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Book SynopsisIn this major contribution to debates about English identity, leading theorist Robert J.C. Young argues that Englishness was never really about England at all. In the nineteenth century, it was rather developed as a form of long-distance identity for the English diaspora around the world.Trade Review"Nonetheless, The Idea of English Ethnicity remains an eloquent and powerfully-argued analysis of Victorian ideas of Englishness and race. Perhaps the book's greatest achievement is the extent to which it succeeds, despite the uncertainties and ambiguities surrounding its central thesis, in convincing the reader that the Victorians did indeed lay the foundations for a ‘continuing tradition of flexibility and comprehension' that contributed to the subsequent development of ‘a tolerant multiracial society' (239)." (Oxford Journal, 1 March 2011) "In The Idea of English Ethnicity Young is about his best largely because it is focused and his conclusions are uncluttered." (Multiculturalism, October 2010)"For the Brontë reader, the topic of ethnicity remains an intriguing one. [With] Young's suggestion that Englishness is not about race but is a translatable quality, we can identify the sisters as English. … Young's book gives us another opportunity to consider how English the Brontë sisters really were." (Brontë Studies, November 2009) "A well-written, superbly readable and ... well structured presentation of the concepts of English ethnicity in the 19th Century. ... A worthwhile starting point." [Translated from German] (Humanities - Sozial- Und Kulturgeschichte, May 2009) "Robert J. C. Young's The Idea of English Ethnicity has never been more needed. In this compelling, impeccably researched, and eminently readable study, Young demonstrates that the singular and pure concept of English identity whose loss is now so widely reported never really existed in the first place. I cannot remember the last time that I read such a highly original book on what might seem like a relatively well-trammeled topic. Victorian Englishness and racial ideology have been the subject of innumerable studies over the past decades, but none that I can think of have the freshness, innovation, and authority of this book. The Idea of English Ethnicity can and should change the way we think about Englishness and Empire alike. Young's prose is as lucid and coherent as his arguments are innovative. Writing in a manner that is unfortunately all too rare in the academy these days, he announces his thesis early and signposts it frequently, deftly linking the new material to the larger systems of ideas on which the book is premised. The result is a highly intelligent book on an important subject that can be enjoyed by readers both inside and outside of the academy.” (Journal of British Studies, October 2008) "From the vantage point of cultural studies, Young offers his interpretation of 'English ethnicity.' Young argues that a shift occurred from viewing English people as pure Saxons to Anglo-Saxons of 'mixed' blood, a definition that encompassed English speakers in the colonies and former colonies as well immigrants to England. Recommended." (Choice Reviews, December 2008) "A contribution to the literature of the continuing English identity crisis." (Times Literary Supplement, October 2008) "A major contribution to debates about English identity ... shows how potent the idea of Englishness is." (SirReadALot.org)Table of ContentsPreface. Introduction: Exodus. 1. Saxonism. 2. ‘New Theory of Race: Saxon v. Celt’. 3. Moral and Philosophical Anatomy. 4. The Times vs. the Celts. 5. Matthew Arnold’s Critique of ‘Englishism’. 6. ‘A Vaster England’: The Anglo-Saxon. 7. ‘England Round the World’. 8. Englishness: England and Nowhere. Notes. Index

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Book SynopsisThis Reader offers a remarkable overview of the field of law and anthropology: its development, present, and potential future courses. Edited by a preeminent anthropologist, lawyer, and pioneer in the study of law & anthropology. Brings together classics of political thought and key contemporary work from social scientists and lawyers. Explores historical issues and more contemporary ones such as illegal migration, human rights, gender discrimination, political corruption, and reparations for injustices committed by previous regimes. Trade Review“Sally Falk Moore’s insightful commentary pulls together a delightful combination of the classics and the cutting edge in legal anthropology. This book is both evidence of and an important event in the story of the re-emergence of legal anthropology as a powerful source of critical inquiry both in law and in anthropology.” Bryant Garth, Director, American Bar Foundation “Law and Anthropology: A Reader has been assembled with consummate intelligence and a magisterial knowledge of legal anthropology by one of its most respected scholars, Sally Falk Moore. It brings together some of the most influential, most challenging, most insightful texts in a field that, for good historical reasons, is undergoing a welcome, exciting renaissance. A must-read collection of writings.” John Comaroff, University of ChicagoTable of ContentsContents. Acknowledgments. General Introduction. Part I: Early Themes That Reappear in New Forms. 1 Plato, Augustine, Aquinas, and Others Asking What is Morally Right: Essays on Natural Law, Ideal Law, and Human Law. The International Bill of Rights, Louis Henkin. Culture and Rights, Jane K. Cowan, Marie Benedicte Dembour, and Richard Wilson. 2 Charles-Louis Montesquieu: Law as an Expression of a Particular Cultural Complex. The Spirit of the Law, Charles-Louis Montesquieu. Local Knowledge, Clifford Geertz. 3 Henry Maine: The Contrast between Archaic Law and Modern Law. Criticism of Maine’s Theory, Norbert Rouland. 4 Lewis Henry Morgan: Evolutionist, Ethnographer, Lawyer. The Historical Place of Property, Lewis Henry Morgan. 5 Karl Marx: The Mode of Production at the Base – Law as Part of the Superstructure. Selected Writings, Karl Marx. Law and Economic Organization, Katherine Newman. 6 Emile Durkheim: Collective Consciousnesses and Law. On Law, Emile Durkheim. Disciplinary Power and Subjection, Michael Foucault. Law and Society in Modern India, Marc Galanter. Modernity and Self Identity, Anthony Giddens. 7 Max Weber: The Evolution from Irrationality to Rationality in Law. The Economy and Social Norms, Max Weber. The Theory of Communicative Action, Jürgen Habermas. Law and Social Science, Richard Lempert and Joseph Sanders. Equity and Discretion in a Modern Islamic Legal System, Lawrence Rosen. Part II: The Early Classics of Legal Ethnography: the Real Thing – Field work on Law, Rules, Cases, and Disputes. Introduction to the Early Classics of legal Ethnology. 8 Crime and Custom in Savage Society. Bronislaw Malinokwski. 9 A Handbook of Tswana Law and Custom. Iassac Schapera. The Judicial Process Among the Barotse of Northern Rhodesia. Max Gluckman. Justice and Judgement Among the Tiv. Paul Bohannan. Kapaupu Papuans and Their Law. Leopold Pospisil. Conclusion. Part III Present Thematic Approaches. A. Struggles over Property. 13 Objects of Property and Subjects of Politics. Rosemary Coombe. 14 Where it Hurts:Indian Material for an Ethics of Organ Transplantation. Lawrence Cohen. 15 Disputing over Livestock in Sardinia. Julio Ruffino. 16 Consensus and Suspicion: Judicial Reasoning and Social Change in an Indonesian Society 1960–1994. John R. Bowen. B. Identity and its Legal Significance. 17 Identity in Mashpee. James Clifford. 18 Locating a Reinvigorated Kentish Identity. Darian Smith. 19 Academic Narratives: Models and Methods in the Search for Meanings. Anne M. O. Griffiths. 20 Human rights and Nation Building. Richard A Wilson. C. Creating Enforceable Rules, Inside and Outside the Formal Law. 21 Rights, Religion and Community: Approaches to Violence Aginst Women in the Context of Globalization. Sally Engle Merry. 22 Regional Practices and the Marginalization of Law: Informal Financial Practices of Small Businesses in Taiwan" Jane Kaufman Winn. 23 Enacting Law through Social Practice: Sanctuary as a Form of Resistance. Susan Coutin. 24 Deciding Who Gets In: Decision-Making by Immigration Inspectors. Janet A. Gilboy. D. The Large Scale: Pluralism, Globalism and the Negotiation of International Disputes. 25 Multiculturalism, Individualism and Human Rights: Romanticism, The Enlightenment and Lessons from Mauritius. Thomas Hylland Eriksen. 26 Governing Economic Globalization: Global Legal Pluralism and European Union Law. Francis Snyder. 27 Civilization and its Negotiations. Laura Nader. E. Law and the Future. 28 Certainties Undone: Fifty Turbulent Years of Legal Anthropology, 1949–1999. Sally Falk Moore

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Book SynopsisDrawing on both original texts and critical literature, Linguistics in a Colonial World surveys the methods, meanings, and uses of early linguistic projects around the world. Explores how early endeavours in linguistics were used to aid in overcoming practical and ideological difficulties of colonial rule Traces the uses and effects of colonial linguistic projects in the shaping of identities and communities that were under, or in opposition to, imperial regimes Examines enduring influences of colonial linguistics in contemporary thinking about language and cultural difference Brings new insight into post-colonial controversies including endangered languages and language rights in the globalized twenty-first century Trade Review"This slim book covers a lot of ground, geographically, historically, and intellectually." (Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, December 2008) "Errington … provides a useful overview of analytical and methodological developments and changing applications in the history of linguistics. Highly recommended." (CHOICE, November 2008) "The succinctness of the writing and the importance of the central argument make the reviewed text likely to appear on many course syllabi." (Journal of Sociolinguistics)Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgments. List of Figures and Table. 1. The Linguistic in the Colonial. 2. Early Conversions, or, How Spanish Friars Made the Little Jump. 3. Imaging the Linguistic Past. 4. Philology's Evolutions. 5. Between Pentecost and Pidgins. 6. Colonial Linguists, (Proto)-National Languages. 7. Postcolonial Postscript. References. Language Index. Persons Index. Subject Index

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Book SynopsisDrawing on both original texts and critical literature, Linguistics in a Colonial World surveys the methods, meanings, and uses of early linguistic projects around the world. Explores how early endeavours in linguistics were used to aid in overcoming practical and ideological difficulties of colonial rule Traces the uses and effects of colonial linguistic projects in the shaping of identities and communities that were under, or in opposition to, imperial regimes Examines enduring influences of colonial linguistics in contemporary thinking about language and cultural difference Brings new insight into post-colonial controversies including endangered languages and language rights in the globalized twenty-first century Trade Review"This slim book covers a lot of ground, geographically, historically, and intellectually." (Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, December 2008) "Errington … provides a useful overview of analytical and methodological developments and changing applications in the history of linguistics. Highly recommended." (CHOICE, November 2008) "The succinctness of the writing and the importance of the central argument make the reviewed text likely to appear on many course syllabi." (Journal of Sociolinguistics)Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgments. List of Figures and Table. 1. The Linguistic in the Colonial. 2. Early Conversions, or, How Spanish Friars Made the Little Jump. 3. Imaging the Linguistic Past. 4. Philology's Evolutions. 5. Between Pentecost and Pidgins. 6. Colonial Linguists, (Proto)-National Languages. 7. Postcolonial Postscript. References. Language Index. Persons Index. Subject Index

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Book SynopsisThis book is concerned with the government of illegal immigration since the passage of the U.S. Immigration Act of 1965, exploring how certain mentalities and intellectual machineries have rendered illegal immigrants as targets of government. Examines how various authorities have created knowledge about and constructed illegal immigration as an ethical problem. Analyzes the tactics that have been deployed to govern immigration, particularly at the US-Mexico border. Using an ethnographic approach, draws on primary source materials including government publications, archival documents, newspapers, and popular magazines. Studies measures (e.g. Operation Gatekeeper and Operation Hold-the-Line) for reforming the conduct of illegal immigrants in order to forestall illicit border crossings. Frames the study of immigration within Foucauldian theories of governmentality.Trade Review"Inda's Exploration of the racialized ethical manner in which unauthorized immigration has been managed is a significant contribution to the literature of governmentality." AnthroposTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Introduction: Government and Immigration. Part I: Ethopolitics and the Management of In/security. The Ethos of Responsibility. Making Ethical Subjects. The Government of the Marginal. Racing the Unethical. Part II: Producing “The Illegal,” or Making Up Subjects. Government and Numbers. Legislating Illegality. Practices of Enumeration. Surveying Routines. Ethical Territories of Exclusion. After 9/11. Part III: Anti-Citizenship Technologies and the Regulation of the Border. Governing Through Crime. Interlude. Assembling an Anti-Citizenship Technology. Interlude. Securitizing the Border. Interlude. The Aftermath of “Terror”. Interlude. Surfeit of Dead Bodies. Interlude. Dying in Abandonment. Conclusion: Iterations. Notes. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis innovative reader brings together classic theoretical texts and cutting-edge ethnographic analyses of specific state institutions, practices, and processes and outlines an anthropological framework for rethinking future study of the state. Focuses on the institutions, spaces, ideas, practices, and representations that constitute the state. Promotes cultural and transnational approaches to the subject. Helps readers to make anthropological sense of the state as a cultural artifact, in the context of a neoliberalizing, transnational world. Trade Review"[Sharma and Gupta] have compiled a timely, useful and dense collection of classical and more recent texts that cover the field, as I know it, pretty well." (Critique of Anthropology, 2009) "The volume presents an innovative and greatly needed introduction to an interdisciplinary research programme between anthropology and political science." (Discourse & Society, February 2008) "[This) volume's refreshing theoretical approach and range of empirical examples should make it a valuable teaching and reference book for all those concerned with the challenging questions posed by the state." (Political Studies Review)Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. Organization of the Book. Introduction: Rethinking Theories of the State in an Age of Globalization. Part I: Theoretical Maps: The “Classics”. Section Introduction. 1. Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses (Notes Towards an Investigation): Louis Althusser. 2. Selections from the Prison Notebooks: Antonio Gramsci. 3. Bureaucracy: Max Weber. 4. Notes on the Difficulty of Studying the State: Philip Abrams. 5. Governmentality: Michel Foucault. 6. Governing “Advanced” Liberal Democracies: Nikolas Rose. Part II: Ethnographic Mappings. Section I: Bureaucracy/Governmentality. 7. Finding the Man in the State: Wendy Brown. 8. Society, Economy, and the State Effect: Timothy Mitchell. 9. Blurred Boundaries: The Discourse of Corruption, the Culture of Politics, and the Imagined State: Akhil Gupta. Section II: Development/Planning. 10. Cities, People, and Language: James Scott. 11. The Anti-Politics Machine: Jim Ferguson. Section III: Welfare/Warfare/Law/Citizenship. 12. The Public/Private Mirage: Mapping Homes and Undomesticating Violence Work in the South Asian Immigrant Community: Ananya Bhattarcharjee. 13. Cultural Logics of Belonging and Movement: Transnationalism, Naturalization, and U.S. Immigration Politics: Susan Bibler Coutin. 14. Making War at Home in the United States: Militarization and the Current Crisis: Catherine Lutz. Section IV: Popular Culture. 15. Popular Culture and the State: Stuart Hall. 16. The Banality of Power and the Aesthetics of Vulgarity in the Postcolony: Achille Mbembe. Index

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Book SynopsisThis innovative reader brings together classic theoretical texts and cutting-edge ethnographic analyses of specific state institutions, practices, and processes and outlines an anthropological framework for rethinking future study of the state. Focuses on the institutions, spaces, ideas, practices, and representations that constitute the state. Promotes cultural and transnational approaches to the subject. Helps readers to make anthropological sense of the state as a cultural artifact, in the context of a neoliberalizing, transnational world. Trade Review"[This) volume's refreshing theoretical approach and range of empirical examples should make it a valuable teaching and reference book for all those concerned with the challenging questions posed by the state." Political Studies Review “This is a nuanced, original framework for thinking about the state as a highly variable phenomenon of emergent world orders. With its expert selection of readings and comprehensive analysis, this volume is bound to become a standard reference and popular teaching tool.” George Marcus, University of California, Irvine “The Anthropology of the State will be an important resource for teaching and for introducing students to new questions in anthropology. This collection offers a nice balance of historical and contemporary writings and a lucid introduction that advances theoretical claims about the state with the help of ethnographic examples. Contemporary globalization and transnational systems that are redefining the functions of the state make this an opportune moment for a serious reexamination of the processes of governance.” Veena Das, Johns Hopkins University “One key strength of the volume is its coherence and intertextuality…Recommended.” K. Brown, Brown UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Organization of the Book. Introduction: Rethinking Theories of the State in an Age of Globalization. Part I: Theoretical Maps: The “Classics”. Section Introduction. 1. Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses (Notes Towards an Investigation): Louis Althusser. 2. Selections from the Prison Notebooks: Antonio Gramsci. 3. Bureaucracy: Max Weber. 4. Notes on the Difficulty of Studying the State: Philip Abrams. 5. Governmentality: Michel Foucault. 6. Governing “Advanced” Liberal Democracies: Nikolas Rose. Part II: Ethnographic Mappings. Section I: Bureaucracy/Governmentality. 7. Finding the Man in the State: Wendy Brown. 8. Society, Economy, and the State Effect: Timothy Mitchell. 9. Blurred Boundaries: The Discourse of Corruption, the Culture of Politics, and the Imagined State: Akhil Gupta. Section II: Development/Planning. 10. Cities, People, and Language: James Scott. 11. The Anti-Politics Machine: Jim Ferguson. Section III: Welfare/Warfare/Law/Citizenship. 12. The Public/Private Mirage: Mapping Homes and Undomesticating Violence Work in the South Asian Immigrant Community: Ananya Bhattarcharjee. 13. Cultural Logics of Belonging and Movement: Transnationalism, Naturalization, and U.S. Immigration Politics: Susan Bibler Coutin. 14. Making War at Home in the United States: Militarization and the Current Crisis: Catherine Lutz. Section IV: Popular Culture. 15. Popular Culture and the State: Stuart Hall. 16. The Banality of Power and the Aesthetics of Vulgarity in the Postcolony: Achille Mbembe. Index

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Book SynopsisThis engaging book tells the story of human evolution, asking if man is indeed the chosen species or merely an evolutionary accident. Written by world-renowned paleoanthropologists who are co-directors of the excavations at Atapuerca---a World Heritage Site and Europe's oldest known burial site---where a new human species, homo antecessor, was discovered Discusses various hypotheses of human evolution, drawing conclusions from verifiable facts and well-founded argument Offers a compelling narrative written for nonspecialists and students of human evolution Includes over 60 illustrations Sold over 100,000 copies in the original Spanish-language edition Trade Review“This book by the researchers who helped to unearth the extraordinary and important collection of human fossils from Atapuerca is an excellent introduction to human ancestry. Read it and you will experience at first hand the fascination of the human fossil hunter.” Bernard Wood, George Washington University “A fine book that tells the tale of human origins in an engaging and authoritative manner.” Roger Lewin, Associate of the Peabody Museum, Harvard University, and prize-winning author of Bones of Contention -------------------- The following are translations of Spanish-language reviews of the Spanish edition of the book: "Essential reading. … This book fills a crucial gap in the body of scientific literature written for the general public." --- La esfera de los libros "Far more than a timely presentation of the magnitude, significance, and contents of the famed Atapuerca site, this book is also an enlightening account of the origins of human life, including the basic principles of evolutionary theory. " --- El Pais "An excellent text…. By drawing on both biology and paleontology, Arsuaga and Martínez bring their subject to life for their readers." --- El Pais "Here is a book that should be of perennial interest to the educated reader, the humanist, who cannot get enough of research and writing on the subject of his own origins." --- ABC literarioTable of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction: Prehistory. Little Lucy. Intrepid Paleontologists.. Part I: Children of Africa. 1. Basic Principles of Evolutionary Theory. 2. We the Primates. 3. Climate and Evolution. 4. The Origin of Humanity. 5. The Bipedal Chimpanzee. 6. Paranthropus - Hominids of the Open Plains. 7. A New Kind of Hominid. 8. The Evolution of the Brain. 9. Teeth, Guts, Hands, Brain. 10. Development. 11. Social Intelligence. Summary.. Part II: A New Home. 12. New Locations for Human Evolution. 13. The Neanderthals. 14. The Origins of Modern Humanity: the Fossil Evidence. 15. The Origins of Modern Humanity: The Genetic. 16. The Origins of Human Language. 17. The Meaning of Evolution. Epilogue. The Never-ending Story. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisDrawing on his work in Iceland, Ireland, Scotland, North America, Ghana, and Fiji, linguistic anthropologist and folklorist Richard Bauman presents a series of ethnographic case studies that offer a sparkling look at intertextuality as communicative practice. A fascinating perspective on intertextuality: the idea that written and spoken texts speak to one another, e.g. through genre or allusions. Presents a series of ethnographic case studies to illustrate the topic. Draws on a broad range of oral performances and literary records from across the world. The author''s introduction sets a framework for the analysis of genre, perform and intertextuality. Shows how performers blend genres, e.g., telling stories about riddles or legends about magical verses, or constructing sales pitches. Trade Review“Richard Bauman, one of the world’s foremost scholars of folkloric texts and performances, is here at the peak of his career. From street cries in a Mexican market to Icelandic folktales, from practical jokes in rural Texas to the yarns of Nova Scotia fishermen, this book takes us on a behind-the-scenes tour of the words through which people make meaning out of life.” Greg Urban, University of Pennsylvania “In a set of empirically rich, evocative essays, Bauman continues his masterly explorations at the border of linguistic anthropology, literary theory, and the study of oral poetics. Together, these chapters provide an exemplary theoretical perspective on genre and the cultural implications of performance.” Susan Gal, University of Chicago “Richard Bauman has given us a wonderful book, which draws on his wide-ranging experience in many places and cultures, on his expertise in both oral discourse and written texts, and on his erudite knowledge in many academic disciplines---linguistic anthropology, folklore, and literary criticism.” Joel Sherzer, University of Texas, Austin "A fresh take on folklore studies and a valuable addition to the corpus of writing on linguistic anthropology. The writer balances attention to detail with the ability to present arguments elegantly and clearly." Social AnthropologyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Note on Transcription x 1 Introduction: Genre, Performance, and the Production of Intertextuality 1 2 “And the Verse is Thus”: Icelandic Stories About Magical Poems 15 3 “I’ll Give You Three Guesses”: The Dynamics of Genre in the Riddle Tale 34 4 “What Shall We Give You?”: Calibrations of Genre in a Mexican Market 58 5 “Bell, You Get the Spotted Pup”: First Person Narratives of a Texas Storyteller 82 6 “That I Can’t Tell You”: Negotiating Performance with a Nova Scotia Fisherman 109 7 “Go, My Reciter, Recite My Words”: Mediation, Tradition, Authority 128 8 Epilogue 159 Notes 163 References 167 Index 178

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Book SynopsisProvides an exciting approach to some of the most contentious issues in discussions around globalizationbioscientific research, neoliberalism, governancefrom the perspective of the anthropological problems they pose; in other words, in terms of their implications for how individual and collective life is subject to technological, political, and ethical reflection and intervention. Offers a ground-breaking approach to central debates about globalization with chapters written by leading scholars from across the social sciences. Examines a range of phenomena that articulate broad structural transformations: technoscience, circuits of exchange, systems of governance, and regimes of ethics or values. Investigates these phenomena from the perspective of the anthropological problems they pose. Covers a broad range of geographical areas: Africa, the Middle East, East and South Asia, North AmTrade Review“This compelling book demonstrates how a very sophisticated anthropological perspective can transform ‘globalization’ into a useful tool for investigating emerging social forms and ways of ruling and living. Certainly this non-structural approach is needed—one that attends to the specificity of combinations, interactions, sites, and effects associated with the spread of technology and risk.” Ulrich Beck, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München “Global Assemblages provides excellent and rich insight into a developing anthropology of the contemporary world. The intertwining of violence, capital flows, political fragmentation, and regimes of social and moral control are investigated here in what must be recognized as a major contribution to anthropological scholarship.” Jonathan Friedman, L’ École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris and Lund University, Sweden “This volume will give assemblages of many types a good name—the authors are astute, varied, and at the top of their game; the geographies do justice to the notion of global; and the book has a core intellectual inquiry about reflexive practices that holds together its wide-ranging essays. From transplanted kidneys to research audit protocols, the uneasy interrelationships of global assemblages emerge in the fleshy details of a knotted world.” Donna Haraway, University of California, Santa Cruz Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors viii Acknowledgments xiii Part I Introduction 1 1 Global Assemblages, Anthropological Problems 3 Stephen J. Collier and Aihwa Ong 2 On Regimes of Living 22 Stephen J. Collier and Andrew Lakoff 3 Midst Anthropology’s Problems 40 Paul Rabinow Part II Bioscience and Biological Life 55 Ethics of Technoscientific Objects 57 4 Stem Cells R Us: Emergent Life Forms and the Global Biological 59 Sarah Franklin 5 Operability, Bioavailability, and Exception 79 Lawrence Cohen 6 The Iceland Controversy: Reflections on the Transnational Market of Civic Virtue 91 Gísli Pálsson and Paul Rabinow Value and Values 105 7 Time, Money, and Biodiversity 107 Geoffrey C. Bowker 8 Antiretroviral Globalism, Biopolitics, and Therapeutic Citizenship 124 Vinh-kim Nguyen 9 The Last Commodity: Post-Human Ethics and the Global Traffic in ‘‘Fresh’’ Organs 145 Nancy Scheper-Hughes Part III Social Technologies and Disciplines 169 Standards 171 10 Standards and Person-Making in East Central Europe 173 Elizabeth C. Dunn 11 The Private Life of Numbers: Pharmaceutical Marketing in Post-Welfare Argentina 194 Andrew Lakoff 12 Implementing Empirical Knowledge in Anthropology and Islamic Accountancy 214 Bill Maurer Practices of Calculating Selves 233 13 Cultures of Expertise and the Management of Globalization: Toward the Re-Functioning of Ethnography 235 Douglas R. Holmes and George E. Marcus 14 The Discipline of Speculators 253 Caitlin Zaloom 15 Cultures on the Brink: Reengineering the Soul of Capitalism – On a Global Scale 270 Kris Olds and Nigel Thrift Managing Uncertainty 291 16 Heterarchies of Value: Distributing Intelligence and Organizing Diversity in a New Media Startup 293 Monique Girard and David Stark 17 Failure as an Endpoint 320 Hirokazu Miyazaki and Annelise Riles Part IV Governmentality and Politics 333 Governing Populations 335 18 Ecologies of Expertise: Assembling Flows, Managing Citizenship 337 Aihwa Ong 19 Globalization and Population Governance in China 354 Susan Greenhalgh 20 Budgets and Biopolitics 373 Stephen J. Collier Security, Legitimacy, Justice 391 21 State and Urban Space in Brazil: From Modernist Planning to Democratic Interventions 393 Teresa Caldeira and James Holston 22 The Garrison–Entrepôt: A Mode of Governing in the Chad Basin 417 Janet Roitman Citizenship and Ethics 437 23 Biological Citizenship 439 Nikolas Rose and Carlos Novas 24 Robust Knowledge and Fragile Futures 464 Marilyn Strathern Index 482

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Book SynopsisAuthenticity is taken-for-granted as an absolute value in contemporary life. In Culture and Authenticity , Charles Lindholm calls upon anthropological case studies from different cultures, historical material, and comparative philosophy, to explore how notions of authenticity develop, what forms it takes, and how it changes over time.Trade Review“Culture and Authenticity covers a lot of ground, both topically and conceptually. And it does so with admirable grace and clarity.” (Journal of Anthropological Research, Spring 2009) "This reviewer found an interesting, entertaining, and easy-to-read discussion of the various forms and conceptions of 'authenticity.'" (CHOICE)Table of ContentsIntroduction. Part I: Individual Authenticity:. 1. Authenticity and Art. 2. Authenticity and Music. 3. Seeking Authenticity in Travel and Adventure. 4. The Commodification of Authenticity. 5. Authenticity and the Self. Part II: Collective Authenticity:. 6. Authentic Cuisine and National Identity. 7. Authentic Dance and National Identity. 8. Modes of Authenticity in the Nation-State. 9. Israel and Authentic Jewish Identity. 10. Authenticity On the Margins. 11. Afterword: The Anthropology of Authenticity. Endnotes. Bibliography

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Book SynopsisAuthenticity is taken-for-granted as an absolute value in contemporary life. In Culture and Authenticity , Charles Lindholm calls upon anthropological case studies from different cultures, historical material, and comparative philosophy, to explore how notions of authenticity develop, what forms it takes, and how it changes over time.Trade Review“This is a wonderful book, illuminating a phenomenon that is of vital import for modern man's sense of identity. Wise and witty, Culture and Authenticity is anthropology at its very best.” Sudhir Kakar, INSEAD, Fontainbleau, France “No concept is more defining of the paradox of modernity than authenticity. In this lucid text Lindholm, from a stance of anthropological respect, proves an ideal guide to its myriad consequences.” Daniel Miller, University College London “Through a wealth of examples Charles Lindholm probes the cultural currency of ‘authenticity,’ how individuals and groups invest in goods and values as diverse as authentic food, authentic art, music and dance, or authentic roots and national identities. This is a stimulating and suggestive foray in psychological anthropology.” Michael Donnelly, Bard College “Lindholm brings a sharp sense of history, the full range of the best contemporary anthropology, and a quick wit to the topic of culture and authenticity, in this very readable and thoughtful book.” Richard Wilk, Indiana University “During the past two decades, the issue of identity, its politics, the search for authenticity and roots has become explosively present on a world scale. This book is the first to my knowledge to have directly taken up the question of the nature of authenticity in anthropology and among the people that anthropologists study. It is a timely as well as systematic discussion of one of the crucial issues of our time. The book should be required reading for researchers and students alike.” Jonathan Friedman, Lund University “In this beautifully written and accessible book, Charles Lindholm, a renowned anthropologist, dares to bring us back to the days of a broad comparative study of culture. Lindholm provides an insightful, sweeping account of authenticity across time and space, in chapters that cover a wide range of topics, such as art, cuisine, ethnicity, citizenship, and religious fundamentalism. The underlying message of this important book is that the reports of the death of the authentic in the post-modern world have been greatly exaggerated. Dramatic social change and globalization have only intensified the on-going human quest for tradition and the elusive anchors of home and hearth.” Roy Richard Grinker, George Washington University Table of ContentsIntroduction. Part I: Individual Authenticity:. 1. Authenticity and Art. 2. Authenticity and Music. 3. Seeking Authenticity in Travel and Adventure. 4. The Commodification of Authenticity. 5. Authenticity and the Self. Part II: Collective Authenticity:. 6. Authentic Cuisine and National Identity. 7. Authentic Dance and National Identity. 8. Modes of Authenticity in the Nation-State. 9. Israel and Authentic Jewish Identity. 10. Authenticity On the Margins. 11. Afterword: The Anthropology of Authenticity. Endnotes. Bibliography

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Book Synopsis* The first collection of research on health social movements. * Demonstrates that health social movements are an innovative and powerful form of political action. * Brings together the study of health and illness with social movement theory in order to establish a basis for the study of health social movements.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors. 1. Social Movements in Health: An Introduction: Phil Brown and Stephen Zavestoski. 2. Medical Modernisation, Scientific Research Fields and the Epistemic Politics of Health Social Movements: David Hess. 3. The Dynamic Interplay Between Western Medicine and Complimentary and Alternative Medicine Movement: Melinda Goldner. 4. Health COnsumer Groups: A New Social Movement?: Judith Alsop, Kathryn Jones, and Rob Baggott. 5. Regenerating Movements: Embryonic Stem Cells, Social Movements, and the Politics of Potentiality: Chris Ganchoff. 6. Uneasy Allies: Pro-choice Physicians, Feminist Health Activists, and the Struggle for Abortion Rights: Carole Joffe and Tracy Weitz. 7. Advocating Voice: Organisational, Historical and Social Milieux of the Alzheimer’s Disease Movement: Renee Beard. 8. Framing as a Cultural Resource in Health Social Movements: Funding Activism and the Breast Cancer Movement in the US 1990-1993: Emily Kolker. 9. Breast Cancer in Two Regimes: The Impact of Social Movements on Illness Experience: Maren Klawiter. Index.

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Book SynopsisTurf Wars: Discourse, Diversity, and the Politics of Place is the fascinating story of an urban neighborhood undergoing rapid gentrification. Explores how members of a multi-ethnic, multi-class Washington, DC, community deploy language to legitimize themselves as community members while discrediting others. Discusses such issues as public toilets and public urination, the morality of co-ops and condos, and characterizations of good girls and bad boys. Draws on linguistic anthropology and discourse analysis to provide insight into the ways that local activity shapes larger urban social processes. Draws also on cultural geography and urban anthropology. Trade Review"The style of writing in Turf Wars is refreshing. ... .Modan aims to bring to a wider audience an understanding of how language works through the adoption of this more informal style." (Cultural Geographies, January 2010) "A highly readable, lively, and unusually accessible work of ethnography that could be the centerpiece of many different kinds of classes from introductory courses in cultural, linguistic, or urban anthropology to graduate seminars in discourse-analytic method. It makes cleat the potential of discourse analysis as an ethnographic tool. It is also likely to remain topical for many years, since it lays out with great clarity the fundamental conundrums and contradictions that city dwellers must navigate in the United States today and captures the discursive practices by which they manage them with great fluency." (Journal of Anthropological Research, November 2008) "Modan's ethnographic participant observation in Mount Pleasant, a diverse community in the Washington DC area, chronicles how this urban neighborhood made up of African Americans, Salvadorans, Vietnamese, and Mennonites experienced diversification and gentrification, leading to contests over the use of public and private space, gender, kinship, and class. Conflicts came about as the result of real estate speculation, the "politics of filth" debate over proposed public toilets, and other related issues. Modan (English, Ohio State Univ.) argues that the spatial practices and politics contest and challenge the dominant ideas regarding the use of space. The author presents two theoretical chapters on framing, discourse, and performance, and discusses ideas of Goffman, Castells, Lefevre, and many others. In the process, she illuminates how local activity can shape social processes. Material is current and includes a 15-page bibliography ... .Recommended." (CHOICE)Table of ContentsList of Figures viii Acknowledgments ix Part I: The Ethnography 1 1. Sketching the Landscape 3 2. Mt. Pleasant History and Social Geography 34 3. The Moral Geography of Mt. Pleasant 88 4. The Politics of Filth 137 5. La Loca vs. the Cultural Vampires 170 6. Keeping it in the Family 202 7. Home Ties, Winds of Change 247 Part II: The Making of Turf Wars 267 8. Theorizing Discourse 269 9. Geography and Social Locations 296 Addendum: Defining Terms 326 Bibliography 336 Index 351

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Book SynopsisTurf Wars: Discourse, Diversity, and the Politics of Place is the fascinating story of an urban neighborhood undergoing rapid gentrification. Explores how members of a multi-ethnic, multi-class Washington, DC, community deploy language to legitimize themselves as community members while discrediting others. Discusses such issues as public toilets and public urination, the morality of co-ops and condos, and characterizations of good girls and bad boys. Draws on linguistic anthropology and discourse analysis to provide insight into the ways that local activity shapes larger urban social processes. Draws also on cultural geography and urban anthropology. Trade Review"The style of writing in Turf Wars is refreshing. ... .Modan aims to bring to a wider audience an understanding of how language works through the adoption of this more informal style." (Cultural Geographies, January 2010) "A highly readable, lively, and unusually accessible work of ethnography that could be the centerpiece of many different kinds of classes from introductory courses in cultural, linguistic, or urban anthropology to graduate seminars in discourse-analytic method. It makes cleat the potential of discourse analysis as an ethnographic tool. It is also likely to remain topical for many years, since it lays out with great clarity the fundamental conundrums and contradictions that city dwellers must navigate in the United States today and captures the discursive practices by which they manage them with great fluency." (Journal of Anthropological Research, November 2008) "Modan's ethnographic participant observation in Mount Pleasant, a diverse community in the Washington DC area, chronicles how this urban neighborhood made up of African Americans, Salvadorans, Vietnamese, and Mennonites experienced diversification and gentrification, leading to contests over the use of public and private space, gender, kinship, and class. Conflicts came about as the result of real estate speculation, the "politics of filth" debate over proposed public toilets, and other related issues. Modan (English, Ohio State Univ.) argues that the spatial practices and politics contest and challenge the dominant ideas regarding the use of space. The author presents two theoretical chapters on framing, discourse, and performance, and discusses ideas of Goffman, Castells, Lefevre, and many others. In the process, she illuminates how local activity can shape social processes. Material is current and includes a 15-page bibliography ... .Recommended." (CHOICE)Table of ContentsSeries Preface. List of Figures. Acknowledgments. Part I: The Ethnography. 1. Sketching the Landscape. 2. Mt. Pleasant History and Social Geography. 3. The Moral Geography of Mt. Pleasant. 4. The Politics of Filth. 5. La Loca vs. the Cultural Vampires. 6. Keeping it in the Family. 7. Home Ties, Winds of Change. Part II: The Making of Turf Wars. 8. Theorizing Discourse. 9. Geography and Social Locations. Addendum: Defining Terms. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisDrawing on social theory and offering numerous case studies, Archaeologies of Materiality is one of the first books to explore materiality across time and space. * Demonstrates the saliency of materiality by linking it to concepts of landscape, technology, embodiment, ritual, and heritage.Trade Review“This fascinating and path-breaking volume addresses the most profound conceptual problems raised by the sheer materiality of things. It opens up important new conversations among archaeologists, socio-cultural anthropologists, and social theorists of all sorts.” Webb Keane, University of Michigan “This collection is not only a great pleasure to read, but will impress all scholars interested in material culture with its multidisciplinary maturity.” Peter Pels, Leiden University “This volume forces us to bring into focus our supposedly transparent ‘materialism’ and recognize that the ‘things’ we use to ‘know a people’ elude our classic taxonomies and trouble our social theoretical categories. Calling into question a simple dichotomy of objects as ‘purely functional or deeply symbolic’ this volume helps us understand how ‘materiality is problematic not only for our classical versions of material determinism but equally for many of our ‘new’ and ‘post’ theories of signification.” Cambridge Archaeological Journal “This book crosses boundaries between anthropology, material culture studies, and archaeology, in an attempt to strengthen a burgeoning movement toward looking at archaeological materials through the lens of materiality... it would be appropriate reading for all archaeologists interested in further exploring the relationships between social concepts and material culture.” Canadian journal of Archaeology “Readers less interested in specific approach to materiality will find value in the various reflections on the subject and practice of archaeology in this volume.” American AntiquityTable of ContentsList of Figures. Acknowledgments. Notes on Contributors. 1. Introduction: Object Orientations: Lynn Meskell. 2. Mastering Matters: Magical Sense and the Apotropaic Figure Worlds: Carolyn Nakamura. 3. The Social life of Rocks: Lindsay Weiss. 4. With a Hint of Paris in the Mouth: Fetishized Toothbrushes or the Sensuous Experience of Modernity in Late 19th-Century Bogotá: Felipe Gaitán. 5. Faith in Objects: American Indian Object Lessons at the World in Boston: Erin Hasinoff. 6. The Texture of Things: Objects, People, and Social Spaces in Argentine Prehistory: Marisa Lazzari. 7. Building an Architecture of Power: Electricity in Annapolis, Maryland: Matt Palus. 8. Materiality vs. the Volcano: The Hitherto Unthinkable Wildness of the Volcán Barú, Panamá: Karen Holmberg. Afterword: Daniel Miller. Index

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Book SynopsisDrawing on social theory and offering numerous case studies, Archaeologies of Materiality is one of the first books to explore materiality across time and space. * Demonstrates the saliency of materiality by linking it to concepts of landscape, technology, embodiment, ritual, and heritage.Trade Review"I would recommend this book to a number of audiences. For those who wish to educate themselves on the theoretical direction in archaeology.... For those already working in the theoretical and investigative direction, the book offers a range of vocabulary and expressive styles." (Cambridge Archaeological Journal, February 2007) “This volume forces us to bring into focus our supposedly transparent ‘materialism’ and recognize that the ‘things’ we use to ‘know a people’ elude our classic taxonomies and trouble our social theoretical categories. Calling into question a simple dichotomy of objects as ‘purely functional or deeply symbolic’ this volume helps us understand how ‘materiality is problematic not only for our classical versions of material determinism but equally for many of our ‘new’ and ‘post’ theories of signification.” (Cambridge Archaeological Journal) “This book crosses boundaries between anthropology, material culture studies, and archaeology, in an attempt to strengthen a burgeoning movement toward looking at archaeological materials through the lens of materiality... it would be appropriate reading for all archaeologists interested in further exploring the relationships between social concepts and material culture.” (Canadian journal of Archaeology) “Readers less interested in specific approach to materiality will find value in the various reflections on the subject and practice of archaeology in this volume.” (American Antiquity)Table of ContentsList of Figures. Acknowledgments. Notes on Contributors. 1. Introduction: Object Orientations: Lynn Meskell. 2. Mastering Matters: Magical Sense and the Apotropaic Figure Worlds: Carolyn Nakamura. 3. The Social life of Rocks: Lindsay Weiss. 4. With a Hint of Paris in the Mouth: Fetishized Toothbrushes or the Sensuous Experience of Modernity in Late 19th-Century Bogotá: Felipe Gaitán. 5. Faith in Objects: American Indian Object Lessons at the World in Boston: Erin Hasinoff. 6. The Texture of Things: Objects, People, and Social Spaces in Argentine Prehistory: Marisa Lazzari. 7. Building an Architecture of Power: Electricity in Annapolis, Maryland: Matt Palus. 8. Materiality vs. the Volcano: The Hitherto Unthinkable Wildness of the Volcán Barú, Panamá: Karen Holmberg. Afterword: Daniel Miller. Index

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Book SynopsisA Companion to Linguistic Anthropology provides a series of in-depth explorations of key concepts and approaches by some of the scholars whose work constitutes the theoretical and methodological foundations of the contemporary study of language as culture. Provides a definitive overview of the field of linguistic anthropology, comprised of original contributions by leading scholars in the field Summarizes past and contemporary research across the field and is intended to spur students and scholars to pursue new paths in the coming decades Includes a comprehensive bibliography of over 2000 entries designed as a resource for anyone seeking a guide to the literature of linguistic anthropology Trade Review“The essays … display a vigorous subdisciplinary repertoire with much to offer the contemporary research university, and they show that a field is not necessarily humdrum for being useful.” (Journal of Anthropological Research, November 2008) "Duranti…has done more than anyone else in the past generation to establish linguistic anthropology as a scholarly field. ... Designed to be user-friendly …A Companion to Linguistic Anthropology…is an impressive achievement, and will be of great value to its field and neighboring fields, for a long time to come. This Companion may be a culmination of Duranti’s considerable work to establish linguistic anthropology." (Journal of Sociolinguistics) "This hefty, immaculate volume inaugurates the innovative series of Blackwell Companions to Anthropology, and does so with academic panache … Intelligible for readers with no previous knowledge of the field ... A resource of genuine utility in academic libraries with any interest in linguistics or anthropology.” (Reference Reviews) "This volume brings together 31 scholars in the field of linguistic anthropology and is aimed at offering an overview of the discipline's key concepts and approaches." (Pragmatics) "Succeeds in doing exactly what it sets out to in a clear, concise and well-ordered fashion... a well thought out and comprehensive anthology that gives the reader a well-rounded introduction to linguistic anthropology... a must-have for any anthropologist's bookshelf." (Social Anthropology)Table of ContentsSynopsis of Contents vii Preface xiii Acknowledgments xv Notes on Contributors xvi Part I: Speech Communities, Contact, and Variation 1 1 Speech Community 3 Marcyliena Morgan 2 Registers of Language 23 Asif Agha 3 Language Contact and Contact Languages 46 Paul B. Garrett 4 Codeswitching 73 Kathryn A. Woolard 5 Diversity, Hierarchy, and Modernity in Pacific Island Communities 95 Niko Besnier 6 The Value of Linguistic Diversity: Viewing Other Worlds through North American Indian Languages 121 Marianne Mithun 7 Variation in Sign Languages 141 Barbara LeMaster and Leila Monaghan Part II: The Performing of Language 167 8 Conversation as a Cultural Activity 169 Elizabeth Keating and Maria Egbert 9 Gesture 197 John B. Haviland 10 Participation 222 Charles Goodwin and Marjorie Harness Goodwin 11 Literacy Practices across Learning Contexts 245 Patricia Baquedano-López 12 Narrative Lessons 269 Elinor Ochs 13 Poetry 290 Giorgio Banti and Francesco Giannattasio 14 Vocal Anthropology: From the Music of Language to the Language of Song 321 Steven Feld, Aaron A. Fox, Thomas Porcello, and David Samuels Part III: Achieving Subjectivities and Intersubjectivities through Language 347 15 Language Socialization 349 Don Kulick and Bambi B. Schieffelin 16 Language and Identity 369 Mary Bucholtz and Kira Hall 17 Misunderstanding 395 Benjamin Bailey 18 Language and Madness 414 James M. Wilce 19 Language and Religion 431 Webb Keane Part IV: The Power in Language 449 20 Agency in Language 451 Alessandro Duranti 21 Language and Social Inequality 474 Susan U. Philips 22 Language Ideologies 496 Paul V. Kroskrity General Bibliography 518 Index 606

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Book SynopsisPart of The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Special Issue Book Series, this landmark volume assesses the contribution of recent work in ethnobiology to anthropological thought. Considers the ways in which the subject matter and methodologies of ethnobiological research address core anthropological questions. Contributors explore a wide range of themes, such as our understanding of those processes which transform the environment, and the evolution of the cultural mind. Addresses anthropological issues of general interest, from biology to reflexivity. Helps to develop the productive relationship between ethnobiology and anthropology. Trade Review"Roy Ellen manages to assemble a series of articles, most of the written by internationally renowned scholars, which comprise an astonishing variety of themes and theories." (Anthropos, 2009) "The book's eight chapters succeed admirably in meeting its goal. It provides an eclectic, but reasonably comprehensive overview ... through many thought-provoking examples." (Journal of Anthropological Research)Table of ContentsPreface vi 1. Introduction 1 Roy Ellen 2. Speculations on the First Congress of Ethnozoological Nomenclature 29Brent Berlin 3. Ethnobiology and the Evolution of the Human Mind 55Steven Mithen 4. The Interplay of Ethnographic and Archaeological Knowledge in the Study of Past Human Subsistence 77David Harris 5. Amazonian historical ecologies 97Laura Rival 6. The Interface Between Medical Ethnobotany and Medical Anthropology 117Anna Waldstein and Cameron Adams 7. Ethnobiology and Applied Anthropology: rapprochement of the academic with the pratical 147Paul Sillitoe 8. Meeting of Minds: How do we Share our Appreciation of Traditional environmental knowledge? 177Eugene Hunn Index 197

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Book SynopsisMedical Anthropology: Regional Perspectives and Shared Concerns surveys medical anthropology by examining the multiplicity of intellectual traditions from which it emerged, taking a closer look at the paths charted by medical anthropologists in Europe and the Americas. An overview of the discipline, written by medical anthropologists of international stature. Includes case studies from France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Also provides thematic perspectives, considering gender and politics in relation to medical anthropology. Trade Review"This fascinating and important collection highlights the differences and similarities of recent intellectual traditions within the field of Medical Anthropology as articulated in eleven different countries in the Americas and Europe. It is essential for understanding what the contemporary field is." Peter J. Brown, Professor of Anthropology and Global Health, Emory University "The editors have done excellent work in bringing together the different visions of so many renowned experts in the field." Medische Anthropologie: Tidschrift over Gezondheid Cultuur “In an excellent conclusion, Lock considers medical anthropology’s new location in society’s bodies, whilst it de-essentializes both body and culture.” Journal of Anthropological ResearchTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors. Preface. Acknowledgments. Introduction (Francine Saillant and Serge Genest). Part I: Perspectives from the Americas. 1. Canada. . Section 1: Bioscience and Biotechnology Under Ethnographic Surveillance: Where Do Canadian Medical Anthropologists Stand (Gilles Bibeau (Université de Montréal), Janice E. Graham (Université de Montréal), and Usher Fleishing (University of Calgary). Section 2: The Anthropology of Health in Québec: Toward a Blending of Approaches and Methods (Raymond Massé (Université Laval). 2. The United States. . Medical Anthropology in the United States (Arachu Castro (Harvard University) and Paul Farmer (Harvard University). 3. Brazil. . Much More than Medical Anthropology: The Healthy Body and Brazilian Identity (Annette Leibing (Université de Montréal). 4. Mexico. . Medical Anthropology in Mexico: Recent Trends in Research and Education (María Beatriz Duarte-Gómez (National University of Colombia), Roberto Campos-Navarro (Universidad Nacional Autónoma), Gustavo Nigenda (Escuela Nacional de Anthropologia e Historia). Part II: Perspectives from Europe. 5. France. . Medical Anthropology in France: A Healthy Discipline (Sylvie Fainzang (Centre de Recherche Médecine, Sciences, Santé et Société). 6. Spain. . Topographies, Folklore, and Medical Anthropolgy in Spain (Josep M. Comelles (Ecole des Hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris), Enrique Perdiguero (Miguel Hernández University, Spain), and Angel Martínez-Hernáez (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain). 7. Italy. . Suffering, Politics, Nation: A Cartography of Italian Medical Anthropology (Mariella Pandolfi (Université de Montréal) and Gilles Bibeau (Université de Montréal). 8. Germany. . Medical Anthropology(ies) in Germany (Angelika Wolf (Universität Bayreuth), Stefan Ecks (University of Edinburgh), and Johannes Sommerfeld (World Health Organization). 9. The Netherlands. . A Cultural Fascination with Medicine: Medical Anthropology in the Netherlands (Sjaak Van Der Geest (University of Amsterdam). 10. The United Kingdom. . British Medical Anthropology: Past, Present and Future (Ronald Frankenberg (University of Manchester). 11. Switzerland. . Anthropology between Medicine and Society: Swiss Health Interfaces (Ilario Rossi (University of Lausanne). Part III: Cross-cutting and Thematic Perspectives. 12. Gender. . Engendering Medical Anthropology (Carole H. Browner (UCLA) and Carolyn Sargent (Southern Methodist University). 13. Politics. . The Politics of Life: Beyond the Anthropology of Health (Didier Fassin (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales). Conclusion: Medical Anthropology: Intimations for the Future (Margaret Lock (McGill University). Index.

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Book SynopsisMedical Anthropology: Regional Perspectives and Shared Concerns surveys medical anthropology by examining the multiplicity of intellectual traditions from which it emerged, taking a closer look at the paths charted by medical anthropologists in Europe and the Americas. An overview of the discipline, written by medical anthropologists of international stature. Includes case studies from France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Also provides thematic perspectives, considering gender and politics in relation to medical anthropology. Trade Review"This fascinating and important collection highlights the differences and similarities of recent intellectual traditions within the field of Medical Anthropology as articulated in eleven different countries in the Americas and Europe. It is essential for understanding what the contemporary field is." Peter J. Brown, Professor of Anthropology and Global Health, Emory University "The editors have done excellent work in bringing together the different visions of so many renowned experts in the field." Medische Anthropologie: Tidschrift over Gezondheid Cultuur “In an excellent conclusion, Lock considers medical anthropology’s new location in society’s bodies, whilst it de-essentializes both body and culture.” Journal of Anthropological ResearchTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors viii Preface xvi Acknowledgments xvii Introduction: Francine Saillant and Serge Genest xviii Part I: Perspectives from the Americas 1 Chapter 1 Canada 3 Section 1 Bioscience and Biotechnology Under Ethnographic Surveillance: Where Do Canadian Medical Anthropologists Stand? 3 Gilles Bibeau (Université de Montréal), Janice E. Graham (Université de Montréal), and Usher Fleising (University of Calgary) Section 2 The Anthropology of Health in Québec: Toward a Blending of Approaches and Methods 23 Raymond Massé (Université Laval) Chapter 2 The United States 42 Medical Anthropology in the United States Aruchu Castro (University of Barcelona) and Paul Farmer (Harvard University) Chapter 3 Brazil 58 Much More than Medical Anthropology: The Healthy Body and Brazilian Indentity Annette Leibing (Hamburg University) Chapter 4 Mexico 71 Medical Anthropology in Mexico: Recent Trends in Research and Education María Beatriz Duarte-Gómez (National University of Colombia), Roberto Campos-Navarro (Universidad Nacional Autónoma), and Gustavo Nigenda (Escuela Nacional de Anthropologia e Historia) Part II: Perspectives from Europe 87 Chapter 5 France 89 Medical Anthropology in France: A Healthy Discipline Sylvie Fainzang (Centre de Recherche Médecine, Sciences, Santé et Société) Chapter 6 Spain 103 Topographies, Folklore, and Medical Anthropology in Spain Josep M. Comelles (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris), Enrique Perdiguero (Miguel Hernández University, Spain), and Angel Martínez-Hernáez (Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Spain) Chapter 7 Italy 122 Suffering, Politics, Nation: A Cartography of Italian Medical Anthropology Mariella Pandolfi (Université de Montréal) and Gilles Bibeau (Université de Montréal) Chapter 8 Germany 142 Medical Anthropology(ies) in Germany Angelika Wolf (Free University of Berlin), Stefan Ecks (Göttingen, Berkeley, Paris), and Johannes Sommerfeld (University of Hamburg) Chapter 9 The Netherlands 162 A Cultural Fascination with Medicine: Medical Anthropology in the Netherlands Sjaak Van der Geest (University of Amsterdam) Chapter 10 The United Kingdom 183 British Medical Anthropology: Past, Present and Future Ronald Frankenberg (University of Manchester) Chapter 11 Switzerland 212 Anthropology between Medicine and Society: Swiss Health Interfaces Ilario Rossi (University of Lausanne) Part III: Cross-cutting and Thematic Perspectives 231 Chapter 12 Gender 233 Engendering Medical Anthropology Carole H. Browner and Carolyn Sargent (Michigan State University) Chapter 13 Politics 252 The Politics of Life: Beyond the Anthropology of Health Didier Fassin (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales) Conclusion 267 Medical Anthropology: Intimations for the Future Margaret Lock (McGill University) Index 289

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Book SynopsisWe Share Walls: Language, Land, and Gender in Berber Morocco explores how political economic shifts over the last century have reshaped the language practices and ideologies of women (and men) in the plains and mountains of rural Morocco. Offers a unique and richly textured ethnography of language maintenance and shift as well as language and place-making among an overlooked Muslim group Examines how Moroccan Berbers use language to integrate into the Arab-speaking world and retain their own distinct identity Illuminates the intriguing semiotic and gender issues embedded in the culture Part of the Blackwell Studies in Discourse and Culture Series Trade Review“In vivid prose, this breakthrough book portrays how Morocco’s Berber women and men – in remote villages and towns, on radio, and in schools – use language as a key element to shape how they ‘belong’ in Moroccan society today and in the process reshape the idea of ‘center’ and ‘periphery’.” Dale F. Eickelman, Dartmouth College “Katherine Hoffman is a gifted ethnographer and her nuanced account of language, gender, poetry, and place in Berber Morocco resonates with the rich sensory texture of lived experience. Her chapter on radio is alone worth the price of admission – a pioneering work of media ethnography in linguistic anthropology.” Richard Bauman, Indiana University “With compassion and intellectual acuity, Hoffman’s study of the Berber-speaking Ishelhin of Southern Morocco evokes a society where the spoken word has molded a deep attachment to place. Her observations glow with the intensity of lived experience, distilled from a total immersion in the land, language, and people of this remote region. Using speech, poetry, and song as keys to understanding social process, We Share Walls represents a major contribution to contemporary Moroccan Studies and to the wider field of ethnolinguistics.” Susan Gilson Miller, Harvard University "A beautiful and deeply researched ethnography that elucidates how performance genres like talk, song, and poetry create a sense of place and a particularly Berber (and gendered) response to modernity." Deborah Kapchan, The Tisch School of the Arts, New York University "A richly detailed study of the changing politics of language in Morocco. Hoffman deftly shows how Berber women's everyday labour keeps alive the homeland and mother tongue that are the charged objects of migrant men's nostalgia and identity. This is linguistic anthropology at its best, and broadest." Lila Abu-Lughod, Columbia University “At last we have an account of Berber Morocco that probes space, culture and people in a highly sensitive and eloquent style. Hoffman brings to the forefront a long marginalised language and an almost forgotten community. This is indeed ethnography at its best. Readers will be inspired by the breadth and depth of Hoffman’s treatment.” Enam Al-Wer, University of Essex “An excellent in-depth study of the gender and language dynamics in Berber communities. A highly readable and timely addition to the emerging and promising scholarship on language, gender and women in Morocco.” Fatima Sadiqi, Harvard UniversityTable of ContentsList of Figures, Tables and Transcripts viii Series Preface xi Copyright Acknowledgments xiii Note on Transcription and Transliteration xvii Part I Prelude 1 1 Introduction: Staying Put 3 2 On Fieldwork Methods and Movements: “Song Is Good Speech” 31 Part II Dissonance: Gender 47 3 The Gender of Authenticity 49 Part III Consonance: Homeland 81 4 Building the Homeland: Labor, Roads, Emigration 83 5 Voicing the Homeland: Objectifi cation, Order, Displacement 110 Part IV Antiphony: Periphery 145 6 Transformation in the Sous Valley 147 7 Ishelhin into Arabs? Ethnolinguistic Differentiating Practices in the Periphery 164 Part V Resonance 193 8 Mediating the Countryside: Purists and Pundits on Tashelhit Radio 195 9 Conclusion 228 Notes 237 References 245 Index 257

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Book SynopsisWe Share Walls: Language, Land, and Gender in Berber Morocco explores how political economic shifts over the last century have reshaped the language practices and ideologies of women (and men) in the plains and mountains of rural Morocco. Offers a unique and richly textured ethnography of language maintenance and shift as well as language and place-making among an overlooked Muslim group Examines how Moroccan Berbers use language to integrate into the Arab-speaking world and retain their own distinct identity Illuminates the intriguing semiotic and gender issues embedded in the culture Part of the Blackwell Studies in Discourse and Culture Series Trade Review“In vivid prose, this breakthrough book portrays how Morocco’s Berber women and men – in remote villages and towns, on radio, and in schools – use language as a key element to shape how they ‘belong’ in Moroccan society today and in the process reshape the idea of ‘center’ and ‘periphery’.” Dale F. Eickelman, Dartmouth College “Katherine Hoffman is a gifted ethnographer and her nuanced account of language, gender, poetry, and place in Berber Morocco resonates with the rich sensory texture of lived experience. Her chapter on radio is alone worth the price of admission – a pioneering work of media ethnography in linguistic anthropology.” Richard Bauman, Indiana University “With compassion and intellectual acuity, Hoffman’s study of the Berber-speaking Ishelhin of Southern Morocco evokes a society where the spoken word has molded a deep attachment to place. Her observations glow with the intensity of lived experience, distilled from a total immersion in the land, language, and people of this remote region. Using speech, poetry, and song as keys to understanding social process, We Share Walls represents a major contribution to contemporary Moroccan Studies and to the wider field of ethnolinguistics.” Susan Gilson Miller, Harvard University "A beautiful and deeply researched ethnography that elucidates how performance genres like talk, song, and poetry create a sense of place and a particularly Berber (and gendered) response to modernity." Deborah Kapchan, The Tisch School of the Arts, New York University "A richly detailed study of the changing politics of language in Morocco. Hoffman deftly shows how Berber women's everyday labour keeps alive the homeland and mother tongue that are the charged objects of migrant men's nostalgia and identity. This is linguistic anthropology at its best, and broadest." Lila Abu-Lughod, Columbia University “At last we have an account of Berber Morocco that probes space, culture and people in a highly sensitive and eloquent style. Hoffman brings to the forefront a long marginalised language and an almost forgotten community. This is indeed ethnography at its best. Readers will be inspired by the breadth and depth of Hoffman’s treatment.” Enam Al-Wer, University of Essex “An excellent in-depth study of the gender and language dynamics in Berber communities. A highly readable and timely addition to the emerging and promising scholarship on language, gender and women in Morocco.” Fatima Sadiqi, Harvard UniversityTable of ContentsList of Figures, Tables and Transcripts viii Series Preface xi Copyright Acknowledgments xiii Note on Transcription and Transliteration xvii Part I Prelude 1 1 Introduction: Staying Put 3 2 On Fieldwork Methods and Movements: “Song Is Good Speech” 31 Part II Dissonance: Gender 47 3 The Gender of Authenticity 49 Part III Consonance: Homeland 81 4 Building the Homeland: Labor, Roads, Emigration 83 5 Voicing the Homeland: Objectification, Order, Displacement 110 Part IV Antiphony: Periphery 145 6 Transformation in the Sous Valley 147 7 Ishelhin into Arabs? Ethnolinguistic Differentiating Practices in the Periphery 164 Part V Resonance 193 8 Mediating the Countryside: Purists and Pundits on Tashelhit Radio 195 9 Conclusion 228 Notes 237 References 245 Index 257

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Book SynopsisTales of the Barbarians traces the creation of new mythologies in the wake of Roman expansion westward to the Atlantic, and offers the first application of modern ethnographic theory to ancient material. Investigates the connections between empire and knowledge at the turn of the millennia, and the creation of new histories in the Roman West Explores how ancient geography, local histories and the stories of wandering heroes were woven together by Greek scholars and local experts Offers a fresh perspective by examining passages from ancient writers in a new light Trade Review"A work of fundamental importance for students of ancient ethnography. Summing Up: Essential. All levels/libraries." (Choice, 1 November 2011) "By contrast, Woolf has rendered the topic in crisp and elegant prose. This reviewer suspects that, like good ancient ethnography, Woolf's contribution will very soon take on a life of its own". (Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 25 July 2011)Table of ContentsTranslations Used vii Introduction 1 Chapter 1: Telling Tales on the Middle Ground 8 Chapter 2: Explaining the Barbarians 32 Chapter 3: Ethnography and Empire 59 Chapter 4: Enduring Fictions? 89 Notes 119 References 146 General Index 164 Index of Main Passages Discussed 168

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Book SynopsisThe Shadow Side of Fieldwork draws attention to the typically hidden or unacknowledged aspects of ethnographic fieldwork encounters that nevertheless shape the resulting knowledge and texts. Addressing these invisible, elusive, unspoken or mysterious elements introduces a distinctive rigor and responsibility to ethnographic research. Luminaries in anthropology dare to explore the ''unspeakable'' and ''invisible'' in the ethnographic encounter Considers personal and professional challenges (ethical, epistemological, and political) faced by researchers who examine the subjectivities inherent in their ethnographic insights Explores the value, and limitations, of addressing the personal in ethnographic research Includes a critical discussion of the anthropologist's self in the field Introduces imaginative rigor to ethnographic research to heighten confidenceTrade Review"Important and invaluable ... .This book brings that totality out of the shadows and into the light. It is written in an accessible manner and should inform teaching of research methods at both an undergraduate and postgraduate level, being a core text in the latter. It should be a companion guide to us all." (Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, September 2009) "There are some fabulous papers in here: thought provoking, stimulating, well-written, clever papers." (Anthropological Forum, July 2009) Table of ContentsDedication. Acknowledgements. Contributors. Foreword: In the Shadows: Anthropological Encounters with Modernity: Gillian Goslinga (University of California, Santa Cruz) and Gelya Frank (University of Southern California). Introduction: 'Learn to Value your Shadow!': An Introduction to the Margins of Fieldwork: Annette Leibing (University of Montreal) and Athena McLean (Central Michigan University). Part I: Secrecy and Silence in the Ethnographic Encounter:. 1. Out of the Shadows of History and Memory: Personal Family Narratives as Intimate Ethnography: Alisse Waterston (John Jay College of Criminal Justice) and Barbara Rylko-Bauer (Michigan State University). 2. When Things Get Personal: Secrecy and the Production of Experience in Fieldwork: Anne M. Lovell (National Institute for Research on Health and Medicine, Marseille). Part II: Transmutations of Experience: Approaching the Reality of Shadows:. 3. The Scene: Shadowing the Real: Vincent Crapanzano (CUNY Graduate Center). 4. Transmutation of Sensibilities: Empathy, Intuition, Revelation: Thomas Csordas (University of California, San Diego). Part III: Epistemic Shadows:. 5. Shining a Light into the Shadow of Death: Terminal Care Discourse and Practice in the Late Twentieth Century: Jason Szabo (Harvard University). 6. The Hidden Side of the Moon or, 'Lifting Out' in Ethnography: Annette Leibing (University of Montreal). Part IV: The Politics of Ethnographic Encounter: Negotiating Power in the Shadow:. 7. The Gray Zone: Nancy Scheper-Hughes (University of California, Berkeley). 8. Others within Us: Collective Identity, Positioning and Displacement: Meira Weiss (Hebrew University of Jerusalem). 9. Falling into Fieldwork: Lessons from a Desperate Search for Survival: Rose-Marie Chierici (SUNY Geneseo). Part V: Blurred Borders in the Ethnographic Encounter of Self and Other:. 10. Field Research on the Run: One More (from) for the Road: Dimitris Papageorgiou (University of the Aegean). 11. Intimate Travels through Otherness: Ellen Corin (McGill University). 12. When the Border of Research and Personal Life become Blurred: Thorny Issues in Conducting Dementia Research: Athena McLean (Central Michigan University). Index

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Book SynopsisThis Companion offers an unprecedented overview of anthropology's unique contribution to the study of politics. Explores the key concepts and issues of our time - from AIDS, globalization, displacement, and militarization, to identity politics and beyond Each chapter reflects on concepts and issues that have shaped the anthropology of politics and concludes with thoughts on and challenges for the way ahead Anthropology''s distinctive genre, ethnography, lies at the heart of this volume Trade ReviewA Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year “A magnificent collection. The most engaged and imaginative writing that anthropology has to offer, disclosing the inherently political nature of everyday life.” Michael Burawoy, University of California, Berkeley “What is impressive about this collection is the way many authors take received ideas from political science, political philosophy, cultural studies, or world systems theory and, by subjecting them to ethnographic scrutiny, transform them in new and powerful ways. Anthropology makes a difference.” Marshall Sahlins, University of Chicago "The Blackwell Companions to Anthropology, of which this volume is the second to appear, are set fair to blow cobwebs from dormant minds ... this volume is an exemplar of scholarship at its meticulous, dynamic, and demanding best ... we have here an erudite analysis of problems of direct relevance to the lives of every individual person on our planet, and an inspired exploration of “things to come”. This is scholarly, sophisticated, unsparing, courageous political thinking, far removed from the shams, slogans, shibboleths, stupidities, and silliness of much of the political comment and conditioning purveyed by our mass media – even by our elected “representatives” ... This is an admirable work that will fertilise the rugged field of the anthropology of politics for decades to come. All academic libraries need it. It would also be a salutary Christmas present choice for our pet political representative, an earnest hope of a positive revolution in political theory and practice.” Reference ReviewsTable of ContentsSynopsis of Contents viii Preface xv Notes on Contributors xvi Introduction 1Joan Vincent 1 Affective States 4Ann Laura Stoler 2 After Socialism 21Katherine Verdery 3 AIDS 37Brooke Grundfest Schoepf 4 Citizenship 55Aihwa Ong 5 Cosmopolitanism 69Ulf Hannerz 6 Development 86Marc Edelman and Angelique Haugerud 7 Displacement 107Elizabeth Colson 8 Feminism 121Malathi de Alwis 9 Gender, Race, and Class 135Micaela di Leonardo 10 Genetic Citizenship 152Deborah Heath, Rayna Rapp, and Karen-Sue Taussig 11 The Global City 168Saskia Sassen 12 Globalization 179Jonathan Friedman 13 Governing States 198David Nugent 14 Hegemony 216Gavin Smith 15 Human Rights 231Richard Ashby Wilson 16 Identity 248Arturo Escobar 17 Imagining Nations 267Akhil Gupta 18 Infrapolitics 282Steven Gregory 19 ‘‘Mafias’’ 303Jane C. and Peter T. Schneider 20 Militarization 318Catherine Lutz 21 Neoliberalism 332John Gledhill 22 Popular Justice 349Robert Gordon 23 Postcolonialism 367K. Sivaramakrishnan 24 Power Topographies 383James Ferguson 25 Race Technologies 400Thomas Biolsi 26 Sovereignty 418Caroline Humphrey 27 Transnational Civil Society 437June Nash 28 Transnationality 448Nina Glick Schiller Index 468

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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 "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 “A much needed and impressive book. Soundly linking issues of perennial interest to psychological anthropologists, these chapters make for a truly significant advance in anthropology. The pages sparkle with rich, innovative ideas drawn from carefully rendered research by leading scholars.” Robert Desjarlais, Sarah Lawrence College “On the forefront of discussions about the relationship between culture and psyche, this exciting, wide-ranging collection makes clear how much the field has changed and developed in recent years.” Tanya Luhrmann, University of ChicagoTable 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

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Book SynopsisThe Shadow Side of Fieldwork draws attention to the typically hidden or unacknowledged aspects of ethnographic fieldwork encounters that nevertheless shape the resulting knowledge and texts. Addressing these invisible, elusive, unspoken or mysterious elements introduces a distinctive rigor and responsibility to ethnographic research. Luminaries in anthropology dare to explore the ''unspeakable'' and ''invisible'' in the ethnographic encounter Considers personal and professional challenges (ethical, epistemological, and political) faced by researchers who examine the subjectivities inherent in their ethnographic insights Explores the value, and limitations, of addressing the personal in ethnographic research Includes a critical discussion of the anthropologist's self in the field Introduces imaginative rigor to ethnographic research to heighten confidenceTrade Review"Important and invaluable ... .This book brings that totality out of the shadows and into the light. It is written in an accessible manner and should inform teaching of research methods at both an undergraduate and postgraduate level, being a core text in the latter. It should be a companion guide to us all." (Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, September 2009) "There are some fabulous papers in here: thought provoking, stimulating, well-written, clever papers." (Anthropological Forum, July 2009) Table of ContentsDedication. Acknowledgements. Contributors. Foreword: In the Shadows: Anthropological Encounters with Modernity: Gillian Goslinga (University of California, Santa Cruz) and Gelya Frank (University of Southern California). Introduction: 'Learn to Value your Shadow!': An Introduction to the Margins of Fieldwork: Annette Leibing (University of Montreal) and Athena McLean (Central Michigan University). Part I: Secrecy and Silence in the Ethnographic Encounter:. 1. Out of the Shadows of History and Memory: Personal Family Narratives as Intimate Ethnography: Alisse Waterston (John Jay College of Criminal Justice) and Barbara Rylko-Bauer (Michigan State University). 2. When Things Get Personal: Secrecy and the Production of Experience in Fieldwork: Anne M. Lovell (National Institute for Research on Health and Medicine, Marseille). Part II: Transmutations of Experience: Approaching the Reality of Shadows:. 3. The Scene: Shadowing the Real: Vincent Crapanzano (CUNY Graduate Center). 4. Transmutation of Sensibilities: Empathy, Intuition, Revelation: Thomas Csordas (University of California, San Diego). Part III: Epistemic Shadows:. 5. Shining a Light into the Shadow of Death: Terminal Care Discourse and Practice in the Late Twentieth Century: Jason Szabo (Harvard University). 6. The Hidden Side of the Moon or, 'Lifting Out' in Ethnography: Annette Leibing (University of Montreal). Part IV: The Politics of Ethnographic Encounter: Negotiating Power in the Shadow:. 7. The Gray Zone: Nancy Scheper-Hughes (University of California, Berkeley). 8. Others within Us: Collective Identity, Positioning and Displacement: Meira Weiss (Hebrew University of Jerusalem). 9. Falling into Fieldwork: Lessons from a Desperate Search for Survival: Rose-Marie Chierici (SUNY Geneseo). Part V: Blurred Borders in the Ethnographic Encounter of Self and Other:. 10. Field Research on the Run: One More (from) for the Road: Dimitris Papageorgiou (University of the Aegean). 11. Intimate Travels through Otherness: Ellen Corin (McGill University). 12. When the Border of Research and Personal Life become Blurred: Thorny Issues in Conducting Dementia Research: Athena McLean (Central Michigan University). Index

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Book SynopsisSince our first primordial breath, wind has been a central theme of cultural thought. Wind in its different guises - from the 'natural phenomenon' of air in motion, to embodied 'life giving' experiences and deities and spirits - has contributed to the richness of human ideas and practices from ancient cultures to this very day.Table of ContentsPreface (Elisabeth Hsu and Chris Low). Introduction (Chris Low and Elisabeth Hsu). 1. Earth, sky, wind, and weather (Tim Ingold). 2. Wafting on the wind: smell and the cycle of spirit and matter (David Parkin). 3. Blowing 'cross the crest of Mount Galeng’: winds of the voice, winds of the spirits (Marina Roseman). 4. Khoisan wind: hunting and healing (Chris Low). 5. Time to move: winds and the political economy of space in Andamanese culture (Vishvajit Pandya). 6. The bodily winds in ancient India revisited (Kenneth G. Zysk). 7. The experience of wind in early and medieval Chinese medicine (Elisabeth Hsu). 8. Pneuma between body and soul (Geoffrey Lloyd). 9. Gruff boreas, deadly calms: a medical perspective on winds and the Victorians (Vladimir Jankovic). 10. An ill wind: the Foehn in Leukerbad and beyond (Sarah Strauss). Index.

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Book Synopsis* An interdisciplinary interrogation of the concept of British 'informal empire' in Latin America * Builds upon recent advances in the historiography of imperialism and studies of the nineteenth-century modern world, most obviously the work of Ann Stoler, Catherine Hall and C.A.Trade Review"Rarely does a single volume illustrate so clearly how new methods can improve an already venerable body of historiography." (Journal of Latin American Studies, April 2009)Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. About the Cover Images. Contributor Biographies. Introduction (Matthew Brown, University of Bristol). 1. Rethinking British Informal Empire in Latin America (Especially Argentina) (Alan Knight, St. Antony’s College, Oxford). 2. The British in Argentina: From Informal Empire to Postcolonialism (David Rock, University of California). 3. Commercial Christianity: The British and Foreign Bible Society’s Interest in Spanish America, 1805–1830 (Karen Racine, University of Guelph). 4. Britain, the Argentine and Informal Empire: Rethinking the Role of Railway Companies (Colin M. Lewis, London School of Economics and Political Science). 5. Finance, Ambition and Romanticism in the River Plate, 1880–1892 (Charles Jones, University of Cambridge). 6. Appropriating the ‘Unattainable’: The British Travel Experience in Patagonia (Fernanda Peñaloza, University of Manchester). 7. ‘Weapons of the Weak?’ Colombia and Foreign Powers in the Nineteenth Century (Malcolm Deas, St. Antony’s College, Oxford). 8. ‘Literature Can Be Our Teacher’: Reading Informal Empire in El inglés de los güesos (Jennifer L. French, Williams College, USA). 9. The Artful Seductions of Informal Empire (Louise Guenther, Universidade Federale de Minas Gerais, Brazil). 10. Afterword: Informal Empire: Past, Present and Future (Andrew Thompson, University of Leeds). References. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis Companion is comprised of 27 original contributions by leading scholars in the field and summarizes the state of anthropological knowledge of Indian peoples, as well as the history that got us to this point. Surveys the full range of American Indian anthropology: from ecological and political-economic questions to topics concerning religion, language, and expressive culture Each chapter provides definitive coverage of its topic, as well as situating ethnographic and ethnohistorical data into larger frameworks Explores anthropology's contribution to knowledge, its historic and ongoing complicities with colonialism, and its political and ethical obligations toward the people ''studied'' Trade Review"Highly recommended." Choice "Biolsi has produced a rich and comprehensive overview of the field by drawing on senior figures and younger scholars, academics and public intellectuals, and Native and non-Native voices. This volume is required reading for anyone wishing to enter, revisit, or advance the practice of Native American anthropology." Philip Deloria, University of Michigan "This invaluable volume offers the perspectives of individuals whose intellectual, social, emotional, and pragmatic commitment to better understanding our world have earned the respect and attention of Native and non-Native audiences." Tsianina Lomawaima, University of Arizona "This is a sterling compilation, expertly edited, that interrogates the dynamic and often contentious relationship between indigenous peoples and anthropologists." David Wilkins, University of MinnesotaTable of ContentsSynopsis of Contents x Notes on Contributors xviii Introduction: What is the ‘‘Anthropology’’ of ‘‘American Indians’’? 1 Thomas Biolsi Part I: Environments and Populations 5 1 Political and Historical Ecologies 7 Kenneth M. Ames 2 Historical Demography 24 Russell Thornton Part II: Political, Social, and Economic Organization 49 3 Women and Men 51 Martha C. Knack 4 Politics 69 Loretta Fowler 5 Tribal or Native Law 95 Bruce Granville Miller 6 Culture and Reservation Economies 112 Kathleen Pickering Part III: Knowledge and Expressive Culture 131 7 Knowledge Systems 133 Eugene S. Hunn 8 Oral Traditions 154 Rodney Frey 9 Religion 171 Raymond Bucko 10 Music 196 Luke Eric Lassiter 11 Art 212 Rebecca J. Dobkins Part IV: Colonialism, Native Sovereignty, Law, and Policy 229 12 Political and Legal Status (‘‘Lower 48’’ States) 231 Thomas Biolsi 13 Political and Legal Status of Alaska Natives 248 Caroline L. Brown 14 Federal Indian Policy and Anthropology 268 George Pierre Castile 15 Contemporary Globalization and Tribal Sovereignty 284 Randel D. Hanson 16 Treaty Rights 304 Larry Nesper 17 Education 321 Alice Littlefield Part V: Cultural Politics and the Colonial Situation 339 18 Representational Practices 341 Pauline Turner Strong 19 The Politics of Native Culture 360 Kirk Dombrowski 20 Cultural Appropriation 383 Tressa Berman 21 Community Healing and Cultural Citizenship 398 Renya K. Ramirez 22 Native Hawaiians 412 Cari Costanzo Kapur Part VI: Anthropological Method and Postcolonial Practice 433 23 Ethnography 435 Peter Whiteley 24 Beyond ‘‘Applied’’ Anthropology 472 Les W. Field 25 Language 490 James Collins 26 Visual Anthropology 506 Harald E. L. Prins 27 Archaeology 526 Larry J. Zimmerman Index 542

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Book SynopsisThis book is an unprecedented collection of 29 original essays by some of the world''s most distinguished scholars of Japan. Covers a broad range of issues, including the colonial roots of anthropology in the Japanese academy; eugenics and nation building; majority and minority cultures; genders and sexualities; and fashion and food cultures Resists stale and misleading stereotypes, by presenting new perspectives on Japanese culture and society Makes Japanese society accessible to readers unfamiliar with the country 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 3 Jennifer Robertson Part II: Cultures, Histories, and Identities 17 2 The Imperial Past of Anthropology in Japan 19 Katsumi Nakao 3 Japanese Archaeology and Cultural Properties Management: Prewar Ideology and Postwar Legacies 36 Walter Edwards 4 Feminism, Timelines, and History-Making 50 Tomomi Yamaguchi 5 Making Majority Culture 59 Roger Goodman 6 Political and Cultural Perspectives on ‘‘Insider’’ Minorities 73 Joshua Hotaka Roth 7 Japan’s Ethnic Minority: Koreans 89 Sonia Ryang 8 Shifting Contours of Class and Status 104 Glenda S. Roberts 9 The Anthropology of Japanese Corporate Management 125 Tomoko Hamada 10 Fashioning Cultural Identity: Body and Dress 153 Ofra Goldstein-Gidoni 11 Genders and Sexualities 167 Sabine Frühstück Part III: Geographies and Boundaries, Spaces and Sentiments 183 12 On the ‘‘Nature’’ of Japanese Culture, or, Is There a Japanese Sense of Nature? 185 D. P. Martinez 13 The Rural Imaginary: Landscape, Village, Tradition 201 Scott Schnell 14 Tokyo’s Third Rebuilding: New Twists on Old Patterns 218 Roman Cybriwsky 15 Japan’s Global Village: A View from the World of Leisure 231 Joy Hendry Part IV: Socialization, Assimilation, and Identification 245 16 Formal Caring Alternatives: Kindergartens and Day-Care Centers 247 Eyal Ben-Ari 17 Post-Compulsory Schooling and the Legacy of Imperialism 261 Brian J. McVeigh 18 Theorizing the Cultural Importance of Play: Anthropological Approaches to Sports and Recreation of Japan 279 Elise Edwards 19 Popular Entertainment and the Music Industry 297 Shuhei Hosokawa 20 There’s More than Manga: Popular Nonfiction Books and Magazines 314 Laura Miller Part V: Body, Blood, Self, and Nation 327 21 Biopower: Blood, Kinship, and Eugenic Marriage 329 Jennifer Robertson 22 The Ie (Family) in Global Perspective 355 Emiko Ochiai 23 Constrained Person and Creative Agent: A Dying Student’s Narrative of Self and Others 380 Susan Orpett Long 24 Nation, Citizenship, and Cinema 400 Aaron Gerow 25 Culinary Culture and the Making of a National Cuisine 415 Katarzyna Cwiertka Part VI: Religion and Science, Beliefs and Bioethics 429 26 Historical, New, and ‘‘New’’ New Religions 431 Ian Reader 27 Folk Religion and its Contemporary Issues 452 Noriko Kawahashi 28 Women Scientists and Gender Ideology 467 Sumiko Otsubo 29 Preserving Moral Order: Responses to Biomedical Technologies 483 Margaret Lock Index 501

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Book SynopsisA Reader in Medical Anthropology: Theoretical Trajectories, Emergent Realities brings together articles from the key theoretical approaches in the field of medical anthropology as well as related science and technology studies. The editors' comprehensive introductions evaluate the historical lineages of these approaches and their value in addressing critical problems associated with contemporary forms of illness experience and health care. Presents a key selection of both classic and new agenda-setting articles in medical anthropology Provides analytic and historical contextual introductions by leading figures in medical anthropology, medical sociology, and science and technology studies Critically reviews the contribution of medical anthropology to a new global health movement that is reshaping international health agendas Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix About the Editors xiii Introduction 1 Part I Antecedents 7 Introduction 9 1 Massage in Melanesia 15W. H. R. Rivers 2 The Notion of Witchcraft Explains Unfortunate Events 18E. E. Evans-Pritchard 3 Muchona the Hornet, Interpreter of Religion 26Victor Turner 4 The Ojibwa Self and Its Behavioral Environment 38Irving A. Hallowell 5 The Charity Physician 47Rudolf Virchow 6 The Role of Beliefs and Customs in Sanitation Programs 50Benjamin Paul 7 Introduction to Asian Medical Systems 55Charles Leslie 8 Medical Anthropology and the Problem of Belief 64Byron J. Good Part II Illness and Narrative, Body and Experience 77 Introduction 79 9 Medicine’s Symbolic Reality: On a Central Problem in the Philosophy of Medicine 85Arthur M. Kleinman 10 Elements of Charismatic Persuasion and Healing 91Thomas J. Csordas 11 The Thickness of Being: Intentional Worlds, Strategies of Identity, and Experience Among Schizophrenics 108Ellen Corin 12 The Concept of Therapeutic ‘Emplotment’ 121Cheryl Mattingly 13 Myths/Histories/Lives 137Michael Jackson 14 The State Construction of Affect: Political Ethos and Mental Health Among Salvadoran Refugees 143Janis Hunter Jenkins 15 Struggling Along: The Possibilities for Experience among the Homeless Mentally Ill 160Robert Desjarlais Part III Governmentalities and Biological Citizenship 175 Introduction 177 16 Dreaming of Psychiatric Citizenship: A Case Study of Supermax Confinement 181Lorna A. Rhodes 17 Biological Citizenship: The Science and Politics of Chernobyl-Exposed Populations 199Adriana Petryna 18 Human Pharmakon: Symptoms, Technologies, Subjectivities 213João Biehl 19 The Figure of the Abducted Woman: The Citizen as Sexed 232Veena Das 20 Where Ethics and Politics Meet: The Violence of Humanitarianism in France 245Miriam Ticktin Part IV The Biotechnical Embrace 263 Introduction 265 21 The Medical Imaginary and the Biotechnical Embrace: Subjective Experiences of Clinical Scientists and Patients 272Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good 22 Where It Hurts: Indian Material for an Ethics of Organ Transplantation 284Lawrence Cohen 23 ‘‘Robin Hood’’ of Techno-Turkey or Organ Trafficking in the State of Ethical Beings 300Aslihan Sanal 24 Quest for Conception: Gender, Infertility, and Egyptian Medical Traditions 319Marcia C. Inhorn 25 AIDS in 2006: Moving toward One World, One Hope? 327Jim Yong Kim and Paul Farmer Part V Biosciences, Biotechnologies 331 Introduction 333 26 Dr. Judah Folkman’s Decalogue and Network Analysis 339Michael M. J. Fischer 27 Beyond Nature and Culture: Modes of Reasoning in the Age of Molecular Biology and Medicine 345Hans-Jörg Rheinberger 28 Immortality, In Vitro: A History of the HeLa Cell Line 353Hannah Landecker 29 A Digital Image of the Category of the Person 367Joseph Dumit 30 Experimental Values: Indian Clinical Trials and Surplus Health 377Kaushik Sunder Rajan Part VI Global Health, Global Medicine 389 Introduction 391 31 Medical Anthropology and International Health Planning 394George M. Foster 32 Anthropology and Global Health 405Craig R. Janes and Kitty K. Corbett 33 Mot Luuk Problems in Northeast Thailand: Why Women’s Own Health Concerns Matter as Much as Disease Rates 422Pimpawun Boonmongkon, Mark Nichter, and Jen Pylypa 34 The New Malaise: Medical Ethics and Social Rights in the Global Era 437Paul Farmer 35 Humanitarianism as a Politics of Life 452Didier Fassin Part VII Postcolonial Disorders 467 Introduction 469 36 Amuk in Java: Madness and Violence in Indonesian Politics 473Byron J. Good and Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good 37 The Political Economy of ‘Trauma’ in Haiti in the Democratic Era of Insecurity 481Erica James 38 Contract of Mutual (In)Difference: Governance and the Humanitarian Apparatus in Contemporary Albania and Kosovo 496Mariella Pandolfi 39 Darfur through a Shoah Lens: Sudanese Asylum Seekers, Unruly Biopolitical Dramas, and the Politics of Humanitarian Compassion in Israel 505Sarah S. Willen 40 The Elegiac Addict: History, Chronicity, and the Melancholic Subject 522Angela Garcia Index 540

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Book SynopsisA Reader in Medical Anthropology: Theoretical Trajectories, Emergent Realities brings together articles from the key theoretical approaches in the field of medical anthropology as well as related science and technology studies. The editors' comprehensive introductions evaluate the historical lineages of these approaches and their value in addressing critical problems associated with contemporary forms of illness experience and health care. Presents a key selection of both classic and new agenda-setting articles in medical anthropology Provides analytic and historical contextual introductions by leading figures in medical anthropology, medical sociology, and science and technology studies Critically reviews the contribution of medical anthropology to a new global health movement that is reshaping international health agendas Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix About the Editors xiii Introduction 1 Part I Antecedents 7 Introduction 9 1 Massage in Melanesia 15W. H. R. Rivers 2 The Notion of Witchcraft Explains Unfortunate Events 18E. E. Evans-Pritchard 3 Muchona the Hornet, Interpreter of Religion 26Victor Turner 4 The Ojibwa Self and Its Behavioral Environment 38Irving A. Hallowell 5 The Charity Physician 47Rudolf Virchow 6 The Role of Beliefs and Customs in Sanitation Programs 50Benjamin Paul 7 Introduction to Asian Medical Systems 55Charles Leslie 8 Medical Anthropology and the Problem of Belief 64Byron J. Good Part II Illness and Narrative, Body and Experience 77 Introduction 79 9 Medicine’s Symbolic Reality: On a Central Problem in the Philosophy of Medicine 85Arthur M. Kleinman 10 Elements of Charismatic Persuasion and Healing 91Thomas J. Csordas 11 The Thickness of Being: Intentional Worlds, Strategies of Identity, and Experience Among Schizophrenics 108Ellen Corin 12 The Concept of Therapeutic ‘Emplotment’ 121Cheryl Mattingly 13 Myths/Histories/Lives 137Michael Jackson 14 The State Construction of Affect: Political Ethos and Mental Health Among Salvadoran Refugees 143Janis Hunter Jenkins 15 Struggling Along: The Possibilities for Experience among the Homeless Mentally Ill 160Robert Desjarlais Part III Governmentalities and Biological Citizenship 175 Introduction 177 16 Dreaming of Psychiatric Citizenship: A Case Study of Supermax Confinement 181Lorna A. Rhodes 17 Biological Citizenship: The Science and Politics of Chernobyl-Exposed Populations 199Adriana Petryna 18 Human Pharmakon: Symptoms, Technologies, Subjectivities 213João Biehl 19 The Figure of the Abducted Woman: The Citizen as Sexed 232Veena Das 20 Where Ethics and Politics Meet: The Violence of Humanitarianism in France 245Miriam Ticktin Part IV The Biotechnical Embrace 263 Introduction 265 21 The Medical Imaginary and the Biotechnical Embrace: Subjective Experiences of Clinical Scientists and Patients 272Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good 22 Where It Hurts: Indian Material for an Ethics of Organ Transplantation 284Lawrence Cohen 23 ‘‘Robin Hood’’ of Techno-Turkey or Organ Trafficking in the State of Ethical Beings 300Aslihan Sanal 24 Quest for Conception: Gender, Infertility, and Egyptian Medical Traditions 319Marcia C. Inhorn 25 AIDS in 2006: Moving toward One World, One Hope? 327Jim Yong Kim and Paul Farmer Part V Biosciences, Biotechnologies 331 Introduction 333 26 Dr. Judah Folkman’s Decalogue and Network Analysis 339Michael M. J. Fischer 27 Beyond Nature and Culture: Modes of Reasoning in the Age of Molecular Biology and Medicine 345Hans-Jörg Rheinberger 28 Immortality, In Vitro: A History of the HeLa Cell Line 353Hannah Landecker 29 A Digital Image of the Category of the Person 367Joseph Dumit 30 Experimental Values: Indian Clinical Trials and Surplus Health 377Kaushik Sunder Rajan Part VI Global Health, Global Medicine 389 Introduction 391 31 Medical Anthropology and International Health Planning 394George M. Foster 32 Anthropology and Global Health 405Craig R. Janes and Kitty K. Corbett 33 Mot Luuk Problems in Northeast Thailand: Why Women’s Own Health Concerns Matter as Much as Disease Rates 422Pimpawun Boonmongkon, Mark Nichter, and Jen Pylypa 34 The New Malaise: Medical Ethics and Social Rights in the Global Era 437Paul Farmer 35 Humanitarianism as a Politics of Life 452Didier Fassin Part VII Postcolonial Disorders 467 Introduction 469 36 Amuk in Java: Madness and Violence in Indonesian Politics 473Byron J. Good and Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good 37 The Political Economy of ‘Trauma’ in Haiti in the Democratic Era of Insecurity 481Erica James 38 Contract of Mutual (In)Difference: Governance and the Humanitarian Apparatus in Contemporary Albania and Kosovo 496Mariella Pandolfi 39 Darfur through a Shoah Lens: Sudanese Asylum Seekers, Unruly Biopolitical Dramas, and the Politics of Humanitarian Compassion in Israel 505Sarah S. Willen 40 The Elegiac Addict: History, Chronicity, and the Melancholic Subject 522Angela Garcia Index 540

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Book SynopsisThis innovative reader brings together key works that demonstrate the important and unique contributions anthropologists have made to the understanding and practice of human rights over the last 60 years. Draws on a range of intellectual and methodological approaches to reveal both the ambiguities and potential of the postwar human rights project Brings together essays by both contemporary luminaries and seminal figures to provide a rich introduction to the subject Supplemented with selected international human rights documents and links to websites on human rights Trade Review"Provides an important introduction to core epistemological, moral, and methodological questions at stake. ... Recommended reading not just as background literature for students of the field, but for the wider anthropological community seeking to come to terms with rights." (Social Anthropology, January 2010) "Goodale has an apt sense of what is important and what has yet to be done in the anthropological encounter with human rights ... .The book raises valuable questions not only about human rights but ultimately about cultural relativism, the concept of culture, and the practice and future of anthropology itself." (Academici, April 2009) "The book draws on a range of intellectual and methodological approaches to explore both the ambiguities and potential of the postwar human rights project." (Law & Social Inquiry, Spring 2009)Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. Introduction—Human Rights and Anthropology: Mark Goodale (George Mason University). Part I: Conceptual and Historical Foundations:. 1. Statement on Human Rights (1947) and commentaries: American Anthropological Association, Julian Steward (Late of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), H. G. Barnett (Late of University of Oregon). 2. The Decline of the Nation-State and the End of the Rights of Man: Hannah Arendt. 3. The Good, The Bad, and the Intolerable: Minority Group Rights: Will Kymlicka (Queen’s University, Canada). 4. Toward a Cross-Cultural Approach to Defining International Standards of Human Rights: Abdullahi Ahmed An –Na’im (Emory University). 5. Human Rights and Capabilities: Amartya Sen (Harvard University). Part II: Anthropology and Human Rights Activism:. 6. Declaration on Anthropology and Human Rights (1999): American Anthropological Association. 7. Anthropology, Human Rights, and Social Transformation: Ellen Messer (Brandeis University). 8. Excavations of the Heart: Healing Fragmented Communities: Victoria Sanford (City University of New York, Lehman College). 9. Rethinking Health and Human Rights: Time for a Paradigm Shift: Paul Farmer and Nicole Gastineau (both Harvard University). 10. Rotten Trade: Millennial Capitalism, Human Values, and Global Justice in Organs Trafficking: Nancy Scheper-Hughes (University of California, Berkeley). 11. Do Anthropologists Have an Ethical Obligation to Promote Human Rights?: Terence Turner (Cornell University), Laura Graham (University of Iowa), Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban (Rhode Island College), Jane Cowan (University of Sussex, UK). Part III: The Ethnography of Human Rights Practices:. 12. Representing Human Rights Violations: Social Contexts and Subjectivities: Richard. A. Wilson (University of Connecticut). 13. Gendered Intersections: Collective and Individual Rights in Indigenous Women’s Experience: Shannon Speed (University of Texas, Austin). 14. Human Rights and Moral Panics: Listening to Popular Grievances: Harri Englund (University of Cambridge, UK). 15. Legal Transplants and Cultural Translation: Making Human Rights in the Vernacular: Sally Engle Merry (New York University). Part IV: Critical Anthropologies of Human Rights:. 16. Culture and Rights after Culture and Rights: Jane Cowan (University of Sussex, UK). 17. Human Rights as Cultural Practice: An Anthropological Critique: Ann-Belinda Preis (UNESCO, France). 18. Between Universalism and Relativism: A Critique of the UNESCO Concept of Culture: Thomas Hylland Eriksen (University of Oslo, Norway). 19. Toward a Critical Anthropology of Human Rights: Mark Goodale (George Mason University). Appendix: Websites on Human Rights

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Book SynopsisThis innovative reader brings together key works that demonstrate the important and unique contributions anthropologists have made to the understanding and practice of human rights over the last 60 years. Draws on a range of intellectual and methodological approaches to reveal both the ambiguities and potential of the postwar human rights project Brings together essays by both contemporary luminaries and seminal figures to provide a rich introduction to the subject Supplemented with selected international human rights documents and links to websites on human rights Trade Review"Provides an important introduction to core epistemological, moral, and methodological questions at stake. ... Recommended reading not just as background literature for students of the field, but for the wider anthropological community seeking to come to terms with rights." (Social Anthropology, January 2010) "Goodale has an apt sense of what is important and what has yet to be done in the anthropological encounter with human rights ... .The book raises valuable questions not only about human rights but ultimately about cultural relativism, the concept of culture, and the practice and future of anthropology itself." (Academici, April 2009) "The book draws on a range of intellectual and methodological approaches to explore both the ambiguities and potential of the postwar human rights project." (Law & Social Inquiry, Spring 2009)Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. Introduction—Human Rights and Anthropology: Mark Goodale (George Mason University). Part I: Conceptual and Historical Foundations:. 1. Statement on Human Rights (1947) and commentaries: American Anthropological Association, Julian Steward (Late of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), H. G. Barnett (Late of University of Oregon). 2. The Decline of the Nation-State and the End of the Rights of Man: Hannah Arendt. 3. The Good, The Bad, and the Intolerable: Minority Group Rights: Will Kymlicka (Queen’s University, Canada). 4. Toward a Cross-Cultural Approach to Defining International Standards of Human Rights: Abdullahi Ahmed An –Na’im (Emory University). 5. Human Rights and Capabilities: Amartya Sen (Harvard University). Part II: Anthropology and Human Rights Activism:. 6. Declaration on Anthropology and Human Rights (1999): American Anthropological Association. 7. Anthropology, Human Rights, and Social Transformation: Ellen Messer (Brandeis University). 8. Excavations of the Heart: Healing Fragmented Communities: Victoria Sanford (City University of New York, Lehman College). 9. Rethinking Health and Human Rights: Time for a Paradigm Shift: Paul Farmer and Nicole Gastineau (both Harvard University). 10. Rotten Trade: Millennial Capitalism, Human Values, and Global Justice in Organs Trafficking: Nancy Scheper-Hughes (University of California, Berkeley). 11. Do Anthropologists Have an Ethical Obligation to Promote Human Rights?: Terence Turner (Cornell University), Laura Graham (University of Iowa), Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban (Rhode Island College), Jane Cowan (University of Sussex, UK). Part III: The Ethnography of Human Rights Practices:. 12. Representing Human Rights Violations: Social Contexts and Subjectivities: Richard. A. Wilson (University of Connecticut). 13. Gendered Intersections: Collective and Individual Rights in Indigenous Women’s Experience: Shannon Speed (University of Texas, Austin). 14. Human Rights and Moral Panics: Listening to Popular Grievances: Harri Englund (University of Cambridge, UK). 15. Legal Transplants and Cultural Translation: Making Human Rights in the Vernacular: Sally Engle Merry (New York University). Part IV: Critical Anthropologies of Human Rights:. 16. Culture and Rights after Culture and Rights: Jane Cowan (University of Sussex, UK). 17. Human Rights as Cultural Practice: An Anthropological Critique: Ann-Belinda Preis (UNESCO, France). 18. Between Universalism and Relativism: A Critique of the UNESCO Concept of Culture: Thomas Hylland Eriksen (University of Oslo, Norway). 19. Toward a Critical Anthropology of Human Rights: Mark Goodale (George Mason University). Appendix: Websites on Human Rights

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Book SynopsisFoundations of Anthropological Theory presents a selection of key texts that reflect the broad range of anthropological thought on human behavior, from Herodotus and Ibn Battuta to Adam Smith and Adam Ferguson. Enables the reader to situate the modern discipline of anthropology within the larger context of intellectual history Features key texts from the ancient and medieval worlds through to the Enlightenment Considers the presumptive rights of Europeans to judge the inherent moral worth of non-Western civilizations Provides fascinating insights into the ways historians, philosophers, missionaries, and even writers of fiction have made valuable contributions to modern anthropological inquiry Table of ContentsIntroduction. The Ancient World. Herodotus, Histories (selections). Xenophon, The Education of Cyrus (selections). Aristotle, Politics (selections). Tacitus, Germania (selections). The Medieval World. Europe – Journeys to the East:. William of Rubruck, Journal of his embassy to the Mongols (selections). Marco Polo, Travels (selections). Sir John Mandeville, Travels (selections). The Muslim World :. Ibn Battuta, Travels (selections). Ibn Khaldun, Muqaddimah (Introduction to World History), (selections). The Renaissance. New Spain:. Bernardino de Sahagun, General History of the Things of New Spain (selections). Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca, Chronicle of the Narváez Expedition (selections). Bartolomeo de las Casas, The Devastation of the Indies (selections). Garcilaso Inka de la Vega, Royal Commentaries on the Inca of Peru (selections). Antarctic France:. Jean de Léry, History of a Voyage to the Land of Brazil (selections). Michel de Montaigne, “Of Cannibals”. Towards a comparative theory:. Jose de Acosta, Natural and Moral History of the Indies (selections). Jean Bodin, Method for the Comprehension of History (selections). La Popelinière, “Letter to de Thou”. The Seventeenth Century. Matteo Ricci/Nicolas Trigault, Description of China (selections). Paul Le Jeune, Journey among the Montagnais (selections). Jean Chardin, Travels to Persia (selections). William Dampier, A new voyage around the globe(selections). The Enlightenment. Ancients and Moderns:. Sir William Temple, “Of Heroic Virtues”. Bernard de Fontenelle, “The Origin of Fables”. Exotic letters:. Montesquieu, Persian Letters (selections). Françoise de Grafigny, Letters of a Peruvian Woman (selections). Dialogues with the Savages:. Lahontan, Dialogue between the Author and a Savage of Good Sense (selections). Diderot, Supplement to the Voyage of Bougainville. Comparative Perspectives. France :. François-Joseph Lafitau, Customs of the American Savages Compared to the Customs of the Earliest Times (selections). Montesquieu, The Spirit of Laws (selections). Voltaire, Commentary on the Spirit of Laws (selections). Essai sur les Moeurs (selections). Rousseau, Discourse on the Origin of Inequality (selections). Scotland:. David Hume, The Natural History of Religion (selections). Adam Smith, Lectures on Jurisprudence (selections). Adam Ferguson, Essay on the History of Civil Society (selections)

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Book SynopsisFoundations of Anthropological Theory presents a selection of key texts that reflect the broad range of anthropological thought on human behavior, from Herodotus and Ibn Battuta to Adam Smith and Adam Ferguson. Enables the reader to situate the modern discipline of anthropology within the larger context of intellectual history Features key texts from the ancient and medieval worlds through to the Enlightenment Considers the presumptive rights of Europeans to judge the inherent moral worth of non-Western civilizations Provides fascinating insights into the ways historians, philosophers, missionaries, and even writers of fiction have made valuable contributions to modern anthropological inquiry Table of ContentsIntroduction. The Ancient World. Herodotus, Histories (selections). Xenophon, The Education of Cyrus (selections). Aristotle, Politics (selections). Tacitus, Germania (selections). The Medieval World. Europe – Journeys to the East:. William of Rubruck, Journal of his embassy to the Mongols (selections). Marco Polo, Travels (selections). Sir John Mandeville, Travels (selections). The Muslim World :. Ibn Battuta, Travels (selections). Ibn Khaldun, Muqaddimah (Introduction to World History), (selections). The Renaissance. New Spain:. Bernardino de Sahagun, General History of the Things of New Spain (selections). Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca, Chronicle of the Narváez Expedition (selections). Bartolomeo de las Casas, The Devastation of the Indies (selections). Garcilaso Inka de la Vega, Royal Commentaries on the Inca of Peru (selections). Antarctic France:. Jean de Léry, History of a Voyage to the Land of Brazil (selections). Michel de Montaigne, “Of Cannibals”. Towards a comparative theory:. Jose de Acosta, Natural and Moral History of the Indies (selections). Jean Bodin, Method for the Comprehension of History (selections). La Popelinière, “Letter to de Thou”. The Seventeenth Century. Matteo Ricci/Nicolas Trigault, Description of China (selections). Paul Le Jeune, Journey among the Montagnais (selections). Jean Chardin, Travels to Persia (selections). William Dampier, A new voyage around the globe(selections). The Enlightenment. Ancients and Moderns:. Sir William Temple, “Of Heroic Virtues”. Bernard de Fontenelle, “The Origin of Fables”. Exotic letters:. Montesquieu, Persian Letters (selections). Françoise de Grafigny, Letters of a Peruvian Woman (selections). Dialogues with the Savages:. Lahontan, Dialogue between the Author and a Savage of Good Sense (selections). Diderot, Supplement to the Voyage of Bougainville. Comparative Perspectives. France :. François-Joseph Lafitau, Customs of the American Savages Compared to the Customs of the Earliest Times (selections). Montesquieu, The Spirit of Laws (selections). Voltaire, Commentary on the Spirit of Laws (selections). Essai sur les Moeurs (selections). Rousseau, Discourse on the Origin of Inequality (selections). Scotland:. David Hume, The Natural History of Religion (selections). Adam Smith, Lectures on Jurisprudence (selections). Adam Ferguson, Essay on the History of Civil Society (selections)

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Book SynopsisIn Anthropology off the Shelf, leading anthropologists reflect on the craft of writing and the passions that fuel their desire to write books. First of its kind volume in anthropology in which prominent anthropologists and 3 respected professionals outside the discipline follow the tradition of the writers on writing genre to reflect on all aspects of the writing process Contributors are high-profile in anthropology and many have a strong presence outside the field, in popular culture Unique in its format: short essays, revealing and straightforward in content and writing style Trade Review"Anthropology off the shelf ought to be on every introductory reading list..." (Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, August 2010) “The essays are both provocative and provoking, compelling and edgy. Whether this thrust in anthropology or in academia in general will continue, books like this are required to keep the intellectual energy within the academy vital and engaged. Indispensible reading across disciplines. Summing Up: Essential.” (CHOICE, October 2009)Table of ContentsAcknowledgments. Notes on Contributors. Foreword (Cheryl Mwaria). 1. Introduction: The Writer in the Anthropologist (Maria D. Vesperi and Alisse Waterston). Part I: Conceptions. 2. Speaking Truth to Power with Books (Howard Zinn). 3. Remember When Writing Was Fun? Why Academics Should Go On a Low Syllable, Active Voice Diet (Karen Brodkin). 4. The Bard (Carolyn Nordstrom) 5. Saggin' and Braggin' (Lee D. Baker). 6. Stories for Readers: A Few Observations from Outside the Academy (Andrew Barnes). Part II: Creations. 7. Writing Poverty, Drawing Readers: Stories in Love, Sorrow and Rage (Alisse Waterston). 8. Write‑ous Indignation: Black Girls, Dilemmas of Cultural Domination and the Struggle to Speak the Skin We Are In (Signithia Fordham). 9. Writing Truth to Power: Racism as Statecraft (Arthur K. Spears). 10. Remembering Octavia (Sharon Ball). 11. Believing in Anthropology as Literature (Ruth Behar). Part III: Receptions. 12. Walking in Zora's Shoes or "Seek[ing] Out de Inside Meanin' of Words": The Intersections of Anthropology, Ethnography, Identity, and Writing (Irma McClaurin). 13. Off the Shelf and Into Oblivion? (Catherine Kingfisher). 14. "Don't Use Your Data as a Pillow" (S. Eben Kirksey). 15. The Trope of the Pith Helmet: America's Anthropology, Anthropology's America (Micaela di Leonardo). 16. The Book that Wrote Me (Roger Sanjek). 17. Fighting Words (Paul Farmer). 18. Taking Chances (Maria D. Vesperi). Index.

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Book SynopsisA Companion to the Anthropology of the Body and Embodiment offers original essays that examine historical and contemporary approaches to conceptualizations of the body.Trade Review“Overall, this is a rich and valuable resource which offers great insight into bodies, and anthropological research on bodies, today.” (Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 29 April 2014) “This wonderful companion to embodiment and body-studies covers twenty nine different aspects from our daily embodied lives.” (The Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics, 1 May 2012)Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors x Synopses xvii Introduction 1Frances E. Mascia-Lees 1. AESTHETICS 3 Aesthetic Embodiment and Commodity CapitalismFrances E. Mascia-Lees 2. AFFECT 24 Learning Affect/Embodying RaceAna Yolanda Ramos-Zayas 3. AUTOETHNOGRAPHY 46 When I Was A Girl (Notes on Contrivance)Roger N. Lancaster 4. BIOETHICS 72 Embodied Ethics: From the Body as Specimen and Spectacle to the Body as PatientNora L. Jones 5. BIOPOWER 86Biopower and Cyberpower in Online NewsDominic Boyer 6. BODILINESS 102 The Body Beyond the Body: Social, Material and Spiritual Dimensions of BodilinessTerence Turner 7. COLONIALISM 119 Bodies under ColonialismJanice Boddy 8. CULTURAL PHENOMENOLOGY 137 Embodiment: Agency, Sexual Difference, and IllnessThomas Csordas 9. DEAD BODIES 157 The Deadly Display of Mexican Border PoliticsRocío Magaña 10. DISSECTION 172 The Body in Tatters: Dismemberment, Dissection, and the Return of the RepressedNancy Scheper-Hughes 11. (TRANS)GENDER 207 Tomboi EmbodimentEvelyn Blackwood 12. GENOMICS 223 Embodying Molecular GenomicsMargaret Lock 13. HAPTICS 239 Haptic Creativity and the Mid-embodiments of Experimental LifeNatasha Myers and Joe Dumit 14. HYBRIDITY 262 Hybrid Bodies of the Scientific ImaginaryLesley Sharp 15. IMPAIRMENT 276 Sporting Bodies: Sensuous, Lived, and ImpairedP. David Howe 16. KINSHIP 292 Bodily Betrayal: Love and Anger in the Time of EpigeneticsEmily Yates-Doerr 17. MASCULINITIES 307 The Male Reproductive BodyEmily Wentzell and Marcia C. Inhorn 18. MEDIATED BODIES 320 Fetal Bodies, UndoneLynn M. Morgan 19. MODIFICATION 338 Blurring the Divide: Human and Animal Body ModificationsMargo DeMello 20. NEOLIBERALISM 353 Embodying and Affecting NeoliberalismCarla Freeman 21. PAIN 370 Pain and BodiesJean E. Jackson 22. PERSONHOOD 388 Embodiment and PersonhoodAndrew J. Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart 23. POST-SOCIALISM 403 Troubling the Reproduction of the NationMichele Rivkin-Fish 24. RACIALIZATION 419 How To Do Races With BodiesDidier Fassin 25. THE SENSES 435 PolysensorialityDavid Howes 26. SENSORIAL MEMORY 451 Embodied Legacies of GenocideCarol A. Kidron 27. TASTING FOOD 467 Tasting between the Laboratory and the ClinicAnnemarie Mol 28. TRANSNATIONALISM 481 Bodies-in-Motion: Experiences of Momentum in Transnational SurgeryEmily McDonald 29. VIRTUALITY 504 Placing the Virtual Body: Avatar, Chora, CyphergTom Boellstorff Index 521

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Book SynopsisThe second edition of Perspectives on Africa: A Reader in Culture, History, and Representation is both an introduction to the cultures of Africa and a history of the interpretations of those cultures. Key essays explore the major issues and debates through a combination of classic articles and the newest research in the field. Explores the dynamic processes by and through which scholars have described and understood African history and culture Includes selections from anthropologists, historians, philosophers, and critics who collectively reveal the interpenetration of ideas and concepts within and across disciplines, regions, and historical periods Offers a combined focus on ethnography and theory, giving students the means to link theory with data and perspective with practice Newly revised and updated edition of this popular text with 14 brand new chapters and two new sections: Conflict and Violent Transformations; and Development, GovernaTrade ReviewREVIEWS OF FIRST EDITION: "Here is an excellent anthology that illustrates magnificently processes of Africa's invention, the complexity of her cultures, the paradoxes and predicament of discourses that claim to render her being." V. Y. Mudimbe Stanford University. "A volume for all students and teachers seriously interested in understanding the unity and diversity of African cultures, and engaging in a dialogue with African Studies literary ancestors and their creative and critical successors. Grinker and Steiner have offered a doorway for those who dare to embrace the masters of the field and join new academic worlds in the making." Sulayman S. Nyang, Professor, Howard University and Director of the African Voices Project, Smithsonian Institute. "Perspectives on Africa is a much needed addition to African studies and literature. They attempt, quite successfully, to place each article within, not only an historical time frame, but also within a theoretical progression. Its bibliographies contain a useful starting point and reference on all the major trends and subjects." Sean Pratt, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments x List of Maps xiv List of Figures xv List of Plates xvii List of Tables xviii Introduction: Africa in Perspective 1 Part I Representation and Discourse 19 Introduction 21 1 Africa Observed: Discourses of the Imperial Imagination 31Jean and John Comaroff 2 The Meaning of Our Work 44Cheikh Anta Diop 3 Europe Upside Down: Fallacies of the New Afrocentrism 48Kwame Anthony Appiah 4 Discourse of Power and Knowledge of Otherness 55V. Y. Mudimbe Part II From Tribe to Ethnicity: Kinship and Social Organization 61 Introduction 63 5 The Nuer: Time and Space 71E. E. Evans-Pritchard 6 The Illusion of Tribe 83Aidan W. Southall 7 Ethnicity in Southern African History 95Leroy Vail Part III Economics as a Cultural System 109 Introduction 111 8 Lele Economy Compared with the Bushong 123Mary Douglas 9 Research on an African Mode of Production 139Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch 10 The Cattle of Money and the Cattle of Girls among the Nuer, 1930–83 151Sharon Hutchinson Part IV Hunter-Gatherers in Africa 167 Introduction 169 11 The Lesson of the Pygmies 175Colin M. Turnbull 12 Houses in the Rainforest: Gender and Ethnicity among the Lese and Efe in Zaire 184Roy Richard Grinker 13 Land Filled with Flies: The Evolution of Illusion 200Edwin N. Wilmsen 14 Foragers, Genuine or Spurious? Situating the Kalahari San in History 219Jacqueline S. Solway and Richard B. Lee Part V Witchcraft, Science, and Rationality: The Translation of Culture 237 Introduction 239 15 Conversations on Rain-making 245David Livingstone 16 The Notion of Witchcraft Explains Unfortunate Events 249E. E. Evans-Pritchard 17 Understanding a Primitive Society 257Peter Winch 18 The Moral Economy of Witchcraft: An Essay in Comparative History 270Ralph A. Austen Part VI Ancestors, Gods, and the Philosophy of Religion 283 Introduction 285 19 Conversations with Ogotemmêli 291Marcel Griaule 20 African Philosophy, Myth and Reality 302Paulin J. Hountondji 21 Ancestors as Elders in Africa 314Igor Kopytoff Part VII Arts, Aesthetics, and Heritage 323 Introduction 325 22 Humorous Masks and Serious Politics among the Afikpo Igbo 335Simon Ottenberg 23 Art, Identity, Boundaries: Postmodernism and Contemporary African Art 348Olu Oguibe 24 As Plato Duly Warned: Music, Politics, and Social Change in Coastal East Africa 354Kelly M. Askew 25 In Place of Slavery: Fashioning Coastal Identity 372Bayo Holsey Part VIII Sex and Gender Studies in Africa: Economy and Society 379 Introduction 381 26 The Economics of Polygamy 389Ester Boserup 27 “Sitting on a Man”: Colonialism and the Lost Political Institutions of Igbo Women 399Judith Van Allen 28 Virginity Testing: Managing Sexuality in a Maturing HIV/AIDS Epidemic 411Suzanne Leclerc-Madlala Part IX Europe in Africa: Colonization 423 Introduction 425 29 The Dual Mandate in British Tropical Africa: Methods of Ruling Native Races 431Frederick D. Lugard 30 How Europe Underdeveloped Africa 439Walter Rodney 31 The Invention of Tradition in Colonial Africa 450Terence Ranger 32 Detained: A Writer’s Prison Diary 462Ngugi wa Thiong’o Part X Nations and Nationalism 471 Introduction 473 33 Negritude: A Humanism of the Twentieth Century 477Léopold Sédar Senghor 34 On National Culture 484Frantz Fanon 35 Nationalism, Ethnicity, and Modernity: The Paradox of Mau Mau 498Bruce J. Berman 36 The Invisible Face: Masks, Ethnicity, and the State in Côte d’Ivoire 514Christopher B. Steiner Part XI Violent Transformations: Conflict and Displacement 521 Introduction 523 37 Rituals of Rebellion in South-East Africa 531Max Gluckman 38 Fighting for the Rainforest: War, Youth and Resources in Sierra Leone 543Paul Richards 39 Sacrifice as Terror: The Rwandan Genocide of 1994 555Christopher C. Taylor 40 Where to Be an Ancestor? Reconstituting Socio-spiritual Worlds among Displaced Mozambicans 569Stephen Lubkemann Part XII Development, Governance, and Globalization 583 Introduction 585 41 Expectations of Modernity: Myths and Meanings of Urban Life on the Zambian Copperbelt 595James Ferguson 42 Development Aid and Structural Violence: The Case of Rwanda 609Peter Uvin 43 Nigerian Scams as Political Critique: Globalization, Inequality and 419 616Daniel Jordan Smith 44 The State in Africa: The Politics of the Belly 629Jean-François Bayart 45 “Govern Yourselves!” Democracy and Carnage in Northern Mozambique 644Harry G. West 46 Nuer-American Passages 660Dianna Shandy Index 671

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Book SynopsisA Companion to Forensic Anthropology explores the latest theoretical and methodological work in the field, and includes thorough and up-to-date bibliographies. A wide range of international experts provide a comprehensive assessment of the field of forensic anthropology.Trade Review“In summary, Dirkmaat’s volume would seem to succeed in its stated goal of providing a timely and thorough supplement to generalized textbooks of forensic anthropology.” (Journal Forensic Sciences, 28 October 2013)Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ix List of Tables xvi Notes on Contributors xvii About This Book xxix Acknowledgments xxxv Part I Introduction and Brief History of Forensic Anthropology 1 1 Forensic Anthropology: Embracing the New Paradigm 3Dennis C. Dirkmaat and Luis L. Cabo Part II Recovery of Human Remains from Outdoor Contexts 41 Introduction to Part II 43Dennis C. Dirkmaat 2 Documenting Context at the Outdoor Crime Scene: Why Bother? 48Dennis C. Dirkmaat 3 Determining the Forensic Significance of Skeletal Remains 66John J. Schultz 4 The Application of Ground-Penetrating Radar for Forensic Grave Detection 85John J. Schultz 5 Crime Scene Perspective: Collecting Evidence in the Context of the Criminal Incident 101Michael J. Hochrein 6 The Role of Forensic Anthropology in the Recovery and Interpretation of the Fatal-Fire Victim 113Dennis C. Dirkmaat, Gregory O. Olson, Alexandra R. Klales, and Sara Getz 7 Forensic Anthropology at the Mass Fatality Incident (Commercial Airliner) Crash Scene 136Dennis C. Dirkmaat 8 Mass Graves and Human Rights: Latest Developments, Methods, and Lessons Learned 157Hugh H. Tuller 9 Archaeology, Mass Graves, and Resolving Commingling Issues through Spatial Analysis 175Luis L. Cabo, Dennis C. Dirkmaat, James M. Adovasio, and Vicente C. Rozas Part III Developments in Forensic Osteology 197 Introduction to Part III 199Luis L. Cabo 10 Developments in Forensic Anthropology: Age-at-Death Estimation 202Heather M. Garvin, Nicholas V. Passalacqua, Natalie M. Uhl, Desina R. Gipson, Rebecca S. Overbury, and Luis L. Cabo 11 Skeletal Age Estimation: Where We Are and Where We Should Go 224George R. Milner and Jesper L. Boldsen 12 Adult Sex Determination: Methods and Application 239Heather M. Garvin 13 Sexual Dimorphism: Interpreting Sex Markers 248Luis L. Cabo, Ciarán P. Brewster, and Juan Luengo Azpiazu 14 Morphoscopic Traits and the Assessment of Ancestry 287Joseph T. Hefner, Stephen D. Ousley, and Dennis C. Dirkmaat 15 Fordisc 3 and Statistical Methods for Estimating Sex and Ancestry 311Stephen D. Ousley and Richard L. Jantz 16 Estimating Stature 330Stephen D. Ousley Part IV Developments in Human Skeletal Trauma Analysis 335 Introduction to Part IV 337Dennis C. Dirkmaat 17 Interpreting Traumatic Injury to Bone in Medicolegal Investigations 340Steven A. Symes, Ericka N. L’Abbé, Erin N. Chapman, Ivana Wolff, and Dennis C. Dirkmaat 18 The Biomechanics of Gunshot Trauma to Bone: Research Considerations within the Present Judicial Climate 390Hugh E. Berryman, Alicja K. Lanfear, and Natalie R. Shirley 19 Developments in Skeletal Trauma: Blunt-Force Trauma 400Nicholas V. Passalacqua and Todd W. Fenton Part V Advances in Human Identification 413 Introduction to Part V 415Dennis C. Dirkmaat 20 Advances in the Anthropological Analysis of Cremated Remains 418Traci L. Van Deest, Michael W. Warren, and Katelyn L. Bolhofner 21 Human Identification Using Skull–Photo Superimposition and Forensic Image Comparison 432Norman J. Sauer, Amy R. Michael, and Todd W. Fenton 22 DNA Analysis and the Classic Goal of Forensic Anthropology 447Luis L. Cabo 23 DNA Identification and Forensic Anthropology: Developments in DNA Collection, Analysis, and Technology 462David Boyer Part VI Forensic Taphonomy 471 Introduction to Part VI 473Dennis C. Dirkmaat and Nicholas V. Passalacqua 24 Current Research in Forensic Taphonomy 477Marcella H. Sorg, William D. Haglund, and Jamie A. Wren 25 The Use of Taphonomy in Forensic Anthropology: Past Trends and Future Prospects 499Mark O. Beary and R. Lee Lyman Part VII Forensic Anthropology Beyond Academia 529 Introduction to Part VII 531Dennis C. Dirkmaat 26 Forensic Anthropologists in Medical Examiner’s and Coroner’s Offices: A History 534Hugh E. Berryman and Alicja K. Lanfear 27 Forensic Anthropology at the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner 549Christopher W. Rainwater, Christian Crowder, Kristen M. Hartnett, Jeannette S. Fridie, Benjamin J. Figura, Jennifer Godbold, Scott C. Warnasch, and Bradley J. Adams 28 The Many Hats of a Recovery Leader: Perspectives on Planning and Executing Worldwide Forensic Investigations and Recoveries at the JPAC Central Identification Laboratory 567Paul D. Emanovsky and William R. Belcher Part VIII Forensic Anthropology Outside North America 593 Introduction to Part VIII 595Dennis C. Dirkmaat 29 European Perspectives and the Role of the Forensic Archaeologist in the UK 598Nicholas Márquez-Grant, Stephen Litherland, and Julie Roberts 30 The Establishment and Advancement of Forensic Anthropology in South Africa 626Ericka N. L’Abbé and Maryna Steyn 31 The Application of Forensic Anthropology to the Investigation of Cases of Political Violence 639Luis Fondebrider Part IX Ethics, Overview, and the Future of Forensic Anthropology 649 Introduction to Part IX 651Dennis C. Dirkmaat 32 The Pervasiveness of Daubert 654Stephen D. Ousley and R. Eric Hollinger 33 Ethics in Forensic Anthropology 666Diane L. France 34 An “Outsider” Look at Forensic Anthropology 683James M. Adovasio Index 690

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Book Synopsis* Illustrates new methodological directions in analyzing human social and biological variation * Offers a wide array of research on past populations around the globe * Explains the central features of bioarchaeological research by key researchers and established experts around the world .Trade Review“Furthermore, despite the technical nature of many of the contributions, the overall concepts are generally presented in an organized and clear format that would not at all preclude their use in advanced undergraduate seminars.” (American Journal Physical Anthropology, 14 March 2014) "In the first instance the book is dedicated to scientists and students of Archaeology, biological Anthropology, and Palaeopathology as well as to other scientists interested in social and biological variations of man by permanent changes of the environment." (HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology, 2011) "Social Bioarchaeology makes an excellent reference for this subfield, and stresses the importance of a multi-disciplinary approach at a time perhaps when anthropology needs it most." (Social Bioarchaeology, 12 April 2011)Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures. Notes on Contributors. Series Editors' Preface. 1 Building a Social Bioarchaeology (Sabrina C. Agarwal and Bonnie A. Glencross). Part I Materials and Meaning: The Nature of Skeletal Samples. 2 The Origins of Biocultural Dimensions in Bioarchaeology (Molly K. Zuckerman and George J. Armelagos). 3 Partnerships, Pitfalls, and Ethical Concerns in International Bioarchaeology (Bethany L. Turner and Valerie A. Andrushko). 4 The Formation of Mortuary Deposits: Implications for Understanding Mortuary Behavior of Past Populations (Estella Weiss-Krejci). 5 Representativeness and Bias in Archaeological Skeletal Samples (Mary Jackes). Part II Social Identity: Bioarchaeology of Sex, Gender, Ethnicity, and Disability. 6 Sex and Gender in Bioarchaeological Research: Theory, Method, and Interpretation (Sandra E. Hollimon). 7 Population Migration, Variation, and Identity: An Islamic Population in Iberia (Sonia Zakrzewski). 8 Life Histories of Enslaved Africans in Colonial New York: A Bioarchaeological Study of the New York African Burial Ground (Autumn R. Barrett and Michael L. Blakey). 9 The Bioarchaeology of Leprosy and Tuberculosis: A Comparative Study of Perceptions, Stigma, Diagnosis, and Treatment (Charlotte Roberts). Part III Growth and Aging: The Life Course of Health and Disease. 10 Towards a Social Bioarchaeology of Age (Joanna Sofaer). 11 It is Not Carved in Bone: Development and Plasticity of the Aged Skeleton (Sabrina C. Agarwal and Patrick Beauchesne). 12 The Bioarchaeological Investigation of Children and Childhood (Siân E. Halcrow and Nancy Tayles). 13 Moving from the Canary in the Coalmine: Modeling Childhood in Bahrain (Judith Littleton). 14 Skeletal Injury Across the Life Course: Towards Understanding Social Agency (Bonnie A. Glencross). 15 Diet and Dental Health through the Life Course in Roman Italy (Tracy L. Prowse). Index.

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Book SynopsisPart of The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Special Issue Book Series, the contributors to this volume share the conviction that anthropology can no longer afford to ignore the importance of the concept of evidence, either for the ways in which anthropologists carry out their work (methodology) or present and justify their findings (epistemology). Demonstrates that evidence is something that all anthropologists must possess Shows how the collection of evidence in the field is still, without doubt, one of the main ingredients of what Bronislaw Malinowski once referred to as ''the ethnographer's magic'' Reveals how the concept of evidence has received little sustained attention in print especially when compared to related concepts, such as ''fieldwork'', ''truth'', ''facts'', and ''knowledge'' Argued from a variety of theoretical perspectives and a rarity in its ability to orchestrate some many different and vibrant paradigms anTrade Review"This volume is successful is in transforming the problem of evidence into a productive inquiry." (Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, January 2011) Table of ContentsNotes on editor and contributors vii Foreword ix Preface xi 1 Matthew Engelke The objects of evidence 1 2 Maurice Bloch Truth and sight: generalizing without universalizing 21 3 Christopher Pinney The prosthetic eye: photography as cure and poison 31 4 Anthony Good Cultural evidence in courts of law 44 5 Sharad Chari The antinomies of political evidence in post-Apartheid Durban, South Africa 58 6 Stefan Ecks Three propositions for an evidence-based medical anthropology 74 7 Martin Holbraad Definitive evidence, from Cuban gods 89 8 Webb Keane The evidence of the senses and the materiality of religion 105 9 Charles Stafford Linguistic and cultural variables in the psychology of numeracy 122 10 Nicola Knight & Rita Astuti Some problems with property ascription 135 Index 151

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Book SynopsisThe Energy Reader presents a series of readings that examine the energy problem from an anthropological perspective and look at energy holistically, including social and cultural components and long term implications for global and social environmental change.Trade Review“Overall, The Energy Reader provides a necessary, timely, and unique collection of materials to drive these critical conversations forward.” (Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment, 12 June 2013)Table of ContentsList of Figures xii List of Tables xiv Preface xv Laura Nader Acknowledgments xx Introduction 1Laura Nader, Leticia Cesarino, and Chris Hebdon Part I The Energy Problem 17 1. Social Power and the Future 19Richard Newbold Adams 2. Energy and the Rise of American Industrial Society 32Ian Barbour, Harvey Brooks, Sanford Lakoff, and John Opie 3. Energy Transitions in Historical Perspective 45Martin Melosi Energy in Action 1 61 Contemplating the Abyss: The Role of Environmental Degradation in the Collapse of Human SocietiesWilliam Rees 4. Introduction to the Steady-State Economy 65Herman E. Daly Energy in Action 2 84 Net-Zero Energy Home Generating an Energy Surplus 5. Dimensions of the ‘‘People Problem’’ in Energy Research and ‘‘the’’ Factual Basis of Dispersed Energy Futures 87Laura Nader and Norman Milleron 6. Red Land and Uranium Mining: How the Search for Energy Is Endangering Indian Tribal Lands 105Winona La Duke Energy in Action 3 110 How Energy Search Challenges Indian Tribal LifeMark Stevens 7. The House that Uranium Built: Perspectives on the Effects of Exposure on Individuals and Community 113Margaret Amalia Hiesinger 8. Uranium Mining and Milling: Navajo Experiences in the American Southwest 132Barbara Rose Johnston, Susan E. Dawson, and Gary E. Madsen Part II Mind-Sets – a Critical Perspective 147 9. ‘‘Introduction,’’ The Idea of Progress: An Inquiry Into Its Origin and Growth 149Charles A. Beard 10. On the Road to Riches 162Henry Ford 11. Energy Strategy: The Road Not Taken? 166Amory B. Lovins 12. Barriers to Thinking New About Energy 198Laura Nader 13. The Three-Cornered Constellation: Magic, Science, and Religion Revisited 205Laura Nader 14. Energy as it Relates to the Quality and Style of Life 219Laura Nader and Stephen Beckerman 15. Conclusions – Replacing Myths with Maxims: Rethinking the Relationship Between Energy and American Society 246Benjamin K. Sovacool and Marilyn A. Brown Part III The Politics of Energy 265 16. ‘‘Prologue,’’ The Politics of Energy 267Barry Commoner 17. The Middle East: Geostrategy and Oil 271Rashid Khalidi 18. Winning the Oil Endgame 282Amory B. Lovins 19. ‘‘Introduction,’’ Power Struggle: The 100 Year War Over Electricity 287Richard Rudolph and Scott Ridley 20. The Overcharge in the Light Bill 290US Senator Lee Metcalf and Vic Reinemer 21. Human Rights 305Jim Garrison and Pyare Shivpuri Energy in Action 4 309 Three Mile Island: 30th Anniversary of the Worst Nuclear Accident in US History 22. The Politics of Energy: Toward a Bottom-Up Approach 313Laura Nader Energy in Action 5 318 A New Gang Comes to Los Angeles: Solar-Panel InstallersMiriam Jordan Part IV Energy Choices 321 23. ‘‘Introduction,’’ ‘‘The Problem of Externalities,’’ and ‘‘Coal and Corporate Power,’’ Coal: A Memoir and Critique 323Duane Lockard Energy in Action 6 351 Rural Renewal: Small-Town America Looks to Alternative Energy for a LifelineJennifer Vogel 24. There Was Blood 353Caleb Crain Energy in Action 7 363 Capitol Climate Action: Mass Civil Disobedience in DC Against Use of Coal at Capitol Hill Power Plant 25. Unconventional Crude: Canada’s Synthetic-Fuels Boom 368Elizabeth Kolbert Energy in Action 8 377 Poop Powers California Cars as Orange County Converts SewageAlan Ohnsman 26. Nuclear Power: Climate Fix or Folly? 380Amory B. Lovins, Imran Sheikh, and Alex Markevich Energy in Action 9 399 Power Q&A: S. David FreemanDave Gilson 27. Solar Possibilities 402Denis Hayes Energy in Action 10 413 Workers Retrain for Wind-Energy JobsMaria Dickerson 28. Cool Communities: Strategies for Heat Island Mitigation and Smog Reduction 415Arthur H. Rosenfeld, Hashem Akbari, Joseph J. Romm, and Melvin Pomerantz Energy in Action 11 439 First Rosebud Wind Turbine Generates Support: An Interview with Intertribal COUP Secretary Robert GoughTara Tidwell 29. Ethanol Production: Energy, Economic, and Environmental Losses 442David Pimentel, Tad Patzek, and Gerald Cecil Energy in Action 12 458 Biofuels Do Far More Harm Than GoodGeorge Monbiot Part V Power Shifts 461 30. Natural Capitalism 463Paul Hawken Energy in Action 13 476 With Energy in Focus, Heat Pumps Win FansLiz Galst 31. An Unstable Concoction of Interests 479 Tadeusz W. Patzek Energy in Action 14 481 Shell Dumps Wind, Solar and Hydro Power in Favor of BiofuelsTim Webb 32. Ticket to Ride 48Ben Adler Energy in Action 15 487 Get on the BusLaura C. Dean 33. Selling the Sun 488Michael Behar Energy in Action 16 498 Eight Energy Suggestions for Obama, from SunEdison’s FounderKate Galbraith 34. The Island in the Wind 500Elizabeth Kolbert Energy in Action 17 514 A Cool IdeaElizabeth Kolbert Part VI Energy Choices in a Democratic Society 515 35. The Harder Path – Shifting Gears 517Laura Nader Energy in Action 18 535 The Showhouse that Sustainability BuiltBarnaby J. Feder 36. Who Shall Decide? 538Laura Nader Index 541

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Book SynopsisClearly written, conversational, and rationally argued, this book promotes sound and careful research while skewering the bogus ideological assertions that have been used to justify colonialism, slavery, gender discrimination, neoliberal economic policies, and the general status quo.Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionThere's a History HereWhat's in a Word?1. Don't Get Me StartedHumans and "Nature"It Wasn't Always about BiologyBut Maybe They Really Are Different!It's All Uphill from HereRomantic SupremacyPhilosophical BiologyBiological Stories2. EugenicsThe Right Sorts of PeopleWhat's to Be Done?Parasites and PestsManipulating BiologyThe Gift of IQBoas and "Fixed Traits"Out with Eugenics, for Now; but We Still Have IQ!3. Killer Apes, Naked Apes, and Just Plain Nasty PeopleEnter the Killer Ape . . .. . . Followed by the Naked Ape . . .. . . Followed by Nasty PeopleIt Gets WorseA Serious Flaw in the ArgumentI Know, but It Still Seems RealBack to Eugenics4. Mind GamesSocial Programs? Not So FastSeeing DoubleWait— What Were Those Scores Again?You Say Heritability, I Say Inheritance—Let's Call the Whole Thing OffLet's Get That Social Ranking StraightNothing If Not PersistentTwins, Again!Hot Air from Canada and from across the PondEveryone Needs a Friend5. Sociobiology"Go to the Ant, Thou Sluggard. Consider Her Ways and Be Wise"Edward, Have You Met Herbert?Quiet . . . I Think the Genes Are up to SomethingWhat's Good for the GooseWait . . . Are We Still Doing Science?Pull Up a Chair; It's Story TimeThe Generic "Primitive"Americans and BritsA Genetic Guide to Behavior6. And Yet Another New Science of the Same Old ThingIt Blinded Them with ScienceIt Takes a VillageMaking the Exotic Familiar, and the Familiar GeneticWaltz of the PseudohypothesesWhat's with the Big Brain, Anyway?What, Indeed?7. That's Just about Enough of That"When Wild in the Woods the Noble Savage Ran"Steven— You Look as If You've Seen a GhostCalm Down; It's Only an AbstractionAre You Still Here?What's the Big Deal?What's the Score So Far?Some Things We Do Know about the PleistoceneGoing Off ScriptBattle of the Sexes?A Word about Ethnography8. It's Not That SimpleSo What's the Alternative?Ah, TraditionSomehow It All Fits9. What's the Agenda?Solutions That Cause ProblemsThe Beat Goes OnReflections on the Mystique of ScienceNotesSuggestions for Further ReadingIndex

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Book SynopsisThe Amish relationship to the environment is much more complicated than you might think. The pastoral image of Amish communities living simply and in touch with the land strikes a deep chord with many Americans. Environmentalists have lauded the Amish as iconic models for a way of life that is local, self-sufficient, and in harmony with nature. But the Amish themselves do not always embrace their ecological reputation, and critics have long questioned the portrayal of the Amish as models of environmental stewardship. In Nature and the Environment in Amish Life, David L. McConnell and Marilyn D. Loveless examine how this prevailing notion of the environmentally conscious Amish fits with the changing realities of their lives. Drawing on 150 interviews conducted over the course of 7 years, as well as a survey of household resource use among Amish and non-Amish people, they explore how the Amish understand nature in their daily lives and how their actions impact the natural world. ArguTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Deciphering the Amish Relationship with Nature Part I. Growing Up Rural Chapter 2. Raising Children at Nature's Doorstep Chapter 3. The Amish Ecological Footprint Part II. Working with Nature Chapter 4. The Transformation of Amish Agriculture Chapter 5. The Forest for the Trees: The Wood-Products Industry Chapter 6. Tinkering with Creation: Alternative Animal Breeding Part III. Reconfiguring Leisure and the OutdoorsChapter 7. Bringing Nature Home: From Gardening to Herbal and Natural Medicines Chapter 8. Fin, Fur, and Feather: Nature-Based Recreation Chapter 9. Observing and Writing Nature: Amish as Travelers and Authors Part IV. The Amish as EnvironmentalistsChapter 10. Acting Locally: Amish Responses to Regional Environmental Issues Chapter 11. Thinking Globally: The Amish Ecological Imagination Chapter 12. Parochial Stewards: The Amish Encounter with Nature and the Environment Appendix: Methods Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisHow stigma derails well-intentioned public health efforts, creating suffering and worsening inequalities. 2020 Winner, Society for Anthropological Sciences Carol R. Ember Book Prize,Shortlisted for the British Sociological Association's Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness Book PrizeStigma is a dehumanizing process, where shaming and blaming are embedded in our beliefs about who does and does not have value within society. In Lazy, Crazy, and Disgusting, medical anthropologists Alexandra Brewis and Amber Wutich explore a darker side of public health: that well-intentioned public health campaigns can create new and damaging stigma, even when they are otherwise successful. Brewis and Wutich present a novel, synthetic argument about how stigmas act as a massive driver of global disease and suffering, killing or sickening billions every year. They focus on three of the most complex, difficult-to-fix global health efforts: bringing sanitation to all, treating mental illness,Trade ReviewThis engaging book . . . fills a significant gap in the literature by providing a wake-up call to scholars and practitioners unfamiliar with the topic. And it reminds me that we should all be working together to avoid any unintended consequences of promoting health.—NatureLazy, Crazy, and Disgusting is an impeccably researched, collaborative, thought-provoking, and boundary-breaking book that should be required reading for anyone interested in public health, medicine, and anthropology.—Medical Anthropology QuarterlyBrewis and Wutich provide a very useful primer on stigma, which gives a succinct explanation of what stigma is in relation to global health, its different forms, and how stigmatization intersects with other population-level and individual-level effects. As an important topic for students of medicine, global health, and ethics, Lazy, Crazy, and Disgusting would be a useful recommended text.—The Lancet: Diabetes and EndocrinologyBrewis and Wutich's book offers a rigorous analysis of how public global health efforts can create and reinforce stigma . . . This book is recommended for anyone with a general interest in global public health, [and for] undergraduate and postgraduate students from health-related disciplines including medical sociology. This book should be considered by health practitioners, scholars and public health professionals when designing and implementing health-related interventions.—Sociology of Health and IllnessThe global perspective and illuminating detail in Lazy, Crazy, and Disgusting bring the social, cultural and structural elements of stigma into focus for the reader . . . This text is both academic and accessible, making it an engrossing read for those interested in medicine and public health, anthropology and sociology. I would argue it is also incredibly relevant to those who experience, resist or perpetuate stigma: each and every one of us.—OrganizationThe book provides an accessible, synthetic, and critical examination of the health effects of shame and stigma, one that was already long overdue when the book was published in 2019. That was before the onset of the current pandemic. The topic is of even more pressing concern now, when the public's health depends so much on the behavior of individuals.—American ScientistThe best thing about this book is that it is relatable on personal, institutional, and global levels. The book provides a timely contribution to the state of global health, especially the process of stigmatizing people with infectious disease.—Teaching SociologyThis is a social justice–informed and critically important book for students, scholars, professionals, and policy makers in public health, medical anthropology, health-related social work, and health justice.—Affilia: Journal of Women and Social WorkTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part I. DisgustingChapter 1. Dealing with Defecation Chapter 2. Dirty Things, Disgusting PeopleChapter 3. Dirty and DisempoweredPart II. LazyChapter 4. Fat, Bad, and EverywhereChapter 5. The Tyranny of Weight JudgmentChapter 6. World War OPart III. CrazyChapter 7. Once Crazy, Always CrazyChapter 8. The Myth of the Destigmatized SocietyChapter 9. Completely DepressingConclusion. What We Can DoAppendix. Stigma: A Brief PrimerNotesIndex

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