Anthropology Books
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Savage Wars of Peace
Book SynopsisPath-breaking, comparative study by a brilliant, world-renowned scholar. Examines key themes in history of industrial civilization. Compares and contrasts experiences of England and Japan over time. Draws on wide range of contemporary sources - traveller's accounts, diaries and medical texts.Trade Review"Presents a compelling reading of the lost world which gave birth to our own." THESTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. References, Conventions and Measures. Introduction. Part I: The Trap:. 1. The Malthusian Trap. 2. Two Islands. Part II: Wars of Peace:. 3. Natural Environment, Culture and Human Labour. 4. The Destruction of War. 5. The Nature, Causes and Elimination of Famine. 6. Food and Nutrition. Part III: In the Body: . 7. Dysentery, Typhoid, Cholera and the Water Supply. 8. Drink: Milk, Water, Beer and Tea. 9. Two Methods for the Disposal of Human Excrement. Part IV: On the Body:. 10. Vector-borne Diseases: Plague, Typhus and Malaria. 11. Public Environs: Streets, Fields and Markets. 12. Housing and Health. 13. Textiles, Clothing and Footwear. 14. Bodily Hygiene: Bathing and Washing. 15. Changing Concepts of Dirt and Cleanliness. Part V: In the Air:. 16. Air-borne Diseases: Smallpox, Measles and Tuberculosis. Part VI: In the Womb:. 17. Fertility, Marriage and Sexual Relations. 18. Biology and Contraception. 19. Abortion and Infanticide. 20. Strategies of Heirship. Part VII: Outcome: . 21. Design and Chance. Index.
£108.86
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Cultural Studies
Book SynopsisWhat is, or are, Cultural Studies? In this outstanding critical and historical account, Fred Inglis, strips away the philosophical incoherence of Cultural Studies to reveal a common focus within the protean subject--matter and complex history of the field.Table of ContentsA Summary of the Argument. Acknowledgements. Part I: The Politics of Experience: . 1. The Politics of Experience. Part II: Origins:. 2. English for the English. 3. Marxism under Fascism: the intellectual in Politics. 4. Doing things with Words. Part III: For and Against Method:. 5. For and Against Method. 6. Relativism and Heumeneutics. 7. Grand Theory and Local Knowledge. Part IV: The Varieties of Intellectual Experience:. 8. Art or Culture?. 9. Experience into History: Theory and Biography. 10. How to do Cultural Studies. Bibliography. Index.
£38.90
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Cultural Materialism
Book SynopsisIn recent years the left has transformed traditional approaches to literature and culture. Critical movements such as Cultural Materialism and New Historicism have succeeded to the point where they now constitute the new academic order. Scott Wilson explains and demonstrates the power of these modes of critical enquiry and explores their limitations. His book provides a forceful critical engagement with major figures in the field - Francis Barker, Catherine Belsey, Jonathan Dollimore, Terry Eagleton, Jonathan Goldberg, Stephen Greenblatt, Alan Sinfield. He also shows how cultural materialism is applied in practiceTrade Review"Wilson focuses each of the three large parts of this book on one of three philosophical areas central to cultural materialism: value, history, and community. He provides excellent theoretical accounts of these areas. However, what makes this book more than an introduction is the author's decision to make each of these three abstract discussions a preface to textual analysis (chiefly of texts by Shakespeare, Middleton and Rowley, and Wilde). Through his textual analysis, he concretely demonstrates many of the strengths and weaknesses of cultural materialism and also suggests the power of his own brand of cultural materialism, which is deeply infused by Foucault, Benjamin, Lacan and Bataille. The book thereby becomes, elegantly, not only a brilliant account of cultural materialism but also a major contribution to its future." (I) Choice (D)Table of ContentsPreface. Part One: Cultural Materialism:. 1. Introduction. 2. Culture and Materialism. 3. Stephen Greenblatt and New Historicism. Part Two: Value:. 4. Shakespeare. 5. Usure in The Merchant of Venice. Part Three: History:. 6. The Four Fundamental Discourses of History. 7. Enjoying the Nature of Britain in King Lear. 8. General Economy and The Changeling. Part Four: Community:. 9. The Utopian Orgy. 10. Queer Gifts. 11. Oscar Wilde and the Love of the Impossible. 12. Conclusion. Bibliography. Index.
£38.90
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Race and Ethnicity
Book SynopsisThis authoritative and innovative reader collects twenty-seven articles that are essential for a thorough, comparative and theoretically-informed approach to the study of race and ethnicity. Collects together 27 of the most important classic and contemporary readings on race and ethnicity. The contributors provide an international focus, and are all recognized leaders in their field. Includes an analytical preface by the editors. Provides coverage of current trends, theoretical perspectives, and policy issues. Topics include ethnic conflict, migration, citizenship, identity, genocide, transnationalism, and ethnic justice. Trade Review"This ground-breaking volume tackles the hard issues – war, genocide, ethnic conflict, and violence – as well as why ethnic cooperation, assimilation, and accommodation occurs. Global in its scope, this book provides an important overview of the complexity of ethnicity and brings together the very best social science thinking on the topic. It should be required reading for anyone who wants to understand this central problem of our times." Mary C. Waters, Harvard University "This theory-rich, globally oriented, and well-organized volume adds to our knowledge of ethnoracial issues. A significant contribution to the literature, Race and Ethnicity is highly recommended." Milton Vickerman, University of VirginiaTable of ContentsList of Contributors. Preface. Acknoweldgments. Introduction: Race Against Time: The Ethnic Divide in the Twentieth Century: John Stone and Rutledge Dennis. Part I: Setting the Agenda: Du Bois, Weber and Park:. Introduction to Part I. 1 W.E.B. Du Bois and Double Consciousness: Rutledge Dennis. 2 Max Weber on Race, Ethnicity and Nationalism: John Stone. 3 R.E. Park's Approach to Race and Ethnic Relations: Barbara Ballis Lal. Part II: Emerging Theoretical Perspectives:. Introduction to Part II. 4 Rethinking Ethnicity: Identity, Categorization and Power: Richard Jenkins. 5 Culture and Ethnic Conflict in the New World Disorder: Kevin Avruch. 6 Postindustrialism, Postmodernism and Ethnic Conflict: Anthony H. Richmond. Part III: The Diversity of Ethnic Patterns:. Introduction to Part III. 7 Skin Color, Race and Racism in Nicaragua: Roger Lancaster. 8 The Verzuiling Puzzle: Understanding Dutch Intergroup Relations: Thomas F. Pettigrew and Roel W. Meertens. 9 The Discourse of Race in Modern China: Frank Dikötter. Part IV: Conflicting Ethnonational Claims:. Introduction to Part IV. 10 Beyond Reason: The Nature of the Ethnonational Bond: Walker Connor. 11 Nationalism and Modernity: Anthony D. Smith. 12 Northern Ireland and the Liabilities of Liberalism: John McGarry and Brendan O'Leary. Part V: Violence, Genocide and War:. Introduction to Part V. 13 Rioting Across Continental Divides: Beth Roy. 14 Burundi: Ethnic Conflict and Genocide: Rene Lemarchand. 15 The Creation and Dissolution of the Multi-national State: The Case of Yugoslavia: Dusko Sekulic. Part VI: Migration in a Transnational World:. Introduction to Part VI. 16 Assimilation and its Discontents: Ruben G. Rumbaut. 17 Transnational Communities: Peggy Levitt. 18 Blood, Sweat and Mahjong: Ellen Oxfeld. Part VII: Boundaries, Citizenship and Identity:. Introduction to Part VII. 19 Toward a Postnational Model of Membership: Yasemin Soysal. 20 The Transformation of Miami: Alejandro Portes and Alex Stepick. 21 Russia and the Russian Diasporas: Igor Zevelev. Part VIII: The Policy Debate: Levelling the Playing Field:. Introduction to Part VIII. 22 The Shape of the River: William G. Bowen and Derek Bok. 23 Ethnic Economies and Affirmative Action: Daniel J. Monti. 24 Multicultural Citizenship in Germany: Christian Joppke. Part IX: Toward Ethnic and Racial Justice?. Introduction to Part IX. 25 The Politics of Recognition: Charles Taylor. 26 Reconciliation without Justice: Heribert Adam and Kogila Moodley. 27 The International Defence of Racial Equality: Michael Banton. Index.
£41.75
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Truth about Postmodernism
Book SynopsisThis book was written with a view to sorting our some of the muddles and misreadings - especially misreadings of Kant - that have charaterized recent postmodernist and post-structuralist thought. For these issues have a relevance, as Norris argues, far beyond the academic enclaves of philosophy, literary theory, and cultural criticism. Thus he makes large claims for the importance of getting Kant right on the relation between epistemology, ethics and aesthetics; for pursuing the Kantian question ''What is Enlightenment?'' as raised in Foucault''s late essays; or again, for recalling William Empson''s spirited attempt to reassert the values of reason and truth against the orthodox ''lit crit'' wisdom of his time. These are specialized concerns. But for better or worse it has been largely in the context of ''theory''- that capacious though ill-defined genre- that such issues have received their most scrutiny over the past two decades. As its title suggests, The Truth About PostmodTable of ContentsThe "End of Ideology" revisited - old themes for new times; "What is Enlightenment?" - Foucault on Kant; for truth in criticism - William Empson and the claims of theory; Kant disfigured - ethics, deconstruction and the textual sublime; getting at truth - genealogy, critique and postmodern scepticism.
£35.10
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Bilingualism
Book SynopsisSince it was first published in 1989, Suzanne Romaine''s book has been recognized as the most authoritative introduction to the sociolinguistics of bilingualism. The new edition has been completely revised to incorporate recent work in this fast developing field. Throughout the book, bilingualism is seen as both a societal and cognitive phenomenon. Professor Romaine explores various aspects of bilingual behavior, such as code switching and language mixing, in terms of neurolinguistic organization in the individual speaker. The author also assesses the positive and negative claims made for the effects of bilingualism on children''s cognitive, social and academic development, and examines the assumptions behind various language policies and programs for bilingual children. In all this, Professor Romaine draws on her own research with Punjabi /Engllish bilinguals in Britain, and Tok Pisin/ English bilingual children in Papua New Guinea.Table of ContentsList of Figures. List of Tables. Editor's Preface. Preface to Second Edition. Acknowledgments. 1. Introduction to Study of Bilingualism. 2. The Bilingual Speech Community. 3. The Bilingual Brain and the Blingual Individual. 4. Code-switching and Communicative Competence. 5. The Bilingual Child. 6. Bilingualism and Education. 7. Attitudes towards Bilingualism. 8. Conclusion. Notes. References. Index.
£37.00
John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to the Enlightenment
Book SynopsisThe Companion focusses on the international intellectual movement of the Enlightenment, and the individuals who shaped it. A number of substantial essays survey the main topics of dictionaries, encyclopedias, art, music and theatre, while central philosophical concepts such as human nature are also examined. Specialized topics receive short definitions and there are several hundred biographies. Chronology. 100 halftones. Bibliographies. Index.Trade Review"This enlightening companion is a work of reference valuable to anybody interested in the history of thought." The Times "An informative and authoritative resource." English Literature "This attractive reference book will be of enormous value to anyone interested in virtually any aspect of the Enlightenment ... an essential volume for libraries, Enlightenment scholars, and anyone interested in the age." History "Fine guide ... easy to use." Social & Behavioral Sciences "This encyclopedic Companion is a much-needed triumph. A superb collection of short entries by leading scholars who judiciously blend fact and interpretation. Will be received and remain as the standard reference tool. Illuminates every area of the Enlightenment." European History Quarterly "An immensely useful work of reference. This is a book which should be in every student's study." British Journal for 18th Century StudiesTable of ContentsForeword. Introduction: Lester G. Crocker. A-Z entries. Index.
£89.25
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Explaining Culture A Naturalistic Approach Author
Book SynopsisIdeas, Dan Sperber argues, may be contagious. They may invade whole populations. In the process, the people, their environment, and the ideas themselves are being transformed. To explain culture is to describe the causes and the effects of this contagion of ideas. This book will be read by all those with an interest in the impact of the cognitive revolution on our understanding of culture.Trade Review"Dan Sperber is to be thanked for continuing to contribute to dialogue between the cognitive and social branches of the human sciences." Daniel Nettle, Merton College Oxford "Apart from its wealth of insight, cogent arguments, apposite illustrations, and lucid and entertaining prose, Explaining Culture also offers a glimpse of what cultural study might be: rather than foreclosing possibilities on the strength of received wisdom or a selective interdisciplinary which rules out so much interesting thinking, it makes its own start on the formulation of fresh, apparently basic but at the same time far-reaching research questions. Alan Durant "Sperber emphasizes macro-and micro-processes of distribution that make cultural transformation and individual development possible and most simply processes of replication. Sperber offers the beginnings of a naturalistic theory of both culture and religion that will interest students and scholars alike." Susan Henking, Hobart and William Smith Colleges Geneva "Explaining Culture is a good read. It is full of interesting suggestions on a wide range of anthropological and psychological issues." Kim Sterelny, Music and Letters, Vol 110, July 2001.Table of ContentsPreface. Introduction. 1. How to be a True Materialist in Anthropology. 2. Interpreting and Explaining Cultural Representations. 3. Anthropology and Psychology: Towards an Epidemiology of Representations. 4. The Epidemiology of Beliefs. 5. Selection and Attraction in Cultural Evolution. 6. Mental Modularity and Cultural Diversity. Conclusion: What is at Stake?. Notes. References. Index.
£35.10
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Health Studies
Book SynopsisPresents material on the social basis of health, illness and healing. This book helps the reader incorporate many of the elements of the medical anthropology and sociology of health and illness. It provides students with an introduction to the field.Trade Review"I found the book an extremely rewarding read and strongly recommend it to anyone with an interest in health and illness."Steven P Wainwright, King's College LondonTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. Part I: Biomedicine and the Body:. 1. Biomedicine and the Body: Colin Samson. 2. Spaces and Classes: Michel Foucault. 3. Natural Facts: A Historical Perspective on Science and Sexuality: L.J. Jordanova. 4. Artificiality and Enlightenment: From Sociobiology to Biosociality: Paul Rabinow. Part II: Disease and the Self:. 5. Disease and the Self: Colin Samson. 6. Human Contact in Life-Threatening Environments: James J. Lynch. 7. Cancer and the Self: How Illness Constellates Meaning: Roger Levin. 8. Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors: Susan Sontag. 9. Holistic Medicine: Fred Frohock. Part III: The Physician and the Patient: . 10. The Physician and the Patient: Colin Samson. 11. The Last Hippie: Oliver Sacks. 12. The Body as Territory and Wonder: Arthur W. Frank. 13. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and the Medical Encounter: Lesley Cooper. 14. A Fortunate Man: John Berger. Part IV: Creating Sickness: . 15. Creating Sickness: Colin Samson. 16. Results of Industrialisation: Freidrich Engels. 17. Rats' Tails and Trypanosomes: Nature and Culture in Early Colonial Medicine: Megan Vaughan. 18. Yuuyaraq: The Way of the Human Being: Harold Napoleon. 19. Nervoso: Medicine, Sickness, and Human Needs: Nancy Scheper-Hughes. Index.
£120.56
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Health Studies
Book SynopsisPresents material on the social basis of health, illness and healing. This book helps the reader incorporate many of the elements of the medical anthropology and sociology of health and illness. It provides students with an introduction to the field.Trade Review"I found the book an extremely rewarding read and strongly recommend it to anyone with an interest in health and illness."Steven P Wainwright, King's College LondonTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. Part I: Biomedicine and the Body:. 1. Biomedicine and the Body: Colin Samson. 2. Spaces and Classes: Michel Foucault. 3. Natural Facts: A Historical Perspective on Science and Sexuality: L.J. Jordanova. 4. Artificiality and Enlightenment: From Sociobiology to Biosociality: Paul Rabinow. Part II: Disease and the Self:. 5. Disease and the Self: Colin Samson. 6. Human Contact in Life-Threatening Environments: James J. Lynch. 7. Cancer and the Self: How Illness Constellates Meaning: Roger Levin. 8. Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors: Susan Sontag. 9. Holistic Medicine: Fred Frohock. Part III: The Physician and the Patient: . 10. The Physician and the Patient: Colin Samson. 11. The Last Hippie: Oliver Sacks. 12. The Body as Territory and Wonder: Arthur W. Frank. 13. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and the Medical Encounter: Lesley Cooper. 14. A Fortunate Man: John Berger. Part IV: Creating Sickness: . 15. Creating Sickness: Colin Samson. 16. Results of Industrialisation: Freidrich Engels. 17. Rats' Tails and Trypanosomes: Nature and Culture in Early Colonial Medicine: Megan Vaughan. 18. Yuuyaraq: The Way of the Human Being: Harold Napoleon. 19. Nervoso: Medicine, Sickness, and Human Needs: Nancy Scheper-Hughes. Index.
£49.35
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Contemporary Urban Japan
Book Synopsis* The first systematic sociological study of urban Japan by a western scholar. * Breaks methodological and conceptual ground by exploring contemporary Japanese urban lifestyles through an analysis of consumption behaviour. .Trade Review"Contemporary Urban Japan is a useful book: simultaneously a thoughtful window into a consumerist urban Japan, and an engaging challenge to conventional understandings of consumption, modernity, and social theory." A Latham, University of Auckland "I found the book to be creative, very current about the latest trends and extraordinarily interesting. It provides a framework for understanding the various consumer crazes that are always so apparent in Japan ... as well as a novel and fruitful approach for presenting details about the physical form, patterns of land use and daily rountines of Tokyo and cities like it. An important addition to the social science literature about contemporary Japan, as well as a contribution of interest to scholars working on the space-society nexus in contemporary urban culture in any post-modern or post-industrial society." Roman Cybriwsky, Temple University " Clammer's Sociology of Consumption opens a window on Japanese urban society that is as intriguing as it is informative. His complex analysis ranges across a vast array of topics." Michael Tansey, Service Industries JournalTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. 1. Approaching Japan through the Study of Consumption. 2. Consumption and Urban Cultures in the Japanese City. 3. The Context of Desire. 4. Shopping and the Social Self. 5. Gender, Class and the Internationalization of Consumption. 6. Consuming Bodies: Media and the Construction and Representation of the Body. 7. Sites and Sights: The Consuming Eye and the Arts of the Imagination in Japanese Tourism. 8. Theorizing Consumption in Urban Japan. References. Index.
£51.52
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Contemporary Urban Japan
Book Synopsis* The first systematic sociological study of urban Japan by a western scholar. * Breaks methodological and conceptual ground by exploring contemporary Japanese urban lifestyles through an analysis of consumption behaviour. .Trade Review"Contemporary Urban Japan is a useful book: simultaneously a thoughtful window into a consumerist urban Japan, and an engaging challenge to conventional understandings of consumption, modernity, and social theory." A Latham, University of Auckland "I found the book to be creative, very current about the latest trends and extraordinarily interesting. It provides a framework for understanding the various consumer crazes that are always so apparent in Japan ... as well as a novel and fruitful approach for presenting details about the physical form, patterns of land use and daily rountines of Tokyo and cities like it. An important addition to the social science literature about contemporary Japan, as well as a contribution of interest to scholars working on the space-society nexus in contemporary urban culture in any post-modern or post-industrial society." Roman Cybriwsky, Temple University " Clammer's Sociology of Consumption opens a window on Japanese urban society that is as intriguing as it is informative. His complex analysis ranges across a vast array of topics." Michael Tansey, Service Industries JournalTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. 1. Approaching Japan through the Study of Consumption. 2. Consumption and Urban Cultures in the Japanese City. 3. The Context of Desire. 4. Shopping and the Social Self. 5. Gender, Class and the Internationalization of Consumption. 6. Consuming Bodies: Media and the Construction and Representation of the Body. 7. Sites and Sights: The Consuming Eye and the Arts of the Imagination in Japanese Tourism. 8. Theorizing Consumption in Urban Japan. References. Index.
£19.71
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Theorizing Multiculturalism
Book SynopsisBrings together the theories of multiculturalism from a multiplicity of philosophical perspectives. By challenging the impasses of the postmodern critique, this book serves to explore the possibility of a grounding work in multiculturalism and diversity without resorting to the foundationalism of traditional philosophy.Trade Review"There is much in this volume that is valuable" The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory (reviewer and date unknown). "This exciting collection of key articles will be very useful for teaching and spans a more comprehensive range of topics than any other collection I've seen." Linda Martíin Alcoff, Syracuse University.Table of ContentsList of Contributors. Acknowledgments. Introduction. I Post-Hegelian Dialectics of Recognition and Communication. From Redistribution to Recogntion? Dilemmas of Justice in a "Post-Socialist" Age (Nancy Fraser). Unruly Categories: A Critique of Nancy Fraser’s Dual Systems Theory (Iris Marion Young). A Rejoinder to Iris Young (Nancy Fraser). Recognition, Value, and Equality: A Critique of Charles Taylor’s and Nancy Fraser’s Accounts of Multiculturalism (Lawrence Blum). Ludic, Corporate, and Imperial Multiculturalism of the New World Order (Martin J. Beck Matustik). II Post-Marxism and Issues of Class. Multiculturalism: Consumerist or Transformational? (Bill Martin). Post-Marxist Political Economy and the Culture of the Left (Donald C. Hodges). III Continental and Analytical Feminism. Identity, Difference, and Abjection (Kelly Oliver). Psychological Explanations of Oppression (Ann E. Cudd). IV Corporeal Logic and Sexuate Being. Toward the Domain of Freedom: Interview with Drucilla Cornell by Penny Florence (Drucilla Cornell). Morphing the Body: Irigaray and Butler on Sexual Difference (Tamsin Lorraine). V Critical Race Theory. Alienation and the African-American Experience (Howard McGary). "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again": Interculturalism and Conversation of Races (Robert Bernasconi). VI Postcolonialism and Ethnicity. Fanon and the Subject of Experience (Ronald A. T. Judy). White Studies: The Intellectual Imperialism of US Higher Education (Ward Churchill). VII Liberalism. Moral Deference (Laurence M. Thomas). "Multiculturalism," Citizenship, Education, and American Liberal Democracy (Lucius Outlaw, Jr.). VIII Pragmatism. Ceremony and Rationality in the Haudenosaunee Tradition (Scott L. Pratt). Educational Multiculturalism, Critical Pluralism, and Deep Democracy (Judith M. Green). Universal Human Liberation: Community and Multiculturalism (Leonard Harris). Index
£39.85
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Health and the Sociology of Emotions
Book SynopsisHealth and the Sociology of Emotions offers an appraisal of the current lively debates which challenge the contribution of the sociology of emotion to health, and of sociology of health and illness to a sociological understanding of emotion.Trade Review"The observations made here support the editors' view that the sociology of emotions and the sociology of health and illness have much to offer each other. Considered together, they open up new avenues of thought and the prospect of some enlightening medical studies." --Sheila Hawker, University of SouthamptonTable of ContentsIntroduction (Veronica James, University of Nottingham; and Jonathan Gabe, Royal Holloway, University of London). Theoretical Issues. 1. Biomedicine, holistic health and the emotionally reflexive body in "late" modernity (Gillian Bendelow and Simon Williams, University of Warwick). 2. C. Wright Mills meets Prozac: the social emotions approach to an understanding of health and illness (Margot Lyon, Australian National University, Canberra). Methodology. 3. Plans, intentions and emotions: reflections on a methodological problem encountered in a study of teenage pregnancy (Andrew Finlay, Dorothy Whittington, Nicola Shaw and Monica McWilliams, Universities of Dublin and Ulster; Northern Health and Social Service Board). 4. Is there a reciprocal relationship between emotions as expressed in first person fieldwork accounts and the sociology of emotion? (Liz Young and Ray Lee, Royal Holloway, University of London). Social Construction. 5. Emotional labour, order and emotional power in care assistant work (Geraldine Lee-Treweek, University of Manchester). 6. Social construction of emotion and health promotion: the case of nursing (Pam Smith and Abigail Masterson, RCN Institute of Advanced Nursing Education). 7. Trust, uncertainty and consumerist models of health care delivery (Deborah Lupton, University of Western Sydney). 8. Exploring emotional expression in medical examinations: a transcript-based analysis (Bill Yoels, University of Alabama at Birmingham).
£18.99
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Sociology of Medical Science and Technology
Book SynopsisContributors examine the relationship between science and clinical practice; the development, assessment and regulation of health care technologies; and the implications of the ''new genetics''.Table of Contents1. Assessing the Social Impact of Genetic Biotechnologies: Evan Willis (La Trobe University Australia). 2. The Abortion Pill RU486: A Case of Organizational and Technological Change: Sharon Tabberer (Anglia Polytechnic University). 3. 'Strange Bedfellows' in the Laboratory of the NHS? An Institutional and Methodological Analysis of the new Science of Health Technology Assessment in the United Kingdom: Alex Faulkner (University of Bristol). 4. The Rhetoric of Prediction and Chance in the Research to Clone a Disease Gene: Paul Atkinson, Claire Bachelor and Evelyn Parsons (University of Wales, Cardiff). 5. Knowledge of the Body: Lay and Biomedical Understanding of Musculoskeletal Disorders: Helen Busby, Gareth Williams and Anne Rogers (University of Salford). 6. The Science and Politics of Medicines Regulation: John Abraham (University of Sussex). 7. Medical Pedigrees and the Visual Production of Family Disease in Canadian and Japanese Genetic Counseling Practices: Yoshio Nukaga and Alberto Cambrosio (McGill University, Canada). 8. Vital Comparisons: The Social Construction of Measurement in Health: Mel Bartley (University College, London) and David Blane (Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, London).
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Race and Social Justice
Book SynopsisPresents an analysis of the enduring problems of race and social justice in American life. This book examines African American alienation and exploitations, black reparations, collective responsibility, affirmative action, race and IQ, police discretion, racial integration and racial separatism, and the underclass question.Trade Review"Calling the collection 'a model of informed and informing civil discourse at its best that invites us to join in like fashion,' noted philosopher Lucius Outlaw of Haverford College praises McGary as 'a journeyman scholar-teacher respected for (his) passionate engaging of some of the most challenging of the issues of contemporary social, political, and moral life.'" Lori Chambers, Rutgers Magazine "The care with which he [McGary] presents the issues and the relevant arguments makes this an inviting text for undergraduate as well as graduate courses." Ethics, vol. 3, July 2001. "Blackwell has done a service to social philosophy and African-American philosophy by bringing this collection of important essays to print. Addressing problems of racism and the search for social justice in liberal political thought, they provide crucial insights that will revive the often politically bankrupt discipline of political philosophy by highlighting dimensions of it that are most relevant to problems of our day." – Lewis Gordon, Brown University and the University of the West Indies, at Mona, Jamaica, Author of Her Majesty Other Children "Reed Howard McGary’s essays in this book and you will experience insightful discussion of issues of justice that will likely challenge you by their compelling importance as well as by the model of clarity, patience, thoughtfulness, and principled moderation of passion that he invests in his discussions. Here is a model of informed and informing civil discourse at its best invites us to join in like fashion." – Lucius Outlaw, Haverford College Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Part I: The Problem of Racism:. 1. Alienation and the African-American Experience. 2. Race and Class Exploitation. 3. Racial Integration and Racial Separatism: Conceptual Clarifications. 4. The African-American Underclass and the Question of Values. Part II: The Response to Racism:. 5. Morality and Collective Liability. 6. Justice and Reparations. 7. Reparations, Self-Respect, and Public Policy. 8. Affirmative Action: A Review and Commentary. Part III: Racism and its Remedies:. 9. The Race and IQ Controversy. 10. Police Discretion and Discrimination. 11. DuBois, the new Conservatism, and the Critique of African-American Leadership. 12. Racism, Social Justice, and Interracial Coalitions. Bibliography. Index.
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Wiley Time and Value
Book SynopsisThis ground--breaking book addresses transformations in the understanding of time and the generation and degeneration of value at the cutting edge of modernity and postmodernity.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Scott Lash, Andrew Quick and Richard Roberts (Lancaster University, UK). 1. Values in the Timescapes of Nature: Barbara Adam (University of Wales, Cardiff, UK). 2. Angels in the Archive: Lines into the Future in the Work of Jacques Derrida and Miché Serres: Roy Boyne (University College Stockton/University of Durham, UK). 3. Time and Neutrality: Media of Modernity in a Postmodern World: Elizabeth Ermarth (University of Edinburgh, UK). 4. The Time of the Real When Disease is 'Actual': Monica Greco (Goldsmith's College, UK). 5. Times of Value, Deconstruction and Value: Elizabeth Grosz (Monash University, Australia). 6. Being After Time: Towards a Politics of Melancholy: Scott Lash (Lancaster University, UK). 7. Catastrophic Times: Alphonso Lingis (Penn State University, USA). 8. Moving at the Speed of Life: Tim Luke (Virginia Polytechnic University, USA). 9. Le Presentisme ou la Valeur du Cycle: Michel Maffesoli (Sorbonne, France). 10. Time and the Event: Andrew Quick (Lancaster University, UK). 11. Fugit Hora: High Fashion, Television and the Ethics of Style: Hilary Radner (University of Notre Dame, USA). 12. Time, Virtuality and the Goddess: Richard Roberts (University of Lancaster, UK). 13. Time, Baroque Codes and Canonization: Bonaventura de Souza Santos (University of Quimbra, Portugal). 14. Staging the Self by Performing the Other: Global Fantasies and the Migration of the Projective Imagination: Luiz Soares (University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).
£21.61
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Egyptians
Book Synopsisaeo Offers a wide--ranging overview of Egyptian peoples and their society from origins to the present. aeo Interweaves political narrative with insights into economy and culture, stressing continuities as well as change. aeo Charts internal development alongside external relations especially with other Arab countries and the West.Trade Review"This book provides an excellent introduction to the land of ancientand modern Egypt ... Well written ... The author offers so much detail and excellent information on this fascinating culture that this book ought to be the textbook schools used to present Egypt to students." Francesca JourdanTable of ContentsList of Plates. List of Maps. Series Editor's Preface. Glossary. A Note on Transliteration. The Egyptians: Table of Dates. Introduction. 1. The Land and its People. 2. The Earliest Egyptians. 3. The Era of the Pyramid-builders. 4. The Imperial Age. 5. The Last Pharaohs. 6. Hellenistic Egypt. 7. Roman and Christian Egypt. 8. Islamic Egypt. 9. Modern Egypt. Bibliography. General Index. Index of Ancient Egyptian Terms.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Globalization and Identity
Book SynopsisGlobalization and Identity are an explosive combination, demonstrated by recent outbursts of communalist violence in many parts of the world. Their varying articulations highlight the paradox that accelerating global flows of goods, persons and images go together with determined efforts towards closure, emphasis on cultural difference and fixing of identities. This collection explores this paradox of ''flow'' and ''closure'' through a series of detailed case studies in comparative perspective.Trade Review"This mixture of the empirical and the theoretical as well as the emphasis on globalization as an ambivalent situation of flow and closure are the main strengths of this volume and as such it serves as a useful introduction to the topic, not least to those are put off by the overly theoretical approaches usually associated with the subject matter." John Walliss, Bookends "The immense merit of this volume to readers who are not steeped in the debates about globalization is that it makes the subject relevant to concerns widely shared in the world today. It is also easily comprehensible, with its, on the whole, enlightening case-studies." Patrick Chabal, International Affairs " With a rich confluence of diverse empirical material with social theory, the writers in this volume have made a strong and timely anthology for those interested in globalization or identity studies" Matthew Kurtz, University of Alaska AnchorageTable of ContentsIntroduction. (Birgit Meyer and Peter Geshiere). Nationalism and Transnationalism. Cirassian Encounters: The Self as Other and the Production of the Homeland in the North Caucasus. (Seteney Shami). Transnationalism in the Era of Nation-States: China, 1900-1945. (Prasenjit Duara). The French Colonial Policy of Assimilation and the Civility of the Originaires of the Four Communes (Senegal): A Nineteenth Century Globalization Project. (Mamadou Diouf). Enforcing the Human Rights of Citizens and Non-Citizens in the Era of Maastricht: Some Reflections on the Importance of States. (Jacqueline Bhabha). Commodities and Fantasies. Small Product, Big Issues: Value Contestations and Cultural Identities in Cross-Border Commodity Networks. Commodities and the Power of Prayer: Pentecostalist Attitudes Towards Consumption in Contemporary Ghana. (Birgit Meyer). Domesticating Diamonds and Dollars: Identity, Expenditure and Sharing in Southwestern Zaire (1984-1997). (Filip De Boeck). Globalization and the Power of Indeterminate Meaning: Witchcraft and Spirit Cults in Africa and East Asia. (Peter Geschiere). Theoretical Reflections. Time and the Global: Against the Homogeneous, Empty Communities in Contemporary Social Theory. John D. Kelly. Globalization and Virtuality: Analytical Problems Posed by the Contemporary Transformation of African Societies. (Wim van Binsbergen). Dead Certainty: Ethnic Violence in the Era of Globalization. (Arjun Appadurai). Epilogue: On Some Reports from a Free Space. (Ulf Hannerz). Notes on Contributors. Index
£19.71
Wiley Modernism as a Philosophical Problem
Book SynopsisModernism as a Philosophical Problem, 2e presents a new interpretation of the negative and critical self-understanding characteristic of much European high culture since romanticism and especially since Nietzsche, and answers the question of why the issue of modernity became a philosophical problem in European tradition.Table of ContentsIntroduction to the Second Edition. Acknowledgements. Part I: Introduction: The Modernity Problem. 1. Sensing the End. 2. German Homesickness. Part II: Modernity and Modernism. 3. Modernity as a Historical Category. 4. The Legitimacy Problem. 5. The 'Culture of Rupture'. 6. Paradoxes and Problems. Part III: Idealism and Modernity. 7. The Kantian Enlightenment. 8. The Limits of Transcendental Idealism. 9. Hegel's Experiment. 10. Hegelian Teleology. Part IV: "Nihilism Stands at the Door": Nietzsche. 11. Nietzsche's Complaint. 12. Modernity as 'Twilight' Zone. 13. Origins and Perspectives. 14. The 'Pathos of Distance'. Part V: "The Age of Consummate Meaninglessness": Heidegger. 15. Failed Autonomy. 16. Modernity as a 'Metaphysical' Problem. 17. The 'Vollendung' of Metaphysics. 18. The Turn, Turning Away, and Overturning. Part VI: The Death of God and Modern Melancholy. 19. Nietzsche's 'Insane' Prophet. 20. Mourning or Melancholy? 21. Nietzichian Health. 22. Nietzichian Therapy. Part VII: Unending Modernity. 23. Modern Options. 24. The Dialetic of Modernity. 25. Postmodernity? 26. Modernity as Dialectic. Notes. Bibliography. Index.
£89.25
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Modernism as a Philosophical Problem
Book SynopsisModernism as a Philosophical Problem, 2e presents a new interpretation of the negative and critical self--understanding characteristic of much European high culture since romanticism and especially since Nietzsche, and answers the question of why the issue of modernity became a philosophical problem in European tradition.Table of ContentsIntroduction to the Second Edition. Acknowledgements. Part I: Introduction: The Modernity Problem. 1. Sensing the End. 2. German Homesickness. Part II: Modernity and Modernism. 3. Modernity as a Historical Category. 4. The Legitimacy Problem. 5. The 'Culture of Rupture'. 6. Paradoxes and Problems. Part III: Idealism and Modernity. 7. The Kantian Enlightenment. 8. The Limits of Transcendental Idealism. 9. Hegel's Experiment. 10. Hegelian Teleology. Part IV: "Nihilism Stands at the Door": Nietzsche. 11. Nietzsche's Complaint. 12. Modernity as 'Twilight' Zone. 13. Origins and Perspectives. 14. The 'Pathos of Distance'. Part V: "The Age of Consummate Meaninglessness": Heidegger. 15. Failed Autonomy. 16. Modernity as a 'Metaphysical' Problem. 17. The 'Vollendung' of Metaphysics. 18. The Turn, Turning Away, and Overturning. Part VI: The Death of God and Modern Melancholy. 19. Nietzsche's 'Insane' Prophet. 20. Mourning or Melancholy? 21. Nietzichian Health. 22. Nietzichian Therapy. Part VII: Unending Modernity. 23. Modern Options. 24. The Dialetic of Modernity. 25. Postmodernity? 26. Modernity as Dialectic. Notes. Bibliography. Index.
£35.10
Wiley-Blackwell Sociological Perspectives on the New Genetics
Book SynopsisWith the advent of the Human Genome Project, the new genetics has moved to the cutting edge of science and medicine. The development and use of such genetics will have a profound impact on our understanding of disease and behaviour.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Sociological Perspectives on The New Genetics: An Overview: Peter Conrad and Jonathan Gabe. Part I: Structure and Production of Genetic Knowledge:. 1. Genes as Drugs: The Social Shaping of Gene Therapy and The Reconstruction of Genetic Disease: Paul Martin. 2. Experts as 'Storytellers' In Reproductive Genetics: Exploring Key Issues: Elizabeth Ettorre. 3. The Human Drama of Genetics: 'Hard' and 'Soft' Media Representations of Inherited Breast Cancer: Lesley Henderson and Jenny Kitzinger. Part II: The Social Meanings of Genetics:. 4. Waiting For The Cure: Mapping The Social Relations of Human Gene Therapy Research: Alan Stockdale. 5. Doing The Right Thing: Genetic Risk and Responsibility: Nina Hallowell. 6. There's This Thing In Our Family: Predictive Testing and The Construction of Risk For Huntington Disease: Susan Cox and William Mckellin. Part III: The Social Impact and Implications of Genetics:. 7. Defining The 'Social': Towards An Understanding of Scientific and Medical Discourses on The Social Aspects of The New Human Genetics: Sarah Cunningham-Burley and Anne Kerr. 8. Losing The Plot? Medical and Activist Discourses of The Contemporary Genetics and Disability: Tom Shakespeare. 9. DNA Identification and Surveillance Creep: Dorothy Nelkin and Lori Andrews. Notes on Contributors. Index.
£18.99
John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Theory of Modernity
Book SynopsisThis is a comprehensive analysis of the main dynamics of modernity which discusses the technological, social and political elements of modernism, and analyzes the works of Hegel, Marx, Weber, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Foucault, and Arendt.Trade Review"Heller is an outstanding, independent thinker. Her theory of modernity is distinctive and brings fresh philosophic insight to many topics that are currently being debated." --Richard J. Bernstein, The New School for Social Research "The book is an elegantly written and assured summation of her views on modernity from a philosopher probably now at the height of her powers. It incorporates Heller's own philosophical perspective, an outline of her great predecessors, a comprehensive theory of modernity and a spirit with its own complex cultural dynamic and novel subjective experience and problems." --John Grumley, University of SydneyTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Preface. 1. Modernity from a Postmodern Perspective: The Philosophical Presuppositions. 2. Challenge by the Heritage: Hegel, Marx, Weber. 3. The Two Constituents of Modernity: The Dynamics of Modernity. 4. The Two Constituents of Modernity: The Modern Social Arrangement. 5. The Three Logics of Modernity: The Logic of Technology, Science as the Dominating World-View of Modernity. 6. The Three Logics of Modernity: The Logic of the Division of Social Positions, Functions, and Wealth. 7. The Three Logics of Modernity: The Logic of Political Power (Domination). 8. Culture and Civilization: The Three Concepts of Culture. 9. Culture and Civilization II: The Omnivorous Modernity. 10. Culture and Civilization III: Civilization. 11. World-time and Life-time. 12. Space, place and home. 13. Law, ethos and ethics. The question of values. 14. Happinessshenticity; an ethics of personality. Selected Bibliography. Index.
£105.26
John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Theory of Modernity
Book SynopsisThis is a comprehensive analysis of the main dynamics of modernity which discusses the technological, social and political elements of modernism, and analyzes the works of Hegel, Marx, Weber, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Foucault, and Arendt.Trade Review"Heller is an outstanding, independent thinker. Her theory of modernity is distinctive and brings fresh philosophic insight to many topics that are currently being debated." --Richard J. Bernstein, The New School for Social Research "The book is an elegantly written and assured summation of her views on modernity from a philosopher probably now at the height of her powers. It incorporates Heller's own philosophical perspective, an outline of her great predecessors, a comprehensive theory of modernity and a spirit with its own complex cultural dynamic and novel subjective experience and problems." --John Grumley, University of SydneyTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Preface. 1. Modernity from a Postmodern Perspective: The Philosophical Presuppositions. 2. Challenge by the Heritage: Hegel, Marx, Weber. 3. The Two Constituents of Modernity: The Dynamics of Modernity. 4. The Two Constituents of Modernity: The Modern Social Arrangement. 5. The Three Logics of Modernity: The Logic of Technology, Science as the Dominating World-View of Modernity. 6. The Three Logics of Modernity: The Logic of the Division of Social Positions, Functions, and Wealth. 7. The Three Logics of Modernity: The Logic of Political Power (Domination). 8. Culture and Civilization: The Three Concepts of Culture. 9. Culture and Civilization II: The Omnivorous Modernity. 10. Culture and Civilization III: Civilization. 11. World-time and Life-time. 12. Space, place and home. 13. Law, ethos and ethics. The question of values. 14. Happinessshenticity; an ethics of personality. Selected Bibliography. Index.
£35.10
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Popular Culture
Book SynopsisThis is a rich collection of contemporary perspectives on how culture is produced and commodified using current examples from music, television, magazines, sports, and advertising. Incorporating a variety of theoretical frameworks, the book addresses, in addition, issues of social and cultural diversity in readings by key scholars that are accessible and provocative for both students and academics.Trade Review"In putting together a reader on Hustler, football hooligans, hip-hop, soap operas, and Dolly Parton, Harrington and Bielby demonstrate excellent taste. If you find that statement improbable, you will expand your horizons by taking a look at the superb scholarship contained in this collection. If, on the other hand, you think it perfectly plausible, you will use this book anyway to teach your courses, to guide your research, and to deepen your understanding of the cultural seas in which we all swim." Wendy Griswold, Northwestern University "This book is a most welcome addition to the field of media studies. Harrington and Bielby have chosen wisely by including a range of historical and more contemporary pieces that explore the production-consumption nexus in fresh and innovative ways. Art, music, prime-time television, movies, sports, video games, urban landscapes, all of this and more, will lead students and scholars alike to think comparatively about popular culture." Ron Lembo, Amherst CollegeTable of ContentsList of Contributors. Acknowledgments. 1. Constructing the Popular: Cultural Production and Consumption: C. Lee Harrington and Denise D. Bielby. Part I: What is Popular?:. 2. Making Artistic Music Popular Music: The Goal of True Folk: John Blacking. 3. Batman, Deviance, and Camp: Andy Medhurst. 4. Take Me Out to the Ball Game: The Transformation of Production-Consumption. Relations in Professional Team Sport: Kimberly S. Schimmel. 5. Art Appreciation at Caesar's Palace: Mel McCombie. Part II: Cultural Production/Commodification:. 6. Art as Collection Action: Howard S. Becker. 7. Commodity Lesbianism: Danae Clark. 8. Alternative to What?: Tom Frank. 9. Imagineering the Inner City?: Landscapes of Pleasure and the Commodification of Cultural Spetacle in the Postmodern City: Scott Salmon. Part III: Taste, Reception, and Resistance: . 10. Encoding/Decoding:. Stuart Hall. 11. (Male) Desire and (Female) Disgust: Reading Hustler: Laura Kipnis. 12. Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes: The Cultural Production of Rock and Roll: Harris Friedberg. 13. Site Reading?: Globalization, Identity and the Consumption of Place in Popular Music: Minelle Mahtani and Scott Salmon. 14. Diasporic Noise: History, Hip Hop, and the Post-colonial Politics of Sound: George Lipsitz. Part IV: Authoring Texts/Readers Reading: . 15. The Concept of Formula in the Study of Popular Literature: John G. Cawelti. 16. The Task of the Translator: An Introduction to the Translation of Baudelaire's Tableux Parisien: Walter Benjamin. 17. Intertextuality: John Fiske. 18. On Reading Soaps: A Semiotic Primer: Robert C. Allen. 19. Don't Have to DJ No More: Sampling and the "Autonomous" Creator: David Sanjek. Part V: Celebrity and Fandom:. 20. The Assembly Line of Greatness: Celebrity in Twentieth-Century America: Joshua Gamson. 21. Mountains of Contradictions: Gender, Class, and Region in the Star Image of Dolly Parton: Pamela Wilson. 22. Fandom as Pathology: Joli Jenson. 23. Scottish Fans, not English Hooligans! Scots, Scottishness, and Scottish Football: Gary P. T. Finn and Richard Giulianotti. Index.
£46.50
Wiley Hispanic Latino Identity
Book Synopsis* First book that presents a comprehensive discussion of Hispanic/Latino identity from a philosophical point of view. * Interdisciplinary approach including: philosophy, anthropology, sociology, history and cultural studies. * Introduction to Latino/Hispanic philosophy and thought. .Trade Review"Gracia has written a clear and understandable book that will appeal to general readers and lower-division undergraduates." Choice, March 2000, P. Vila, University of Texas at San Antonio "It would be impossible to overestimate the contribution that Jorge Gracia's book makes to the philosophical fields of ethnic and Hispanic/Latino studies.The book has already succeeded in promoting a lively discussion among leading figures in these fields." The Journal of Speculative Philosophy, Vol. 17, 2003 "In this book Jorge Gracia makes a formidable case for a non-essentialist Hispanic identity. Lurking behind his arguments is a case for rethinking two other kinds of identities - what it means to be an American, and what it means to be a philosopher. Hispanic/Latino Identity: A Philosophical Perspective moves smoothly between these often muddled layers of identity and by the end offers insights that can only be enriching to an American philosophical community typically perceived by non-whites as indifferent, even hostile." Samuel O. Imbo, Essays in Philosophy, Vol. 5, No. 1, January 2004, Book ReviewTable of ContentsPreface. 1. What Should We Call Ourselves?. 2. What's in a Name? The Relation of Names to Identity and Ethnicity. 3. What Makes Us Who We Are? The Key to Our Unity and Diversity. 4. An Illustration: Hispanic Philosophy. 5. Where Do We Come From? Encounters, Inventions, and Mestizaje. 6. The Search for Identity: Latin-America and Its Philosophy. 7. Foreigners in Our Own Land: Hispanics in American Philosophy. Conclusion. Notes. Bibliography. Index of Names. Index of Subjects.
£91.15
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Languages of Archaeology
Book SynopsisThis volume provides a critical examination of the relationship between archaeology and language, analyzing the rhetorical practices through which archaeologists create representations of the past. It examines rhetoric, narrative and dialogue as crucial topics for archaeological reflection.Trade Review"Joyce takes on archaeology's major themes, writing, and practice in her own engaging text. She has indeed produced a telling story. The book disentangles the enmeshed terrain of representation and narrative, and promises to make a lasting contribution to archaeological theory." Lynn Meskell, Columbia University "This is an engaging and readable study of a profoundly neglected topic in archaeology. The Languages of Archaeology constitutes an open and disarmingly honest investigation of how archaeologists write and indeed construct the past through this process. This is a highly innovative and groundbreaking piece of research, in which the aim of retrieving dialogue from its marginalized position is successfully achieved." Stephanie Moser, University of SouthamptonTable of ContentsIntroduction. 1 Introducing the First Voice: Rosemary Joyce. 2 Writing the Field of Archaeology: Rosemary Joyce and Robert W. Preucel. 3 Dialogues Heard and Unheard, Seen and Unseen: Rosemary Joyce. 4 A Second Voice: Crafting Cosmos: Jeanne Lopiparo. 5 Voices Carry Outside the Discipline: Rosemary Joyce, Carolyn Guyer, and Michael Joyce. 6 The Return of the First Voice: Rosemary Joyce. 7 Final Dialogues: Rosemary Joyce. Bibliography.
£45.55
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Genocide
Book SynopsisDuring the 20th century tens of millions of people were annihilated by genocidal regimes. This title lays the foundation for an 'anthropology of genocide' by gathering together the seminal texts for learning about and understanding this phenomenon.Trade Review"An excellent contribution to the field of genocide studies: lucid, wide-ranging, and accessible; should be a core text in any course on genocide." Roger W. Smith, The College of William and Mary "This volume, edited and ably introduced by an important scholar of genocide, is an especially timely and important contribution to a growing field. Essential international documents coupled with an excellent collection of previously published articles attempt to explain genocide and related state violence as the first step towards prevention. This fine book is especially suitable for undergraduate and graduate courses." Carole Nagengast, University of New Mexico "This Reader will be useful for college teachers and novice administrators. Each contribution examines dramatic and controversial issues of immediate concern. While the collection addresses genocidal disasters, its emphasis is on the differences among them, and the varied interpretations that have been made of their causes and their consequences." Journal of the Royal Anthropological InstituteTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. . Introduction: Genocide and Anthropology: Alexander Laban Hinton. Part I: Conceptual Foundations. 1. Genocide. ( Raphaël Lemkin). 2. Text of the UN Genocide Convention. 3. Genocide: Its Political Use in the Twentieth Century. (Leo Kuper). 4. Genocide: A Sociological Perspective. (Helen Fein). 5. Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil. (Hannah Arendt). 6. Modernity and the Holocaust. (Zygmunt Bauman). Part II: Genocide, History, and Modernity. 7. Victims of Progress. (John H. Bodley). 8. Culture of Terror – Space of Death: Roger Casement's Putumayo Report and the Explanation of Torture. (Michael Taussig). 9. National Socialist Germany. (Eric R. Wolf). Part III: Manufacturing Difference and "Purification". 10. "Ethnic Cleansing": A Metaphor for Our Time? (Akbhar S. Ahmed). 11. Imagined Communities and Real Victims: Self-Determination and Ethnic Cleansing in Yugoslavia. (Robert M. Hayden). 12. A Head for an Eye: Revenge in the Cambodian Genocide. (Alexander Laban Hinton). 13. Dead Certainty: Ethnic Violence in the Era of Globalization: Arjun Appadurai. Part IV: Coping and Understanding. 14. Fear as a Way of Life. (Linda Green). 15. The Myth of Global Ethnic Conflict. (John R. Bowen). 16. Speechless Emissaries: Refugees, Humanitarianism, and Dehistoricization. (Liisa H. Malkki). Appendix: Websites on Genocide. Index.
£109.76
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Genocide
Book Synopsis* Gathers key anthropological and interdisciplinary writings on genocide together for the first time and explores attempts to define genocide. * Traces the history of genocide in the 20th century with discussion of the Holocaust, and examples from Bosnia, Cambodia, Africa, and Latin America.Trade Review"An excellent contribution to the field of genocide studies: lucid, wide-ranging, and accessible; should be a core text in any course on genocide." Roger W. Smith, The College of William and Mary "This volume, edited and ably introduced by an important scholar of genocide, is an especially timely and important contribution to a growing field. Essential international documents coupled with an excellent collection of previously published articles attempt to explain genocide and related state violence as the first step towards prevention. This fine book is especially suitable for undergraduate and graduate courses." Carole Nagengast, University of New Mexico "This Reader will be useful for college teachers and novice administrators. Each contribution examines dramatic and controversial issues of immediate concern. While the collection addresses genocidal disasters, its emphasis is on the differences among them, and the varied interpretations that have been made of their causes and their consequences." Journal of the Royal Anthropological InstituteTable of ContentsAcknowledgements vii Introduction: Genocide and Anthropology 1Alexander Laban Hinton Part I: Conceptual Foundations 25 1. Genocide 27Raphaël Lemkin 2. Text of the UN Genocide Convention 43 3. Genocide: Its Political Use in the Twentieth Century 48Leo Kuper 4. Genocide: A Sociological Perspective 74Helen Fein 5. Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil 91Hannah Arendt 6. Modernity and the Holocaust 110Zygmunt Bauman Part II: Genocide, History, and Modernity 135 7. Victims of Progress 137John H. Bodley 8. Culture of Terror – Space of Death: Roger Casement's Putumayo Report and the Explanation of Torture 164Michael Taussig 9. National Socialist Germany 19Eric R. Wolf Part III: Manufacturing Difference and "Purification" 209 10. "Ethnic Cleansing": A Metaphor for Our Time? 211Akbhar S. Ahmed 11. Imagined Communities and Real Victims: Self-Determination and Ethnic Cleansing in Yugoslavia 231 Robert M. Hayden 12. A Head for an Eye: Revenge in the Cambodian Genocide 254Alexander Laban Hinton 13. Dead Certainty: Ethnic Violence in the Era of Globalization 286Arjun Appadurai Part IV: Coping and Understanding 305 14. Fear as a Way of Life 307Linda Green 15. The Myth of Global Ethnic Conflict 334John R. Bowen 16. Speechless Emissaries: Refugees, Humanitarianism, and Dehistoricization 344Liisa H. Malkki Appendix: Websites on Genocide 368 Index 370
£39.85
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Anthropology of Politics
Book SynopsisIn The Anthropology of Politics: A Reader in Ethnography, Theory and Critique, editor Joan Vincent offers her readers a selection of classic and contemporary articles on the anthropology of politics. Her introduction, headnotes, and suggested readings make this an indispensable resource for students, scholars, and instructors alike.Trade Review"The best and most provocative essays by anthropologists on politics, power, colonialism, nationalism, and globalization. This volume showcases the strengths of anthropological analysis: bringing detailed ethnographic and historical analysis to the understanding of the most pressing issues that contemporary societies face." Louise Lamphere, University of New Mexico "Joan Vincent has a rare grasp of anthropology's past and vision of its future. The twenty-first-century renewal of political anthropology will be excellently served by her thoughtful assemblage of foundational texts, modern classics, recent achievements, and current controversies." Ulf Hannerz, Stockholm University "In this incomparable volume, Joan Vincent has brilliantly compiled the key texts in the anthropological study of politics. Suitable as a textbook for the beginning student and as a reference work for the professional academic, it will appeal to scholars in many different disciplines. Not only does this volume provide readers with a genealogy of an anthropological approach to politics, it introduces or reacquaints them with some of its most important contemporary contributors." Akhil Gupta, Stanford UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Introduction (Joan Vincent). Part I: Prelude: The Enlightenment and its Challenges. Introduction. Adam Ferguson, Civil Society (1767). Adam Smith, Free-Market Policies (1776). Immanuel Kant, Perpetual Peace (1795), Universal History with Cosmopolitan Purpose (1784), and Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View (1797). Henry Sumner Maine, The Effects of the Observation of India on European Thought (1887). Lewis Henry Morgan, The Property Career of Mankind (1877). Karl Marx, Spectres outside the Domain of Political Economy (1844). Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The World Market (1847). James Mooney, The Dream of a Redeemer (1896). Part II: Classics and Classics Revisited. Introduction. 1. Nuer Politics: Structure and System (1940) (E.E. Evans-Pritchard). 2. Nuer Ethnicity Militarized (Sharon Elaine Hutchinson). 3. "The Bridge":Analysis of a Social Situation in Zululand (Max Gluckman). 4. "The Bridge" Revisited (Ronald Frankenberg). 5. Market Model, Class Structure and Consent: A Reconsideration of Swat Political Organization (Talal Asad). 6. The Troubles of Ranhamy Ge Punchirala (E. R. Leach). 7. Stratagems and Spoils (F. G. Bailey). 8. Passages, Margins, and Poverty: Religious Symbols of Communitas (Victor W. Turner). 9. Political Anthropology (Marc J. Swartz, Victor W. Turner, and Arthur Tuden). 10. New Proposals for Anthropologists (Kathleen Gough). 11. National Liberation (Eric R. Wolf). Part III: Imperial Times, Colonial Places. Introduction. 12. From the History of Colonial Anthropology to the Anthropology of Western Hegemony (Talal Asad). 13. East of Said (Richard G. Fox). 14. Perceptions of Protest: Defining the Dangerous in Colonial Sumatra (Ann Stoler). 15. Culture of Terror – Space of Death (Michael Taussig). 16. Images of the Peasant in the Consciousness of the Venezuelan Proletariat (William Roseberry). 17. Of Revelation and Revolution (Jean and John Comaroff). 18. Between Speech and Silence (Susan Gal). 19. Facing Power – Old Insights, New Questions (Eric R. Wolf). 20. Ethnographic Aspects of The World Capitalist System (June Nash). Part IV: Cosmopolitics: Confronting a New Millennium. Introduction. 21. The New World Disorder: (Benedict Anderson). 22. Grassroots Globalization and the Research Imagination (Arjun Appadurai). 23. Transnationalization, Socio-political Disorder, and Ethnification as Expressions of Declining Global Hegemony (Jonathan Friedman). 24. Deadly Developments and Phantasmagoric Representations (S. P. Reyna). 25. Modernity at the Edge of Empire (David Nugent). 26. Politics on the Periphery (Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing). 27. Flexible Citizenship among Chinese Cosmopolitans (Aihwa Ong). 28. Long-distance Nationalism Defined (Nina Glick Schiller and Georges Fouron). 29. Theorizing Socialism: A Prologue to the "Transition" (Katherine Verdery). 30. Marx Went Away but Karl Stayed Behind (Caroline Humphrey). 31. The Anti-politics Machine (James Ferguson). 32. Peasants against Globalization (Marc Edelman). 33. On Suffering and Structural Violence: A View from Below (Paul Farmer). 34. Anthropology and Politics: Commitment, Responsibility and the Academy (John Gledhill). 35. Thinking Academic Freedom in Gendered Post-coloniality (Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak). Index.
£107.30
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Anthropology of Politics
Book SynopsisIn The Anthropology of Politics: A Reader in Ethnography, Theory and Critique, editor Joan Vincent offers her readers a selection of classic and contemporary articles on the anthropology of politics. Her introduction, headnotes, and suggested readings make this an indispensable resource for students, scholars, and instructors alike.Trade Review"The best and most provocative essays by anthropologists on politics, power, colonialism, nationalism, and globalization. This volume showcases the strengths of anthropological analysis: bringing detailed ethnographic and historical analysis to the understanding of the most pressing issues that contemporary societies face." Louise Lamphere, University of New Mexico "Joan Vincent has a rare grasp of anthropology's past and vision of its future. The twenty-first-century renewal of political anthropology will be excellently served by her thoughtful assemblage of foundational texts, modern classics, recent achievements, and current controversies." Ulf Hannerz, Stockholm University "In this incomparable volume, Joan Vincent has brilliantly compiled the key texts in the anthropological study of politics. Suitable as a textbook for the beginning student and as a reference work for the professional academic, it will appeal to scholars in many different disciplines. Not only does this volume provide readers with a genealogy of an anthropological approach to politics, it introduces or reacquaints them with some of its most important contemporary contributors." Akhil Gupta, Stanford UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments viii Introduction 1 Joan Vincent Part I Prelude: The Enlightenment and its Challenges 15 Introduction 17 Adam Ferguson, Civil Society (1767) 21 Adam Smith Free-Market Policies (1776) 21 Immanuel Kant, Perpetual Peace (1795), Universal History with Cosmopolitan Purpose (1784), and Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View (1797) 22 Henry Sumner Maine, The Effects of the Observation of India on European Thought (1887) 23 Lewis Henry Morgan, The Property Career of Mankind (1877) 24 Karl Marx, Spectres outside the Domain of Political Economy (1844) 24 Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The World Market (1847) 24 James Mooney, The Dream of a Redeemer (1896) 25 Part II Classics and Classics Revisited 27 Introduction 29 1 Nuer Politics: Structure and System (1940) 34 E. E. Evans-Pritchard 2 Nuer Ethnicity Militarized 39 Sharon Elaine Hutchinson 3 ``The Bridge'': Analysis of a Social Situation in Zululand 53 Max Gluckman 4 ``The Bridge'' Revisited 59 Ronald Frankenberg 5 Market Model, Class Structure and Consent: A Reconsideration of Swat Political Organization 65 Talal Asad 6 The Troubles of Ranhamy Ge Punchirala 82 E. R. Leach 7 Stratagems and Spoils 90 F. G. Bailey 8 Passages, Margins, and Poverty: Religious Symbols of Communitas 96 Victor W. Turner 9 Political Anthropology 102 Marc J. Swartz, Victor W. Turner, and Arthur Tuden 10 New Proposals for Anthropologists 110 Kathleen Gough 11 National Liberation 120 Eric R. Wolf Part III Imperial Times, Colonial Places 127 Introduction 129 12 From the History of Colonial Anthropology to the Anthropology of Western Hegemony 133 Talal Asad 13 East of Said 143 Richard G. Fox 14 Perceptions of Protest: Defining the Dangerous in Colonial Sumatra 153 Ann Stoler 15 Culture of Terror ± Space of Death 172 Michael Taussig 16 Images of the Peasant in the Consciousness of the Venezuelan Proletariat 187 William Roseberry 17 Of Revelation and Revolution 203 Jean and John Comaroff 18 Between Speech and Silence 213 Susan Gal 19 Facing Power ± Old Insights, New Questions 222 Eric R. Wolf 20 Ethnographic Aspects of the World Capitalist System 234 June Nash Part IV Cosmopolitics: Confronting a New Millennium 255 Introduction 257 21 The New World Disorder 261 Benedict Anderson 22 Grassroots Globalization and the Research Imagination 271 Arjun Appadurai 23 Transnationalization, Socio-political Disorder, and Ethnification as Expressions of Declining Global Hegemony 285 Jonathan Friedman 24 Deadly Developments and Phantasmagoric Representations 301 S. P. Reyna 25 Modernity at the Edge of Empire 313 David Nugent 26 Politics on the Periphery 325 Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing 27 Flexible Citizenship among Chinese Cosmopolitans 338 Aihwa Ong 28 Long-distance Nationalism Defined 356 Nina Glick Schiller and Georges Fouron 29 Theorizing Socialism: A Prologue to the ``Transition'' 366 Katherine Verdery 30 Marx Went Away but Karl Stayed Behind 387 Caroline Humphrey 31 The Anti-politics Machine 399 James Ferguson 32 Peasants against Globalization 409 Marc Edelman 33 On Suffering and Structural Violence: A View from Below 424 Paul Farmer 34 Anthropology and Politics: Commitment, Responsibility and the Academy 438 John Gledhill 35 Thinking Academic Freedom in Gendered Post-coloniality 452 Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Index 460
£33.20
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Cultural Bodies
Book SynopsisCultural Bodies: Ethnography and Theory is a unique collection that integrates two increasingly key areas of social and cultural research: the body and ethnography. Breaks new ground in an area of study that continues to be a central theme of debate and research across the humanities and social sciences Draws on ethnography as a useful means of exploring our everyday social and cultural environments Constitutes an important step in developing two key areas of study, the body and ethnography, and the relationship between them Brings together an international and multi-disciplinary team of scholars Trade Review"An interdisciplinary text that offers cutting-edge theoretical and methodological means for analyzing, understanding, and imagining how the body materializes in cultural historical context and practice." Heidi Nast, DePaul University "Bringing together some of the most challenging contemporary research, this theoretical, empirical, experimental work presents a unique interdisciplinary understanding of how the body speaks, moves and interacts. It is fascinating, making visible some of the unknown and unseen parts and wholes of the body by exploring the materiality of physicality." Beverley Skeggs, University of ManchesterTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Notes on Contributors. Introduction. Part I: Ethnography:. 1. Inscriptions of Love: Les Back (Goldsmiths College). 2. From Catwalk to Catalogue: Male Fashion Models, Masculinity and Identity: Joan Entwistle (University of Essex). 3. Reading Racialized Bodies: Learning to See Difference: Suki Ali (Goldsmiths College). 4. Narratives of Embodiment: Body, Aging and Career in Royal Ballet Dancers: Steven P. Wainwright and Bryan S. Turner (King’s College; University of Cambridge). Part II: Ethnography and Theory:. 5. Being a Body in a Cultural Way: Understanding the Cultural in the Embodiment of Dance: Sally Ann Allen Ness (University of California, Riverside). 6. Bare Life: Nigel Thrift (University of Bristol). 7. Lolo’s Breasts, Cyborgism and a Wooden Christ: Simon Shepherd (Central School). 8. Talking Back to Neuro-reductionism: Emily Martin (New York University). Part III: Theory:. 9. Eating for a Living: A Rhizo-ethology of Bodies: Elspeth Probyn (University of Sydney). 10. Health and the Holy in the Afro Brazilian Candomblé: Thomas Csordas (Case Western Reserve University). 11. Here Comes the Sun: Shedding Light on the Cultural Body: Simon Carter and Mike Michael (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Goldsmiths College). 12. Reaching the Body: Future Directions: Jamilah Ahmed. Index
£101.66
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Cultural Bodies
Book SynopsisCultural Bodies: Ethnography and Theory is a unique collection that integrates two increasingly key areas of social and cultural research: the body and ethnography. Breaks new ground in an area of study that continues to be a central theme of debate and research across the humanities and social sciences Draws on ethnography as a useful means of exploring our everyday social and cultural environments Constitutes an important step in developing two key areas of study, the body and ethnography, and the relationship between them Brings together an international and multi-disciplinary team of scholars Trade Review"An interdisciplinary text that offers cutting-edge theoretical and methodological means for analyzing, understanding, and imagining how the body materializes in cultural historical context and practice." Heidi Nast, DePaul University "Bringing together some of the most challenging contemporary research, this theoretical, empirical, experimental work presents a unique interdisciplinary understanding of how the body speaks, moves and interacts. It is fascinating, making visible some of the unknown and unseen parts and wholes of the body by exploring the materiality of physicality." Beverley Skeggs, University of ManchesterTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Notes on Contributors. Introduction. Part I: Ethnography:. 1. Inscriptions of Love: Les Back (Goldsmiths College). 2. From Catwalk to Catalogue: Male Fashion Models, Masculinity and Identity: Joan Entwistle (University of Essex). 3. Reading Racialized Bodies: Learning to See Difference: Suki Ali (Goldsmiths College). 4. Narratives of Embodiment: Body, Aging and Career in Royal Ballet Dancers: Steven P. Wainwright and Bryan S. Turner (King’s College; University of Cambridge). Part II: Ethnography and Theory:. 5. Being a Body in a Cultural Way: Understanding the Cultural in the Embodiment of Dance: Sally Ann Allen Ness (University of California, Riverside). 6. Bare Life: Nigel Thrift (University of Bristol). 7. Lolo’s Breasts, Cyborgism and a Wooden Christ: Simon Shepherd (Central School). 8. Talking Back to Neuro-reductionism: Emily Martin (New York University). Part III: Theory:. 9. Eating for a Living: A Rhizo-ethology of Bodies: Elspeth Probyn (University of Sydney). 10. Health and the Holy in the Afro Brazilian Candomblé: Thomas Csordas (Case Western Reserve University). 11. Here Comes the Sun: Shedding Light on the Cultural Body: Simon Carter and Mike Michael (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Goldsmiths College). 12. Reaching the Body: Future Directions: Jamilah Ahmed. Index
£38.90
John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Psychological Anthropology
Book SynopsisThis Companion provides the first definitive overview of psychocultural anthropology: a subject that focuses on cultural, psychological, and social interrelations across cultures. Brings together original essays by leading scholars in the field Offers an in-depth exploration of the concepts and topics that have emerged through contemporary ethnographic work and the processes of global change Key issues range from studies of consciousness and time, emotion, cognition, dreaming, and memory, to the lingering effects of racism and ethnocentrism, violence, identity and subjectivity Trade ReviewA Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year "This ambitious volume argues for the relevance and necessity for psychocultural perspectives for understanding globalization and its discontents.... I can not do justice here to the intriguing examples, case studies, and discussions of methodologies drawn from the authors' own research that make these essays grounded and engaging reading." (Anthropos, 2009) "Absolutely without an equal among texts in the field ... this volume (is) particularly user friendly for instructors and readers." (Choice) "What a wonderful surprise! Having edited, reviewed and contributed to many anthologies, I approached this Companion skeptically ... But the uniformly high quality of the writing soon won me over ... This volume achieves its goals of introducing new readers to psychological anthropology and of contributing to 'its growing vigor'." (Ethos: Journal of the Society for Psychological Anthropology) "Any publication which draws the attention of psychologists to the existence of other cultures is extremely welcome ... This book can be recommended for its broad coverage and its range of interesting ideas. All university libraries catering for courses in psychology or in any sociological field should consider acquiring a copy." (Reference Reviews)Table of ContentsSynopsis of Contents x Notes on Contributors xvii Acknowledgments xxv Introduction 1 Part I Sensing, Feeling, and Knowing 15 1 Time and Consciousness 17 Kevin Birth 2 An Anthropology of Emotion 30 Charles Lindholm 3 "Effort After Meaning" in Everyday Life 48 Linda C. Garro 4 Culture and Learning 72 Patricia M. Greenfield 5 Dreaming in a Global World 90 Douglas Hollan 6 Memory and Modernity 103 Jennifer Cole Part II Language and Communication 121 7 Narrative Transformations 123 James M. Wilce, Jr. 8 Practical Logic and Autism 140 Elinor Ochs and Olga Solomon 9 Disability: Global Languages and Local Lives 168 Susan Reynolds Whyte Part III Ambivalence, Alienation, and Belonging 183 10 Identity 185 Daniel T. Linger 11 Self and Other in an "Amodern" World 201 A. David Napier 12 Immigrant Identities and Emotion 225 Katherine Pratt Ewing 13 Emotive Institutions 241 Geoffrey M. White 14 Urban Fear of Crime and Violence in Gated Communities 255 Setha M. Low 15 Race: Local Biology and Culture in Mind 274 Atwood D. Gaines 16 Unbound Subjectivities and New Biomedical Technologies 298 Margaret Lock 17 Globalization, Childhood, and Psychological Anthropology 315 Thomas S. Weisner and Edward D. Lowe 18 Drugs and Modernization 337 Michael Winkelman and Keith Bletzer 19 Ritual Practice and Its Discontents 358 Don Seeman 20 Spirit Possession 374 Erika Bourguignon 21 Witchcraft and Sorcery 389 René Devisch Part IV Aggression, Dominance, and Violence 417 22 Genocide and Modernity 419 Alexander Laban Hinton 23 Corporate Violence 436 Howard F. Stein 24 Political Violence 453 Christopher J. Colvin 25 The Politics of Remorse 469 Nancy Scheper-Hughes Afterword 495 Catherine Lutz Index 499
£147.56
John Wiley and Sons Ltd World Culture
Book SynopsisThis book explores the development, content, and impact of world culture. Combining several of the most fruitful theoretical perspectives on world culture, including the world polity approach and globalization theory, the book gives a historical treatment of the development of world culture and assesses the complex impact of world culture on people, organizations, and societies. This is a provocative, synthetic, and grounded interpretation of world culture that is essential for any student or scholar of globalization and world affairs. Traces world culture back from the mid-19th century to the present day Includes numerous illustrations of key issues and empirical research Written in lively, accessible language for the student and general scholar Trade Review"Lechner and Boli's scholarship is extensive, theoretical, abstract and synthetic ... The authors engage in conceptual and theoretical refinement and synthesis of existing scholarship and extend that intellectual frontier with their own substantial contributions. Lechner and Boli ... deserve special commendation for the rich and illuminating historical context and examples." Choice "Lechner and Boli have done their homework and the compendium they offer is valuable in itself." The International History Review "This volume provides a fascinating, and immensely broad-ranging, call to understand the complex inter-relationships between geopolitical forces and those resilient urban lives. Whilst as a source of multiple departures it should be of interest to an equally broad ranging audience, for those particularly curious about the often-neglected ways in which extreme ideologies seek to construct and reconstruct understandings of cities there is much to consider." Andrew Inch, Oxford Brookes UniversityTable of ContentsList of Tables vi Acknowledgments vii List of Abbreviations viii 1 Introduction: The Olympic Games and the Meaning of World Culture 1 2 Analyzing World Culture: Alternative Theories 30 3 Tracing World Culture: A Brief History 60 4 Constructing World Culture: UN Meetings as Global Ritual 81 5 Sustaining World Culture: The Infrastructure of Technology and Organizations 109 6 Differentiating World Culture: National Identity and the Pursuit of Diversity 135 7 Transforming World Culture: The Antiglobalization Movement as Cultural Critique 153 8 Expanding World Culture: Pentecostalism as a Global Movement 173 9 Opposing World Culture: Islamism and the Clash of Civilizations 191 10 Instituting World Culture: The International Criminal Court and Global Governance 215 11 Epilogue: Reflections on World Culture 234 References 241 Index 261
£86.36
John Wiley and Sons Ltd World Culture
Book Synopsis* Explores the development, content, and impact of world culture * Traces world culture back from the mid-19th century to the present day * Includes numerous illustrations of key issues and empirical research * Written in lively, accessible language for the student and general scholar .Trade Review"Lechner and Boli's scholarship is extensive, theoretical, abstract and synthetic ... The authors engage in conceptual and theoretical refinement and synthesis of existing scholarship and extend that intellectual frontier with their own substantial contributions. Lechner and Boli ... deserve special commendation for the rich and illuminating historical context and examples." Choice "Lechner and Boli have done their homework and the compendium they offer is valuable in itself." The International History Review "This volume provides a fascinating, and immensely broad-ranging, call to understand the complex inter-relationships between geopolitical forces and those resilient urban lives. Whilst as a source of multiple departures it should be of interest to an equally broad ranging audience, for those particularly curious about the often-neglected ways in which extreme ideologies seek to construct and reconstruct understandings of cities there is much to consider." Andrew Inch, Oxford Brookes UniversityTable of ContentsList of Tables vi Acknowledgments vii List of Abbreviations viii 1 Introduction: The Olympic Games and the Meaning of World Culture 1 2 Analyzing World Culture: Alternative Theories 30 3 Tracing World Culture: A Brief History 60 4 Constructing World Culture: UN Meetings as Global Ritual 81 5 Sustaining World Culture: The Infrastructure of Technology and Organizations 109 6 Differentiating World Culture: National Identity and the Pursuit of Diversity 135 7 Transforming World Culture: The Antiglobalization Movement as Cultural Critique 153 8 Expanding World Culture: Pentecostalism as a Global Movement 173 9 Opposing World Culture: Islamism and the Clash of Civilizations 191 10 Instituting World Culture: The International Criminal Court and Global Governance 215 11 Epilogue: Reflections on World Culture 234 References 241 Index 261
£29.40
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Blackwell Companion to Modern Irish Culture
Book SynopsisCovers a period from c 1450 to the present and attempts to serve the needs of readers whose interests lie beyond familiar boundaries of Irish culture. This book provides insight into those subjects such as literature and political history. It features coverage of architecture, music, and painting with stress upon their European contexts.Trade Review"Particularly good entries may be found on 'Censorship', 'Suburbs', 'Historians terms', 'Medicine, contributions to', Copyright and piracy in the eighteenth century' and 'Colonisation, theories of', to take just a random selection. The panel of contributors seems very strong and the editor's remarks on them as a body are very interesting. The work is comprehensively indexed (hooray)." Peter J. Guilding, Reference Reviews "McCormack presents a fascinating snapshot of modern Ireland. With its emphasis on Irish culture beyond Yeats and Heaney, this is an invaluable addition to any reference collection." J.J. Doherty, Northern Arizona University "The Companion is a bounteous compilation, from which students and casual readers alike will emerge with a far healthier idea of what has constituted Irish culture in the modern era."The Times Higher Education Supplement "The Blackwell Companion to Modern Irish Culture, edited by W. J. McCormack is particularly useful for basic information on interdisciplinary terms, movements, and other topics. A thorough topic index aids access." Choice "Like most books from this publisher, the Blackwell Companion to Modern Irish Culture is a handsome volume. In its outward appearance, the Companion is an object that book-buying people almost automatically covet". Anglia: Zeitschrift fur Englische PhilologieTable of ContentsIllustrations. Acknowledgements. Introduction. A-Z Entries. Appendix. Select Bibliography of Recent Publications. Index.
£44.60
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Anthropologies of Modernity
Book Synopsis* Treats modernity as an ethnographic object by focusing on its concrete manifestations. * Tackles issues of broad interest: from colonialism and globalization to war, genetics, and AIDS. * Draws on work from North and South America, Europe, Africa, and South and Southeast Asia.Trade Review"This is one of the best collections of its kind. Written by leading anthropologists, this volume takes up Foucault's challenge to modern knowledge and significantly expands the discourse on our current cultural and epistemological predicament."—Bill Maurer, University of California, Irvine "Ranging across colonialism, globalization, technoscience, biosociality, and necropolitics, each gem in this superbly integrated collection demonstrates how anthropologists inspired by Foucault’s ideas about modern government can transcend his Eurocentrism while building on his original provocations."—John Gledhill, University of ManchesterTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors. Acknowledgments. Analytics of Modern: An Introduction. Part I: Colonial Reasons. 1. Colonial Governmentality. (David Scott). 2. Foucault in the Tropics: Displacing the Panopticon. (Peter Redfield). Part II: Global Governance. 3. Graduated Sovereignty in South East Asia. (Aihwa Ong). 4. Spatializing States: Toward an Ethnography of Neoliberal Governmentality. (James Ferguson and Akhil Gupta). Part III: Technico Sciences. 5. Performing Criminal Anthropology: Science, Popular Wisdom, and the Body. (David Horn). 6. Science and Citizenship under Postsocialism. (Adriana Petryna). Part IV: Biosocial Subjects. 7. Artificiality and Enlightenment: From Sociobiology to Biosociality. (Paul Rabinow). 8. Flexible Eugenics: Technologies of Self in the Age of Genetics. (Karen-Sue Taussig, Rayna Rapp, and Deborah Heath). Part V: Necropolitical Projects. 9. Life During Wartime: Guatemala, Vitality, Conspiracy, Milieu. (Diane M. Nelson) 10. Technologies of Invisibility: Politics of Life and Social Inequality. (João Biehl). Index
£86.36
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Anthropologies of Modernity
Book Synopsis* Treats modernity as an ethnographic object by focusing on its concrete manifestations. * Tackles issues of broad interest: from colonialism and globalization to war, genetics, and AIDS. * Draws on work from North and South America, Europe, Africa, and South and Southeast Asia.Trade Review"This is one of the best collections of its kind. Written by leading anthropologists, this volume takes up Foucault's challenge to modern knowledge and significantly expands the discourse on our current cultural and epistemological predicament."—Bill Maurer, University of California, Irvine "Ranging across colonialism, globalization, technoscience, biosociality, and necropolitics, each gem in this superbly integrated collection demonstrates how anthropologists inspired by Foucault’s ideas about modern government can transcend his Eurocentrism while building on his original provocations."—John Gledhill, University of ManchesterTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors. Acknowledgments. Analytics of Modern: An Introduction. Part I: Colonial Reasons. 1. Colonial Governmentality. (David Scott). 2. Foucault in the Tropics: Displacing the Panopticon. (Peter Redfield). Part II: Global Governance. 3. Graduated Sovereignty in South East Asia. (Aihwa Ong). 4. Spatializing States: Toward an Ethnography of Neoliberal Governmentality. (James Ferguson and Akhil Gupta). Part III: Technico Sciences. 5. Performing Criminal Anthropology: Science, Popular Wisdom, and the Body. (David Horn). 6. Science and Citizenship under Postsocialism. (Adriana Petryna). Part IV: Biosocial Subjects. 7. Artificiality and Enlightenment: From Sociobiology to Biosociality. (Paul Rabinow). 8. Flexible Eugenics: Technologies of Self in the Age of Genetics. (Karen-Sue Taussig, Rayna Rapp, and Deborah Heath). Part V: Necropolitical Projects. 9. Life During Wartime: Guatemala, Vitality, Conspiracy, Milieu. (Diane M. Nelson) 10. Technologies of Invisibility: Politics of Life and Social Inequality. (João Biehl). Index
£34.15
John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to the Anthropology of Japan
Book SynopsisA Companion to the Anthropology of Japan is an unprecedented collection of original essays by some of the field's most distinguished scholars of Japan which, taken together, offer a comprehensive overview of the field.Trade Review"This groundbreaking symposium will serve scholars well as a reference volume ... Challenging yet accessible, this is essential stock for all academic libraries, and for reference libraries with any interest in disciplines spanned or in Far East Studies. Blackwell Companions are setting an admirable standard as they blaze new trails." Reference Reviews "This is a handsomely produced volume in the recently launched Blackwell series of companions to the major fields of anthropology. ... Well-written and comprehensively documented." Ethnic and Racial Studies “Despite the magnitude of the task, Robertson has succeeded in this collection. Taken together, these 29 original chapters provide historical and theoretical grounding across a range of subjects. The diverse approaches taken here offer insight into a great variety of cultural aspects and social players, but articulate a ‘Japan’ that eludes any claims of homogeneity.” Steffi Richter, Universität Leipzig “This Companion provides amazingly wide coverage on contemporary Japan. What's more, it challenges the very idea of anthropology in interesting ways. Although written by experts in the field, it will be of such great interest to students and others new to the field that it may well spark the imagination of the next Ruth Benedict in the making.” Kazue Muta, Osaka University “A Companion to the Anthropology of Japan is a rich collection by Japanese and international researchers that demystifies Japanese culture and society. Challenging static and ahistorical perceptions of Japan, it ranges widely across space and time to provide an innovative and critical study of minorities, gender, culture, education, family, ritual, citizenship, and more.” Mark Selden, Binghamton and Cornell Universities "This is without doubt a creative, informative, and conscientiously argued book from which anthropologists and other students of Japan will have much to learn." Current AnthropologyTable of ContentsSynopsis of Contents viii Notes on Contributors xviii Part I: Introduction 1 1 Introduction: Putting and Keeping Japan in Anthropology 3Jennifer Robertson Part II: Cultures, Histories, and Identities 17 2 The Imperial Past of Anthropology in Japan 19Katsumi Nakao 3 Japanese Archaeology and Cultural Properties Management: Prewar Ideology and Postwar Legacies 36Walter Edwards 4 Feminism, Timelines, and History-Making 50Tomomi Yamaguchi 5 Making Majority Culture 59Roger Goodman 6 Political and Cultural Perspectives on ‘‘Insider’’ Minorities 73Joshua Hotaka Roth 7 Japan’s Ethnic Minority: Koreans 89Sonia Ryang 8 Shifting Contours of Class and Status 104Glenda S. Roberts 9 The Anthropology of Japanese Corporate Management 125Tomoko Hamada 10 Fashioning Cultural Identity: Body and Dress 153Ofra Goldstein-Gidoni 11 Genders and Sexualities 167Sabine Fru¨hstu¨ck Part III: Geographies and Boundaries, Spaces and Sentiments 183 12 On the ‘‘Nature’’ of Japanese Culture, or, Is There a Japanese Sense of Nature? 185D. P. Martinez 13 The Rural Imaginary: Landscape, Village, Tradition 201Scott Schnell 14 Tokyo’s Third Rebuilding: New Twists on Old Patterns 218Roman Cybriwsky 15 Japan’s Global Village: A View from the World of Leisure 231Joy Hendry Part IV: Socialization, Assimilation, and Identification 245 16 Formal Caring Alternatives: Kindergartens and Day-Care Centers 247Eyal Ben-Ari 17 Post-Compulsory Schooling and the Legacy of Imperialism 261Brian J. McVeigh 18 Theorizing the Cultural Importance of Play: Anthropological Approaches to Sports and Recreation of Japan 279Elise Edwards 19 Popular Entertainment and the Music Industry 297Shuhei Hosokawa 20 There’s More than Manga: Popular Nonfiction Books and Magazines 314Laura Miller Part V: Body, Blood, Self, and Nation 327 21 Biopower: Blood, Kinship, and Eugenic Marriage 329Jennifer Robertson 22 The Ie (Family) in Global Perspective 355Emiko Ochiai 23 Constrained Person and Creative Agent: A Dying Student’s Narrative of Self and Others 380Susan Orpett Long 24 Nation, Citizenship, and Cinema 400Aaron Gerow 25 Culinary Culture and the Making of a National Cuisine 415Katarzyna Cwiertka Part VI: Religion and Science, Beliefs and Bioethics 429 26 Historical, New, and ‘‘New’’ New Religions 431Ian Reader 27 Folk Religion and its Contemporary Issues 452Noriko Kawahashi 28 Women Scientists and Gender Ideology 467Sumiko Otsubo 29 Preserving Moral Order: Responses to Biomedical Technologies 483Margaret Lock Index 501
£147.56
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Sociology of the Arts
Book SynopsisThis is a comprehensive overview of the sociology of art and an authoritative work of scholarship by a leading expert in the field. The international selection of perspectives, empirical research, and case studies makes this book essential for teaching and studying the sociology of art. Synthesizes the various theoretical models of art sociology. Provides empirical examples of books, films, television shows, dance, and music, as well as exemplars of sociological work on the arts. Discusses works from both fine and popular ends of the cultural spectrum. Explores how art is created, distributed, received, consumed, and used by people who experience it. Trade Review"In the twenty-five years that I have worked and taught in the field of sociology, this is the first textbook that I can remember enjoying and learning a lot from. Alexander’s Sociology of the Arts brings to life both cutting-edge research and classic works in the sociology of literature, music, art, and popular culture. Students will discover what fascinating things researchers have learned by studying the arts sociologically. And specialists will know what is happening in the forefront of the field." Ann Swidler, University of California at Berkeley "Sociology of the Arts is a most welcome addition to the field. With a high level of sophistication, but without unnecessary jargon, Dr. Alexander clearly lays out the different frameworks of analysis that have emerged in recent years." Vera Zolberg, New School for Social Research "This is an informative and thoughtful text for courses in the sociology of art." D. Harper, Univesity of RochesterTable of ContentsPreface. 1. Introduction: What is Art?. Part I: The Relationship between Art and Society. 2. Reflection Approaches. Case Study. The Reflection of Race in Children's Books. 3. Shaping Theory. Case Study. Violence and Television. 4. A Mediated View: The Cultural Diamond. Part II: The Cultural Diamond. A. The Production of Culture. 5. Art Worlds. Case Study. From Academy to Public Sale. 6. Culture Industries. Case Study. Innovation and Diversity in the Production of Music. 7. Networks and Nonprofits. Case Study. Piccolos on the Picket Line: A Strike in the Symphony. 8. Artists. Case Study. Nothing Succeeds Like Success: Careers in the Film Industry. 9. Globalization. Case Study. The Return of the Elgin (or Parthenon) Marbles?. B. The Consumption of Culture. 10. Reception Approaches. Case Study. Romance Novels as Combat and Compensation. 11. Audience Studies. Case Study. Cowboys, Indians, and Western Movies. 12. Art and Social Boundaries. Case Study. Framing Heavy Metal and Rap Music. Part III: Art in Society. 13. The Art Itself. Case Study. The Renaissance Way of Seeing. 14. The Constitution of Art in Society. Case Study. A Strange Sensation: Controversies in Art. Part IV: Conclusion. 15. Studying Art Sociologically. Notes. References.
£104.36
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Art and Its Publics
Book SynopsisBringing together essays by museum professionals and academics from both sides of the Atlantic, Art and its Publics tackles current issues confronting the museum community and seeks to further the debate between theory and practice around the most pressing of contemporary concerns.Trade Review"This book deserves a place on the museum-studies reading list and on the bookshelf of anyone seriously interested in the cultural place of museums today. Its lucid, observant essays take an informed look at a now ubiquitous institution, offering new points of view about the nature of the museum experience. Art and its Publics provides a welcome corrective to the presumption that art museums are monolithic institutions that narrowly control the perceptions and discussions of their visitors." Diana Strazdes, University of California, Davis "Art and its Publics launches a much-needed exploration of art's audiences beginning with McClellan's ‘A Brief History of the Art Museum Public,’ an essay which is well worth the book's price alone." Jeffrey Abt, Wayne State University "A stimulating and provocative review of the range of diverse exhibition strategies used by art museum curators as they endeavor to engage multiple audiences in different aspects of art." Eilean Hooper-Greenhill, University of LeicesterTable of ContentsList of Illustrations. List of Contributors. Series Editor's Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. A Brief History of the Art Museum Public: Andrew McClellan (Tufts University). 3. Having One’s Tate and Eating It: Transformations of the Museum in a Hypermodern Era: Nick Prior (University of Edinburgh). 4. Museums: Theory, Practice and Illusion: Danielle Rice (Philadelphia Museum of Art). 5. Norman Rockwell at the Guggenheim: Alan Wallach (College of William and Mary). 6. The Return to Curiosity: Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Museum Display: Stephen Bann (Bristol University). 7. Museum Sight: Anne Higonnet (Wellesley College). 8. Sacred to Profane and Back Again: Ivan Gaskell (Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University). 9. From Theory to Practice: Exhibiting African Art in the Twenty-first Century: Christa Clarke (Neuberger Museum of Art, SUNY). 10. Reframing Public Art: Audience Use, Interpretation, and Appreciation: Harriet F. Senie (CUNY). Bibliography. Index.
£36.05
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Hidden Life of Girls
Book SynopsisWinner of the Best Book of2008 from The International Gender and Language Association In this ground-breaking ethnography of girls on a playground, Goodwin offers a window into their complex social worlds. Combats stereotypes that have dominated theories on female moral development by challenging the notion that girls are inherently supportive of each other Examines the stances that girls on a playground in a multicultural school setting assume and shows how they position themselves in their peer groups Documents the language practices and degradation rituals used to sanction friends and to bully others Part of the Blackwell Studies in Discourse and Culture Series Trade Review"It is impressive how Goodwin entwines an enormous breadth of literature from anthropology, sociology, education and linguistics into a systematic and persuasive explication of the linguistic and social practices recorded.... Highly recommendable." (Discourse & Society, May 2008) ” The book offers both rich and rigorous ways of looking at children's naturally situated conduct that speak(s) to larger concerns of social science research.” "It is clearly of great value to students of language and social interaction, interpersonal communication scholars, and researchers concerned with the development of communication competence or with group processes…” (International Journal of Communication) "This book is a gold-mine. It is a rich source of data for anyone who is interested in how embodiment actually works in practice and who needs to understand, therefore, how social categories are not pre-existing structures." (Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, December 2008) "Goodwin has offered scholars an innovative, interdisciplinary and very meticulously articulated piece of work." (Journal of Sociolinguistics, November 2008) “A powerful [and] provocative read… Highly recommended” (Choice) “Hidden Life develops into an engrossing read … .One of Hidden Life’s strengths is Goodwin’s diverse sample of Latino, Asian, African American, and Caucasian girls.” (Feminist Collections) “Rich analysis … .Full of rich and diverse data … and important policy recommendations. Shines a bright light on the complexity … of preadolescent girls.” (Sex Roles)Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables. Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. Introduction. 2. Multimodality, Conflict, and Rationality in Girls’ Games. 3. Social Dimensions of a Popular Girls’ Clique. 4. Social Organization, Opposition, and Directives in the Game of Jump Rope. 5. Language Practices for Indexing Social Status: Stories, Descriptions, Brags, and Comparisons. 6. Stance and Structure in Assessment and Gossip Activity. 7. Constructing Social Difference and Exclusion in Girls’ Groups. 8. Conclusion. Appendix A: Transcription Symbols. Appendix B: Jump Rope Rhymes. Notes. References. Author Index. Subject Index
£80.96
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Hidden Life of Girls
Book SynopsisWinner of the Best Book of2008 from The International Gender and Language Association In this ground-breaking ethnography of girls on a playground, Goodwin offers a window into their complex social worlds. Combats stereotypes that have dominated theories on female moral development by challenging the notion that girls are inherently supportive of each other Examines the stances that girls on a playground in a multicultural school setting assume and shows how they position themselves in their peer groups Documents the language practices and degradation rituals used to sanction friends and to bully others Part of the Blackwell Studies in Discourse and Culture Series Trade Review“Important [and] groundbreaking work, combining ethnography and the close study of social interaction. Written with wonderfully clear prose, it will make an excellent textbook for undergraduate courses on language and social interaction, the ethnography of communication, and linguistic anthropology. I can attest also to its appropriateness for graduate level classes-I found that it prompted extensive discussion on a wide range of topics … .It goes without saying that this is required reading for anyone who studies either gender or children or both from an anthropological, psychological, or sociological perspective.” (Journal of Anthropological Research, November 2008) “Combining ethnographic fieldwork in neighborhood and school grounds with micro-analysis of both discursive and non-discursive situated practices, it offers a powerful and rare look into the social dynamics of girls' social life. The author moves within and between the various data sets she has gathered over the years with elegance, offering multifaceted analyses of particular interactional moments and communicative practices in ways that make them speak to and illuminate each other. The book, then, offers both rich and rigorous ways of looking at children's naturally situated conduct that speak to larger concerns of social science research. It is clearly of great value to students of language and social interaction, interpersonal communication scholars, and researchers concerned with the development of communication competence or with group processes, to mention but some of the more obvious subfields in our discipline for which this book will prove to be a great asset.” (International Journal of Communication, Spring 2008) “A powerful [and] provocative read… Highly recommended” (Choice) “Hidden Life develops into an engrossing read … .One of Hidden Life’s strengths is Goodwin’s diverse sample of Latino, Asian, African American, and Caucasian girls.” (Feminist Collections) “Rich analysis … .Full of rich and diverse data … and important policy recommendations. Shines a bright light on the complexity … of preadolescent girls.” (Sex Roles)Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables. Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. Introduction. 2. Multimodality, Conflict, and Rationality in Girls’ Games. 3. Social Dimensions of a Popular Girls’ Clique. 4. Social Organization, Opposition, and Directives in the Game of Jump Rope. 5. Language Practices for Indexing Social Status: Stories, Descriptions, Brags, and Comparisons. 6. Stance and Structure in Assessment and Gossip Activity. 7. Constructing Social Difference and Exclusion in Girls’ Groups. 8. Conclusion. Appendix A: Transcription Symbols. Appendix B: Jump Rope Rhymes. Notes. References. Author Index. Subject Index
£31.30
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Homegirls
Book SynopsisIn this ground-breaking new book on the Norteña and Sureña (North/South) youth gang dynamic, cultural anthropologist and linguist Norma Mendoza-Denton looks at the daily lives of young Latinas and their innovative use of speech, bodily practices, and symbolic exchanges that signal their gang affiliations and ideologies. Her engrossing ethnographic and sociolinguistic study reveals the connection of language behavior and other symbolic practices among Latina gang girls in California, and their connections to larger social processes of nationalism, racial/ethnic consciousness, and gender identity. An engrossing account of the Norte and Sur girl gangs - the largest Latino gangs in California Traces how elements of speech, bodily practices, and symbolic exchanges are used to signal social affiliation and come together to form youth gang styles Explores the relationship between language and the body: one of the most striking aspects of the tattoos, make-up,Trade Review"Homegirls should rock the very foundations of criminological understandings of gangs, especially concerning female gang members. If scientific rigor increases the book's impact, no one should begrudge Mendoza-Denton the specialization of the latter chapters. In any case, this is a book about much more than language-or perhaps it reveals language to be much more than we think-and it is well worth picking up for an enlightening glimpse of a population that has been ascribed infamy without being known much at al." (American Studies Journal, 1 March 2009) "Homegirls, an experimental sociolinguistic ethnography of subaltern others, spans a decade of research by a woman who is keen to examine her position as an outsider/insider in the research process and the identity formation of her participants: female gang members.” (American Journal of Sociology, September 2009) “Part reflexive narrative, part engaging ethnography, part fine-grained sociolinguistic study, and part riveting disquisition on the politics of eyeliner, this delightful book twinkles with wit and blazes with empathy and intelligence.” Don Kulick, New York University “Wonderfully written and as riveting as a novel, Homegirls provides a unique window on the linguistic and ethnographic patterns – and their interrelationship – of Northern California Mexican-American high school students who are members of girl gangs. It's sure to become a classic.” Deborah Tannen, Georgetown University “Mendoza-Denton provides an extraordinary fusion of ethnographic insight and sociolinguistic analysis. I know of no better demonstration of how linguistic and cultural variables are entwined in social interaction.” William Labov, University of Pennsylvania "A landmark work in sociocultural linguistics! The breadth and depth are spectacular and the humanistic presentation makes the description captivatingly accessible to both a professional and a public audience." Walt Wolfram, North Carolina State University provides a stunning and innovative linguistic, anthro-political ethnography of how gang-affiliated Latina girls talk, dress, and interact. It is certain to become a classic in the fields of sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology.” Marjorie Goodwin, University of California, Los Angeles Table of ContentsList of Figures viii List of Tables x Acknowledgments xi Acknowledgment of Sources xiv Introduction 1 1 La Migra 10 2 Beginning Fieldwork 42 3 Norte and Sur: Government, School, and Research Perspectives 76 4 Hemispheric Localism: Language, Racialized Nationalism, and the Politicization of Youth 101 5 "Muy Macha": Gendered Performances and the Avoidance of Social Injury 148 6 Smile Now Cry Later: Memorializing Practices Linking Language, Materiality, and Embodiment 176 7 Icons and Exemplars: Ethnographic Approaches in Variationist Sociolinguistics 207 8 Variation in a Community of Practice 230 9 "That's the Whole Thing [tin]!": Discourse Markers and Teenage Speech 265 10 Conclusion 292 References 297 Appendix 324 Index 328
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Homegirls
Book SynopsisIn this ground-breaking new book on the Nortena and Surena (North/South) youth gang dynamic, cultural anthropologist and linguist Norma Mendoza-Denton looks at the daily lives of young Latinas and their innovative use of speech, bodily practices, and symbolic exchanges that signal their gang affiliations and ideologies.Trade Review"Homegirls should rock the very foundations of criminological understandings of gangs, especially concerning female gang members. If scientific rigor increases the book's impact, no one should begrudge Mendoza-Denton the specialization of the latter chapters. In any case, this is a book about much more than language-or perhaps it reveals language to be much more than we think-and it is well worth picking up for an enlightening glimpse of a population that has been ascribed infamy without being known much at al." (American Studies Journal, 1 March 2009) "Homegirls, an experimental sociolinguistic ethnography of subaltern others, spans a decade of research by a woman who is keen to examine her position as an outsider/insider in the research process and the identity formation of her participants: female gang members.” (American Journal of Sociology, September 2009) “Part reflexive narrative, part engaging ethnography, part fine-grained sociolinguistic study, and part riveting disquisition on the politics of eyeliner, this delightful book twinkles with wit and blazes with empathy and intelligence.” Don Kulick, New York University “Wonderfully written and as riveting as a novel, Homegirls provides a unique window on the linguistic and ethnographic patterns – and their interrelationship – of Northern California Mexican-American high school students who are members of girl gangs. It's sure to become a classic.” Deborah Tannen, Georgetown University “Mendoza-Denton provides an extraordinary fusion of ethnographic insight and sociolinguistic analysis. I know of no better demonstration of how linguistic and cultural variables are entwined in social interaction.” William Labov, University of Pennsylvania "A landmark work in sociocultural linguistics! The breadth and depth are spectacular and the humanistic presentation makes the description captivatingly accessible to both a professional and a public audience." Walt Wolfram, North Carolina State University provides a stunning and innovative linguistic, anthro-political ethnography of how gang-affiliated Latina girls talk, dress, and interact. It is certain to become a classic in the fields of sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology.” Marjorie Goodwin, University of California, Los Angeles Table of ContentsList of Figures viii List of Tables x Acknowledgments xi Acknowledgment of Sources xiv Introduction 1 1 La Migra 10 2 Beginning Fieldwork 42 3 Norte and Sur: Government, School, and Research Perspectives 76 4 Hemispheric Localism: Language, Racialized Nationalism, and the Politicization of Youth 101 5 "Muy Macha": Gendered Performances and the Avoidance of Social Injury 148 6 Smile Now Cry Later: Memorializing Practices Linking Language, Materiality, and Embodiment 176 7 Icons and Exemplars: Ethnographic Approaches in Variationist Sociolinguistics 207 8 Variation in a Community of Practice 230 9 "That's the Whole Thing [tin]!": Discourse Markers and Teenage Speech 265 10 Conclusion 292 References 297 Appendix 324 Index 328
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Companion to Afr Amer Studies
Book SynopsisA Companion to African-American Studies is an exciting and comprehensive re-appraisal of the history and future of African American studies. Contains original essays by expert contributors in the field of African-American Studies Creates a groundbreaking re-appraisal of the history and future of the field Includes a series of reflections from those who established African American Studies as a bona fide academic discipline Captures the dynamic interaction of African American Studies with other fields of inquiry. Trade Review“An excellent … resource … edited with an excellent introduction by Lewis R. Gordon and Jane Anna Gordon, which includes articles by a wide range of scholars that document the development of black studies in the United States and outline the trajectories of the field in all its multi-genre richness.” (Year's Work in English Studies, November 2008)Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors. Preface and Acknowledgments. Note on the Text. Introduction: On Working through a Most Difficult Terrain. (Lewis R. Gordon and Jane Anna Gordon). Part I: Stones That Former Builders Refused. 1. On My First Acquaintance with Black Studies: A Yale Story. (Houston Baker, Jr.). 2. Sustaining Africology: On the Creation and Development of a Discipline. (Molefi Kete Asante). 3. Dreams, Nightmares, and Realities: Afro-American Studies at Brown University, 1969-1986. (Rhett Jones). 4. Black Studies in the Whirlwind: A Retrospective View. (Charlotte Morgan-Cato). 5. From the Birth to a Mature Afro-American Studies at Harvard, 1969-2002. (Martin Kilson). 6. Black Studies and Ethnic Studies: The Crucible of Knowledge and Social Action. (Johnnella E. Butler). 7. A Debate on Activism in Black Studies. (Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Manning Marable). 8. Singing the Challenges: The Arts and Humanities as Collaborative Sites in African American Studies. (Herman Beavers). 9. On How We Mistook the Map for the Territory, and Re-Imprisoned Ourselves in Our Unbearable Wrongness of Being, of Desêtre: Black Studies Toward the Human Project. (Sylvia Wynter). 10. The New Auction Block: Blackness and the Marketplace. (Hazel V. Carby). 11. Black Studies, Black Professors, and the Struggles of Perception. (Nell Irvin Painter). 12. Autobiography of an Ex-White Man. (Robert Paul Wolff). Part II: Such Fertile Fields. . .. A The Blues Are Brewing . . . for a Humanistic Humanism. 13. Homage to Mistress Wheatley . (Rowan Ricardo Phillips). 14. Toni Cade Bambara's Those Bones Are Not My Child: Placing the Humanities at the Core of Black Studies. (Joyce Ann Joyce). 15. Jazz Consciousness. (Paul Austerlitz). B What Does It Mean to Be a Problem?. 16. Afro-American Studies and the Rise of African-American Philosophy. (Paget Henry). 17. Sociology and the African Diaspora Experience . (Tukufu Zuberi). 18. Suicide in Black and White: Theories and Statistics. (Alvin Poussaint and Amy Alexander). 19. Some Reflections on Challenges Posed to Social-Scientific Method by the Study of Race. (Jane Anna Gordon). 20. African-American Queer Studies . (David Ross Fryer). 21. Black Studies, Race, and Critical Race Theory: A Narrative Deconstruction of Law . (Clevis Headley). C Having Hitherto Interpreted the World, the Point is to Change It. 22. Unthinkable History?: Some Reflections on the Haitian Revolution, Historiography, and Modernity on the Periphery. (Sibylle Fischer). 23. Historical Consciousness in the Relation of African-American Studies to Modernity. (Stefan M. Wheelock). 24. An Emerging Mosaic: Rewriting Postwar African-American History. (Peniel E. Joseph). 25. Reflections on African-American Political Thought: The Many Rivers of Freedom. (B. Anthony Bogues). 26. Politics of Knowledge: Black Policy Professionals in the Managerial Age. (Floyd Hayes, III). D Not by Bread Alone. 27. From the Nile to the Niger: The Evolution of African Spiritual Concepts. (Charles Finch, III). 28. Three Rival Narratives of Black Religion. (William D. Hart). 29. Babel in the North: Black Migration, Moral Community, and the Ethics of Racial Authenticity. (Eddie S. Glaude, Jr). 30. Orienting Afro-American Judaism: A Critique of White Normativity in Literature on Black Jews in America. (Walter Isaac). Part III: Creolization and the Geography of Reason. 31. Playing with the Dark: The Deployment of Blackness and Brownness in the Africana and Latino Literary Imaginations. (Claudia M. Milian Arias). 32. Africana Studies: The International Context and Boundaries. (Anani Dzidzienyo). 33. Africana Thought and African-Diasporic Studies. (Lewis R. Gordon). Works Cited. Index.
£144.85
Harvard University Press The Sociology of Philosophies
Book SynopsisCollins traces the movement of philosophical thought in ancient Greece, China, Japan, India, the medieval Islamic and Jewish world, medieval Christendom, and modern Europe. He focuses on the social locations where sophisticated ideas are formed: the patterns of intellectual networks and their inner divisions and conflicts.Trade ReviewNo sociologist who is seriously concerned with understanding intellectual life can afford to ignore it… Randall Collins has rendered a service to sociology second to none. * Canadian Journal of Sociology *The one work that all sociologists of ideas, novices and veterans alike, hereafter must read… It is beyond question Randall Collins’ masterpiece. * European Journal of Sociology *[A] rich, systematic and empirically grounded account of intellectual change in three civilizations. The Sociology of Philosophies is an ambitious, comprehensive, and brilliant account of the rationalization process of three world philosophies: Western, Indian, and Asian. In Collins’ analysis, this developmental process is shown to be generated via social and conceptual networks… The book expounds upon an immense range of intellectual history, and certainly makes inspiring and interesting reading. And, despite the heavy subject and incredible scope, Collins’ writing style resembles an oral lecture more than an abstruse disquisition. * European Sociological Review *This astonishing book testifies to decades of research through the greater part of philosophy—East and West… It reaches out to the ordinary reader, who could acquire a rich education in the humanities just by following it through. * Library Journal *What an impressive book Randall Collins has written…so broadly learned, so ambitious in its analysis, and readable to boot!The Sociology of Philosophies is a truly astonishing work of scholarship based on a vast global erudition…it offers rich, highly illuminating and provocative insights on a vast array of topics.Table of Contents* Preface * Acknowledgments * Introduction The Skeleton of Theory * Coalitions in the Mind * General Theory of Interaction Rituals * The Interaction Rituals of Intellectuals * The Opportunity of Structure * The Sociology of Thinking * Networks across the Generations * The Rarity of Major Creativity * Who Will Be Remembered * What Do Minor Philosophers Do? * The Structural Mold of Intellectual Life: Long-Term Chains in China and Greece * The Importance of Personal Ties * The Structural Crunch * Partitioning Attention Space: The Case of Ancient Greece * The Intellectual Law of Small Numbers * The Forming of an Argumentative Network and the Launching of Greek Philosophy * How Long Do Organized Schools Last? * Small Numbers Crisis and the Creativity of the Post-Socratic Generation * The Hellenic Realignment of Positions * The Roman Base and the Second Realignment * The Stimulus of Religious Polarization * The Showdown of Christianity versus the Pagan United Front * Two Kinds of Creativity Comparative History of Intellectual Communities Part I: Asian Paths * Innovation by Opposition: Ancient China * The Sequence of Oppositions in Ancient China * Centralization in the Han Dynasty: The Forming of Official Confucianism and Its Opposition * The Changing Landscape of External Supports * The Gentry-Official Culture: The Pure Conversation Movement and the Dark Learning * Class Culture and the Freezing of Creativity in Indigenous Chinese Philosophy * External and Internal Politics of the Intellectual World: India * Sociopolitical Bases of Religious Ascendancies * Religious Bases of Philosophical Factions: Divisions and Recombination of Vedic Ritualists * The Crowded Competition of the Sages * Monastic Movements and the Ideal of Meditative Mysticism * Anti-monastic Opposition and the Forming of Hindu Lay Culture * Partitioning and the Intellectual Attention Space * The Buddhist-Hindu Watershed * The Post-Buddhist Resettlement of Intellectual Territories * Scholasticism and Syncretism in the Decline of Hindu Philosophy * Revolutions of the Organizational Base: Buddhist and Neo-Confucian China * Buddhism and the Organizational Transformation of Medieval China * Intellectual Foreign Relations of Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism * Creative Philosophies in Chinese Buddhism * The Ch'an (Zen) Revolution * The Neo-Confucian Revival * The Weak Continuity of Chinese Metaphysics * Innovation through Conservatism: Japan * Japan as Transformer of Chinese Buddhism * The Inflation of Zen Enlightenment and the Scholasticization of Koan * Tokugawa as a Modernizing Society * The Divergence of Secularist Naturalism and Neoconservatism * Conservatism and Intellectual Creativity * The Myth of the Opening of Japan Conclusion to Part I: The Ingredients of Intellectual Life Comparative History of Intellectual Communities Part II: Western Paths * Tensions of Indigenous and Imported Ideas: Islam, Judaism, Christendom * Philosophy within a Religious Context * The Muslim World: An Intellectual Community Anchored by a Politicized Religion * Four Factions * Realignment of Factions in the 900s * The Culmination of the Philosophical Networks: Ibn Sina and al-Ghazali * Routinization of Sufis and Scholastics * Spain as the Hinge of Medieval Philosophy * Coda: Are Idea Imports a Substitute for Creativity? * Academic Expansion as a Two-Edged Sword: Medieval Christendom * The Organizational Bases of Christian Thought * The Inner Autonomy of the University * The Breakup of Theological Philosophy * Intellectuals as Courtiers: The Humanists * The Question of Intellectual Stagnation * Coda: The Intellectual Demoralization of the Late Twentieth Century * Cross-Breeding Networks and Rapid-Discovery Science * A Cascade of Creative Circles * Philosophical Connections of the Scientific Revolution * Three Revolutions and Their Networks * The Mathematicians * The Scientific Revolution * The Philosophical Revolution: Bacon and Descartes * Secularization and Philosophical Meta-territoriality * Secularization of the Intellectual Base * Geopolitics and Cleavages within Catholicism * Reemergence of the Metaphysical Field * Jewish Millennialism and Spinoza's Religious of Reason * Leibniz's Mathematical Metaphysics * Rival Philosophies upon the Space of Religious Toleration * Deism and the Independence of Value Theory * The Reversal of Alliances * Anti-modernist Modernism and the Anti-scientific Opposition * The Triumph of Epistemology * Intellectuals Take Control of Their Base: The German University Revolution * The German Idealist Movement * Philosophy Captures the University * Idealism as Ideology of the University Revolution * Political Crisis as the Outer Layer of Causality * The Spread of the University Revolution * The Post-revolutionary Condition: Boundaries as Philosophical Puzzles * Meta-territories upon the Science-Philosophy Border * The Social Invention of Higher Mathematics * The Logicism of Russell and Wittgenstein * The Vienna Circle as a Nexus of Struggles * The Ordinary Language Reaction against Logical Formalism * Wittgenstein's Tortured Path * Form Mathematical Foundations Crisis to Husserl's Phenomenology * Heidegger: Catholic Anti-modernism Intersects the Phenomenological Movement * Division of the Phenomenological Movement * The Ideology of the Continental-Anglo Split Meta-Reflection * Sequence and Branch in the Social Production of Ideas * The Continuum of Abstraction and Reflexivity * Three Pathways: Cosmological, Epistemological-Metaphysical, Mathematical * The Future of Philosophy * Epilogue: Sociological Realism * The Sociological Cogito * Mathematics as Communicative Operations * The Objects of Rapid-Discovery Science * Why Should Intellectual Networks Undermine Themselves? * Appendices * The Clustering of Contemporaneous Creativity * The Incompleteness of Our Historical Picture * Keys to Figures * Notes * References * Index of Persons * Index of Subjects
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