by Barbara Hazelton Bdud ’joms gling pa’s Hidden Sacred Land of Padma bkod  Translated by Barbara Hazelton Index

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Book SynopsisIn Divination in Exile, Alexander K. Smith offers the first comprehensive scholarly introduction to the performance of divination in Tibetan speaking communities, both past and present. While Smith surveys a variety of ritual practices, the volume focuses on divination and its associated rites in the contemporary Tibetan Bon tradition. Drawing from multi-site ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Himachal Pradesh and the translation of previously unpublished Tibetan language materials, Divination in Exile offers a valuable, social scientific contribution to our understanding of the perception and usage of ritual manuscripts in contemporary Tibetan cultural milieus.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Introduction: Interdisciplinary Perspectives 1 The Study of Tibetan Divination  1 Introduction  2 The Study of Tibetan Divination in the West  3 Divination in European and American Scholarship  4 Divination Eliminates Anxiety and Facilitates Decision Making  5 Divination, Dialogue, and Rationality 2 Tibetan Divination and the Bon Tradition  1 A Brief Introduction to Tibetan Divination  2 Remarks on Tibetan Buddhist Historiography and the Origins of Divination  3 General Remarks on the Bon Religion  4 Bonpos in the Contemporary Diaspora Community  5 Two Classifications of Bon Religious Teachings: the sGo bzhi mdzod lnga and Theg pa rim pa dgu  6 The Classification of Divination and Its Origins in the Bon Tradition: Excerpts from the gZi brjid  7 Divination Manuscripts in the Bon Canon 3 lDe’u ‘phrul Divination  1 Introduction  2 lDe’u ‘phrul Divination  3 lDe’u ‘phrul Origin Narratives  4 Location  5 Outline of the lde’u ‘phrul Rite  6 lDe’u ‘phrul Prognostics: Major and Minor Results  7 The Interpretation of Prognostics 4 The Divination of sMra ba’i seng ge  1 Introduction to the sMra seng rdel mo gsal ba’i me long  2 Transliteration Guidelines  3 Translation of MS Conclusion: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Tibetan Divination? Appendix 1: The Divination Gods: Excerpts from the MSAP Appendix 2: Facsimiles of sMra sing rdel mo gsal ba’i me long bzhugs so Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisEcuador’s “Good Living”: Crises, Discourse, and Law by Gallegos Anda, presents a critical approach towards the concept of Buen Vivir that was included in Ecuador’s 2008 Constitution. Due to its apparent legal novelty, this normative formula received much praise from multiple civil society and academic circles by forging what some argued to be a new development paradigm based on Andean epistemologies. Gallegos Anda theorizes this important phenomenon through an inductive analysis of context and power relations. Through a masterful navigation through epistemological fields, the author offers a critical theory of Buen Vivir that focuses on changing citizenship regimes, a retreating state, politicised ethnic cleavages, discursive democracy and the emergence of an empty signifier. Gallegos-Anda is the first to situate Buen Vivir in a theoretical context grounded in international human rights law.Table of Contents List of Figures  Introduction  1 The Context of Good Living  2 Critical Approaches towards Good Living  3 Why Good Living?  4 On Methodology  5 Positioning Critical Good Living: discourse and Rights  6 Book Layout 1 The Context of Good Living: situating Theory and Method  1 Method  2 Politicised Ethnic Cleavage  3 The Retreating State  4 Changing Citizenship Regimes  5 Wider Theoretical Framing  6 Transnational Governmentality  7 Social Protest and Discursive Democracy  8 Conclusion 2 Good Living in the Academic Literature  1 Ecuadorian Discussions on Good Living  2 Indigenist or Pachamama Good Living  3 Developmental or Statist Good Living  4 Ecologist and Post-developmental Good Living  5 Critical Approaches towards Good Living: power Not Ontology 3 The Critical Juncture  1 Theory-guided Process Tracing  2 Development Paradigms in Indigenous Communities  3 Defining the Theory Behind a Theory  4 Lead-up to the Critical Juncture: 1960–1979   4.1 Agrarian Revolts and Reforms   4.2 Oil Induced Military Nationalism  5 Economic, Institutional, and Political Breakdown   5.1 State Retreat   5.2 Regionalist Challenges to State Building   5.3 Economic Turmoil and Reform during the 1980s   5.4 The Financial Meltdown of the 1990s   5.5 Inter-branch Crises and Ghost Coalitions  6 Politicised Ethnic Cleavages: rise and Fall of Indigenous Mobilisation  7 Changing Citizenship Regimes   7.1 The Quest for Civic Virtue   7.2 Constitutional Convergence and Graduated Sovereignty   7.3 Diffusion and the Scripts of Modernity  8 The Inter-American Human Rights System   8.1 Selected Jurisprudence: vida Digna   8.2 The Graduated Sovereignty of the GATT  9 Conclusion 4 The Polymorphism of Good Living  1 The New Governmentality  2 Transnational Governmentality and the Critical Juncture  3 The Theme of Social Capital  4 Social Capital or the Myth of Ethnodevelopment  5 The Sources of Social Capital  6 The Master Framing of Transgressive Politics  7 The Empty Signifier Is Born  8 Yasuní: a Case Study on the Empty Signifier  9 Yasuni and the Discourse of Good Living 5 Beyond Living Well  1 Crafting Good Living: from Speaking to Listening  2 Exhaustion of the Rights Discourse  3 The Importation of Law: local and International Influences  4 From Human Dignity to Vida Digna  5 Graduated Sovereignty and the Role of the IACtHR  6 The Vida Digna Jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights  7 Convergence of Rights: domestic Approaches to Economic, Social and Cultural Rights  8 Back to Basics: recalibrating the “Engine Room of the Constitution”  9 Conclusion  Bibliography  Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume provides the most up-to-date and holistic but compact account of the peopling of the world from the perspective of language, genes and material culture, presenting a view from the Himalayas. The phylogeny of language families, the chronology of branching of linguistic family trees and the historical and modern geographical distribution of language communities inform us about the spread of languages and linguistic phyla. The global distribution and the chronology of spread of Y chromosomal haplogroups appears closely correlated with the spread of language families. New findings on ancient DNA have greatly enhanced our understanding of the prehistory and provenance of our biological ancestors. The archaeological study of past material cultures provides yet a third independent window onto the complex prehistory of our species.Table of ContentsPreface List of Figures Part 1 Historical Contexts in Which We Live 1 Prehistory and the Present Crossing National and Mythical Boundaries  1 European Identities  2 A Tablet of Unusual Composition  3 A Pieterskerk Skull Migrates to Switzerland  4 Migration and Population Replacement in Prehistoric Europe 2 Evolving Scientific Views of Our Origins As Opposed to Political Projections upon the Prehistoric Past  1 Recent History Can Distort Our Perception of Prehistory  2 Indigenism in India  3 The Aryan Invasion and the Ancient Indian Fatherland  4 Colonial Expansion out of India and into India  5 The Zeal of Jihād and Reconquista Are Brought to the Subcontinent  6 The Continuing Saga of Colonialism 3 A Fascination with Phenotypical Diversity The Manifold Ways in Which We Humans Can Look Beautiful  1 The Rise of Race  2 Enchanted by Human Phenotypical Diversity  3 The Slippery Slope from Physical Anthropology to Racism  4 A Molecular Understanding of Heredity and the Fallacy of Race  5 The Tenacity of Obsolete Labels and the Rise of New Fictions  6 Endogamy and Exclusion vs. Conquest and Élite Dominance  7 Decolonising East Asian Prehistory 4 Chinoiserie Old and New Language Typology with and without Racial Prejudice  1 Spellbound by Language Typology  2 Racist Linguistic Typology vs. Linguistic Relativity  3 Ex Occidente Lux  4 The Creoloid Origins of Chinese  5 Asian Negrito Populations and the Birth of Lexicostatistics  6 Lexicostatistics under the Novel Guise of ‘Phylolinguistics’ Part 2 Episodes of Our Shared Prehistory 5 Beyond the Linguistic Event Horizon The sub-Himalayan Hill Tracts and Adjacent Plains Serve as a Conduit  1 The Rapacious Species  2 The Colonisation of Eurasia  3 Mixing with the Neighbours  4 Walking the Dogs Back to Africa  5 Long Lost Cousins  6 Eastward through the Clement Climatic Corridor  7 Yet Another Wave Washes through the Subcontinent  8 Human Paternal Lineages as Molecular Tracers  9 Paternal Starburst in the Subcontinent  10 Subsequent South Asian Y-Chromosomal Starbursts 6 Holocene Dispersals Genetic Correlates of Major Linguistic Phyla in Eastern Eurasia  1 From the Himalayan Heartland to Hyperborea  2 Austro-Tai Comprises Austronesian and Kradai  3 Older Layers of Peopling Shine through  4 Austroasiatic and para-Austroasiatic  5 Trans-Himalayan and Yangtzean 7 From India to Europe and Back From the Holocene to the Beginnings of Recorded History  1 Dene-Kusunda and beyond Beringia  2 Burushaski and Indo-European  3 The Discovery of the Indus Civilisation  4 The Dravidians and the Indus Civilisation  5 Nihali and Vedda  6 Crossing the Pacific with Coconuts and Sweet Potatoes  7 The Discovery of America  8 Meanderings in the Pacific and Indian Oceans  9 Ancient Culture on the Beautiful Maldives  10 As Bassas de Chagas  11 Epilogue Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisSlavery and Bonded Labor in Asia, 1250–1900 is the first collection of studies to focus on slavery and related forms of labor throughout Asia. The 15 chapters by an international group of scholars assess the current state of Asian slavery studies, discuss new research on slave systems in Asia, identify avenues for future research, and explore new approaches to reconstructing the history of slavery and bonded labor in Asia and, by extension, elsewhere in the globe. Individual chapters examine slavery, slave trading, abolition, and bonded labor in places as diverse as Ceylon, China, India, Korea, the Mongol Empire, the Philippines, the Sulu Archipelago, and Timor in local, regional, pan-regional, and comparative contexts. Contributors are: Richard B. Allen, Michael D. Bennett, Claude Chevaleyre, Jeff Fynn-Paul, Hans Hägerdal, Shawna Herzog, Jessica Hinchy, Kumari Jayawardena, Rachel Kurian, Bonny Ling, Christopher Lovins, Stephanie Mawson, Anthony Reid, James Francis Warren, Don J. Wyatt, Harriet T. Zurndorfer.Table of ContentsPreface List of Figures, Maps and Table Notes on Contributors Introduction: Slavery, Slave Trading, and Bonded Labor Studies in Asia  Richard B. Allen Part 1: Conceptualizing Slave Status 1 Slavery and Forced Labour in Asia: Status Quaestionis  Anthony Reid 2 Between Slave and Disciple in South Asia  Jessica Hinchy 3 Gender and Slavery in Asia  Shawna Herzog Part 2: Slavery, the State, and Society in East Asia 4 Slavery and the Mongol Empire  Don J. Wyatt 5 Economic, Social, and Legal Aspects of Slavery and Indentured Labor in Late Ming China (1550–1644): What the Huizhou Documents Tell Us  Harriet T. Zurndorfer 6 Human Trafficking in Late Imperial China  Claude Chevaleyre 7 Korea: A Slave Society  Christopher Lovins 8 The Abolition of Slavery, Constitutional Reforms, and Modernity in Late Qing China  Bonny Ling Part 3: Slavery, Servitude, and European Colonialism 9 Slaves, Weavers, and the Peopling of East India Company Colonies, 1660–1730  Michael D. Bennett 10 Slavery, Conflict, and Empire in the Seventeenth-Century Philippines  Stephanie Mawson 11 Pearling and Slavery in the Sulu Zone, 1882–1884: The Letters and Diary of Thomas Henry Haynes  James Francis Warren 12 Slavery through Missionary Lenses: Timor in the Nineteenth Century  Hans Hägerdal 13 Indebtedness, Socio-Cultural Hierarchies, and Unfree Labor on Nineteenth-Century Ceylonese Plantations  Rachel Kurian and Kumari Jayawardena Part 4: Reflections 14 Slavery in Asia and Global Slavery  Jeff Fynn-Paul Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAll the islands of the western Indian Ocean are immigrant societies: Austronesian seafarers, African slaves, Arab traders, South Asian indentured labourers and European plantation owners have all settled, some voluntarily, others less so, on Madagascar and Zanzibar, in the Mascarenes and the Comoros. Successive arrivals often struggle to establish their places in these societies, negotiating their way in the face of antipathy, resistance, even violence, as different claims to belonging conflict. The contributions to this volume take a selection of case studies from across the region, and from different perspectives, contributing to a theorisation of the concept of belonging itself. Contributors are Patrick Desplat, Franziska Fay, Marie-Aude Fouéré, Akbar Keshodkar, Hans Olsson, Gitanjali Pyndiah, Ramola Ramtohul, Iain Walker

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Book SynopsisOnce the Maroons escaped from slavery and established their communities in the remote interior of Suriname, attention shifted from military threat to internal danger. As they faced these dangers in an unknown rainforest, they sought refuge in prophetic movements directed by charismatic religious leaders. This book charts the history of Okanisi religious movements from their escape to the present day. It is based on sixty years of fieldwork by the late Bonno Thoden van Velzen and Ineke van Wetering, archival research and oral histories. Prophets of Doom is a tribute to Okanisi society and reflects decades of research and dedication.Table of ContentsForeword: Two anthropologists at Work: An Insider’s Perspective Acknowledgements Glossary List of Maps and Illustrations Introduction 1 The Construction of History in Maroon Society 2 The Lost Homeland and the Years of Suffering 3 Loweten: The Great Trek 4 In a Forest Sanctuary 5 The Fight for Supremacy and the Exploration of the Hinterland 6 Peace 7 Dangerous Newcomers 8 A War Like No Other 9 Great Events 10 Saka in Command of the Tribal Obiya 11 New Movements 12 At the Oracle of Gaan Tata 13 A Fury Unleashed 14 The Jungle Commando’s Obiya 15 Demons 16 Hard Facts and the Stories Archival Sources and References Index

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Book SynopsisThe Social Lives of Chinese Objects is the first anthology of texts to apply Arjun Appadurai’s well-known argument on the social life of things to the discussion of artefacts made in China. The essays in this book look at objects as “things-in-motion,” a status that brings attention to the history of transmissions ensuing after the time and conditions of their production. How does the identity of an object change as a consequence of geographical relocation and/ or temporal transference? How do the intentions of the individuals responsible for such transfers affect the later status and meaning of these objects? The materiality of the things analyzed in this book, and visualized by a rich array of illustrations, varies from bronze to lacquered wood, from clay to porcelain, and includes painting, imperial clothing, and war spoils. Metamorphoses of value, status, and function as well as the connections with the individuals who managed them, such as collectors, museum curators, worshipers, and soldiers are also considered as central to the discussion of their life. Presenting a broader and more contextual reading than that traditionally adopted by art-historical scholarship, the essays in this book take on a multidisciplinary approach that helps to expose crucial elements in the life of these Chinese things and brings to light the cumulative motives making them relevant and meaningful to our present time.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Figures, Chart and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction  Alice Bianchi and Lyce Jankowski Part 1: Reconsidering Object Categories 1 The Afterlife of Mingqi: Relational Meaning in Underground Tombs  Bonnie Cheng 2 From Ritual to Colonial Fantasies. Chinese Ritual Objects as Part of Western Collections of Asian Art in the First Half of the Twentieth Century  Michaela Pejcochova 3 Contemporary Art and Colonial Collecting: Huang Yong Ping’s Reinstallation of J.J.M. de Groot’s Panthéon Chinois from the Lyon Musée des Confluences  Francesca Dal Lago Part 2: Questioning the Narratives of Objects Biographies 4 Materiality as Objecthood in a Buddhist Clay Tablet: From Calligraphic Style to an Imaginary Encounter with Dunhuang  Foong Ping 5 Chinese Zodiac: The Social Life of the Yuanming Yuan’s Circle of Animals Fountain Heads  Ines Eben von Racknitz Part 3: Opening New Perspectives 6 Reevaluating Chinese Landscape Iconography: Painting and Poetry of Meditation during the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries  Cédric Laurent 7 A World Dotted with Kingfisher Blue: Feather Tributes and the Qing Court  Wang Lianming 8 Portraits on China: Porcelain Portraits and Photoceramics from China in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries  Lee Wing Ki Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe Things of Others: Ethnographies, Histories, and Other Artefacts deals with the things mainly, but not only, mobilized by anthropologists in order to produce knowledge about the African American, the Afro-Brazilian and the Afro-Cuban during the 1930s. However, the book's goal is not to dig up evidence of the creation of an epistemology of knowledge and its transnational connections. The research on which this book is based suggests that the artefacts created in fieldwork, offices, libraries, laboratories, museums, and other places and experiences – beyond the important fact that these places and situations involved actors other than the anthropologists themselves – have been different things during their troubled existence. The book seeks to make these differences apparent, highlighting rather than concealing the relationships between partial modes of making and being ‘Afro’ as a subject of science. If the artefacts created in a variety of situations have been different things, we should ask what sort of things they were and how the actors involved in their creation sought to make them meaningful. The book foregrounds these discontinuous and ever-changing contours.Trade Review“Few, if any, have spanned the entirety of this midcentury intellectual output and critically analyzed it with a consistent methodological approach. This book does so, and what emerges, over the course of 668 pages, is a concurrent excavation and questioning of AfroLatin America as a category of analysis.” - Alejandra Bronfman, SUNY Albany, Hispanic American Historical Review, Vol. 102.1 (2022).Table of ContentsList of Ilustrations Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: In/Out of Archives Part 1: Memorabilia 1 Unrestricted Gifts 2 Becoming Brujo 3 On Laundresses, Sergeants, and Assistants: the Arts of the Forgetting 4 Janus Part 2: Mobile Objects 5 Tracings 6 Paper Voyages Part 3: Remakings 7 Ruth’s Books: Creating Additional Lives 8 Many Words Do Not Fill a Basket 9 Transformed Things Archives and Acronyms Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisSlavery and Bonded Labor in Asia, 1250–1900 is the first collection of studies to focus on slavery and related forms of labor throughout Asia. The 15 chapters by an international group of scholars assess the current state of Asian slavery studies, discuss new research on slave systems in Asia, identify avenues for future research, and explore new approaches to reconstructing the history of slavery and bonded labor in Asia and, by extension, elsewhere in the globe. Individual chapters examine slavery, slave trading, abolition, and bonded labor in places as diverse as Ceylon, China, India, Korea, the Mongol Empire, the Philippines, the Sulu Archipelago, and Timor in local, regional, pan-regional, and comparative contexts. Contributors are: Richard B. Allen, Michael D. Bennett, Claude Chevaleyre, Jeff Fynn-Paul, Hans Hägerdal, Shawna Herzog, Jessica Hinchy, Kumari Jayawardena, Rachel Kurian, Bonny Ling, Christopher Lovins, Stephanie Mawson, Anthony Reid, James Francis Warren, Don J. Wyatt, Harriet T. Zurndorfer.Table of ContentsPreface List of Figures, Maps and Table Notes on Contributors Introduction: Slavery, Slave Trading, and Bonded Labor Studies in Asia  Richard B. Allen Part 1: Conceptualizing Slave Status 1 Slavery and Forced Labour in Asia: Status Quaestionis  Anthony Reid 2 Between Slave and Disciple in South Asia  Jessica Hinchy 3 Gender and Slavery in Asia  Shawna Herzog Part 2: Slavery, the State, and Society in East Asia 4 Slavery and the Mongol Empire  Don J. Wyatt 5 Economic, Social, and Legal Aspects of Slavery and Indentured Labor in Late Ming China (1550–1644): What the Huizhou Documents Tell Us  Harriet T. Zurndorfer 6 Human Trafficking in Late Imperial China  Claude Chevaleyre 7 Korea: A Slave Society  Christopher Lovins 8 The Abolition of Slavery, Constitutional Reforms, and Modernity in Late Qing China  Bonny Ling Part 3: Slavery, Servitude, and European Colonialism 9 Slaves, Weavers, and the Peopling of East India Company Colonies, 1660–1730  Michael D. Bennett 10 Slavery, Conflict, and Empire in the Seventeenth-Century Philippines  Stephanie Mawson 11 Pearling and Slavery in the Sulu Zone, 1882–1884: The Letters and Diary of Thomas Henry Haynes  James Francis Warren 12 Slavery through Missionary Lenses: Timor in the Nineteenth Century  Hans Hägerdal 13 Indebtedness, Socio-Cultural Hierarchies, and Unfree Labor on Nineteenth-Century Ceylonese Plantations  Rachel Kurian and Kumari Jayawardena Part 4: Reflections 14 Slavery in Asia and Global Slavery  Jeff Fynn-Paul Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe Iberian world played a key role in the global trade of enslaved people from the 15th century onwards. Scholars of Iberian forms of slavery face challenges accessing the subjectivity of the enslaved, given the scarcity of autobiographical sources. This book offers a compelling example of innovative methodologies that draw on alternative archives and documents, such as inquisitorial and trial records, to examine enslaved individuals' and collective subjectivities under Iberian political dominion. It explores themes such as race, gender, labour, social mobility and emancipation, religion, and politics, shedding light on the lived experiences of those enslaved in the Iberian world from the Indian Ocean to the Atlantic. Contributors are: Magdalena Candioti, Robson Pedroso Costa, Rômulo da Silva Ehalt, James Fujitani, Michel Kabalan, Silvia Lara, Marta Macedo, Hebe Mattos, Michelle McKinley, Sophia Blea Nuñez, Fernanda Pinheiro, João José Reis, Patricia Faria de Souza, Lisa Surwillo, Miguel Valerio and Lisa Voigt.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Figures and Tables Prologue: Understanding the Voice of the Enslaved in the Iberian World  João José Reis Introduction: Slave Subjectivities—Studying Absences?   ngela Barreto Xavier, Cristina Nogueira da Silva, and Michel Cahen Part 1: Slave Subjectivities in Asia 1 ‘Where All Yndios Are Free’  Identity, Resistance, and Dissonant Perceptions about the Enslavement of Japanese in the Iberian World (16th–17th Centuries)  Rômulo da Silva Ehalt 2 The Concubine Slaves of the Portuguese in the China Sea Region  James Fujitani 3 From Asia to Lisbon  Fragments of Lives and Subjectivities of the Enslaved (16th–17th Centuries)  Patricia Souza de Faria Part 2: Subjectivities in the Context of Labour and Religion 4 Work and Identity in the Case of Elena/o de Céspedes  Sophia Blea Nuñez 5 “Pública Notícia”  Black Brotherhoods and Corporate Subjectivity in Eighteenth-Century Brazil  Lisa Voigt 6 Creolizing Death  Afro-Catholic Deathways in the Early Modern Iberian World  Miguel A. Valerio 7 Black Masters  A Study on Slave-Owning Slaves, 1790–1850, Pernambuco, Brazil  Robson Pedrosa Costa 8 The Qurʾan in My Notebook  Slavery, Revolt and the Teaching of Arabic in the 1830s Bahia, Brazil  Michel Kabalan Part 3: Social Mobility and Emancipation 9 Central African Echoes in the Wilds of Pernambuco, Brazil, in the Second Half of the Seventeenth Century)  Silvia Hunold Lara 10 Henrique Dias and the Portuguese Empire: Narrative, Subjectivity and Memory  Hebe Mattos 11 Against ‘Unjust Captivity’  Lisbon’s Brotherhoods of Black and ‘Pardo’ Men’s Litigious Action and the Struggle for the End of Slavery in the Kingdom of Portugal  Fernanda Domingos Pinheiro 12 Negotiating Emancipation and Social Mobility  Crosscrossed Biographies of Africans and Afrodescendants in the Río de la Plata (1810–1840)  Magdalena Candioti 13 Petitioning from the Body: Cuba and Spain in 1873  Lisa Surwillo 14 Displacement, Work and Confinement: Plantation Workers in São Tomé  Marta Macedo Postface: Enslavement, Race, Liberty and Emotion  Michelle A. McKinley Index

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