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Taylor & Francis The Routledge Companion to Intangible Cultural
Book SynopsisThis collection provides an in-depth and up-to-date examination of the concept of Intangible Cultural Heritage and the issues surrounding its value to society. Critically engaging with the UNESCO 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, the book also discusses local-level conceptualizations of living cultural traditions, practices and expressions, and reflects on the efforts that seek to safeguard them. Exploring a global range of case studies, the book considers the diverse perspectives currently involved with intangible cultural heritage and presents a rich picture of the geographic, socioeconomic and political contexts impacting research in this area. With contributions from established and emerging scholars, public servants, professionals, students and community members, this volume is also deeply enhanced by an interdisciplinary approach which draws on the theories and practices of heritage and museum studies, anthropology, folklore stuTrade Review"It is a most welcome addition to literature, and a must-have for all who want to deepen their understanding of the scholarly research into and safeguarding practice of Intangible Cultural Heritage. (...) With the publication of this Routledge Companion, Intangible Cultural Heritage has certainly reached a new level of scholarly recognition. And that is a very good thing."- Steven Engelsman, Director, Weltmuseum Wien, Austria"The Routledge Companion to Intangible Cultural Heritgae provides asnapshop- or rather, a whole picture album- of the evolution of a profoundly important cultural policiy and paradigm[...] The editors have assembled here a massive and varied set of essays- 38 individual chapters written by 54 authors, including anthropologists, folklorists, legals scholars, museum professionals, ethomusicologists, and community members."- Michael Dylan Foster, University of California, USATable of ContentsIntroduction Michelle Stefano and Peter DavisA Decade Later: Critical Reflections on the UNESCO-ICH Paradigm1. Development of UNESCO’s 2003 Convention: Creating a New Heritage Protection Paradigm? Janet Blake2. The Examination of Nomination Files under the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Rieks Smeets and Harriet Deacon3. A Conversation with Richard Kurin4. Placing Intangible Cultural Heritage, Owing a Tradition, Affirming Sovereignty: the Role of Spatiality in the Practice of the 2003 Convention Chiara Bortolloto5. Is Intangible Cultural Heritage an Anthropological Topic? Towards Interdisciplinarity in France Christian Hottin and Sylvie Grenet6. The Impact of UNESCO’s 2003 Convention on National Policy-making: Developing a New Heritage Protection Paradigm? Janet BlakeReality Check: The Challenges Facing ICH Safeguarding7. From the Bottom Up: the Identification and Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Guyana Aron Mazel, Gerard Corsane, Raquel Thomas and Samantha James8. Making the Past Pay? Intangible (Cultural) Heritage in South Africa and Mauritius Rosabelle Boswell9. A Conversation with Yelsy Hernández Zamora on Intangible Cultural Heritage in Cuba10. The Management of Intangible Cultural Heritage in China Tracey L-D Lu11. Ageing Musically: Tangible Sites of Intangible Cultural Heritage Bradley Hanson12. Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Czech Republic: Between National and Local Heritage Petr Janeček13. Damming Ava Mezin: Challenges to Safeguarding Minority Intangible Cultural Heritage in Turkey Sarah Elliott14. Documenting and Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage: the Experience in Scotland Alison M
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Taylor & Francis Groundwork for the Practice of the Good Life
Book SynopsisWhat makes for good societies and good lives in a global world? In this landmark work of political and ethical philosophy, Omedi Ochieng offers a radical reassessment of a millennia-old question. He does so by offering a stringent critique of both North Atlantic and African philosophical traditions, which he argues unfold visions of the good life that are characterized by idealism, moralism, and parochialism. But rather than simply opposing these flawed visions of the good life with his own set of alternative prescriptions, Ochieng argues that it is critically important to step back and understand the stakes of the question. Those stakes, he suggests, are to be found only through a social ontology â a comprehensive and in-depth account of the political, economic, and cultural structures that mark the boundaries and limits of life in the twenty-first century. It is only in light of this social ontology that Ochieng then proffers an alternative normative account of the good socTable of ContentsIntroduction: Groundwork for the Infraphysics of Practice: The Good Society and the Good Life in North Atlantic and African PhilosophyPart I: "Think Relationally, Act Structurally": A Social Ontology of the Good Society1. Introduction2. Mapping Social Ontology2.1. Social Structure2.1.1. Politics2.1.2. Economics2.1.3. Culture2.2 Subjectivity and Relationality2.3 Power, Legitimation and Ideology2.3.1. Power2.3.2. Representation2.3.3. Relationships2.3.4. Consciousness2.4. Agency 2.5. Normativity3. Dimensions and Vectors of The Good Society3.1. Interanimated Historiography3.2. Chronotopian Political Imagination3.3. Secular/Naturalistic Structures3.4. Restructurative Justice4. ConclusionPart II: Chronotopes: Archaeologies and Landscapes of the Good Society1. Introduction2. Contextualizing African Identity3. African Political Structures 3.1. Auto-politics3.2. Inter-politics3.3. Pneuma/Theo-politics3.4. Meta-politics3.5. Anti-politics3.6. Dia-politics3.7. Ethno-politics3.8. A-politics/Post-politics3.9. Endo-politics3.10. Poly-politics4. ConclusionPart III: Creaturely Value: A Meta-Ethics of the Good Life1. Introduction 2. The Epistemology of Ethics3. Mapping an Ontology of Ethics3.1. Contextual Creatureliness3.2. Toward a Critique of Dominant Ethical Theories4. ConclusionPart IV: Emergent Normativity: The Good Life as the Articulation of Ground Projects1. Introduction2.1 Ground Projects as World-Articulations2.2. Ground Projects as Self-Articulations2.3. G
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Transformations in Independent TimorLeste
Book Synopsis1999 was a decisive year in the long history of the people of Timor-Leste, whose future was open when they voted for independence in a UN-sponsored referendum. Its results left no doubt that the Timorese considered themselves to be a nation wishing to have their own state, which they would rule.This book examines a vast array of transformations that have taken place over the past decades. It puts forward the idea of cohabitations, which aims at inscribing the mutual influences arising from the existence of distinct social processes not only side by side but in their mutual influences and entanglements, sometimes resulting from effective clashes, some others from peaceful manipulation of social and cultural differences. From this analytical viewpoint of evolving power dynamics of cohabitations, experts in the field investigate issues that have been contentious in the recent past and analyse the challenges that present-day Timor-Leste is facing. Structured in three paTable of ContentsIntroduction: exploring cohabitations in Timor-Leste Susana de Matos and Rui Graça Feijó Part I Contexts for a "revival of custom"1. Returning to origin places in an expanding world: customary ritual in independent Timor-Leste Elisabeth G. Traube2. Hunting and harvesting in the commons: on the cultural politics of custom Andrew McWilliam3. The re-assertion of sacralised authority in post-occupation Uato-Lari Susana Barnes4. Territorialities of the fallen heroes Susana de Matos Viegas and Rui Graça Feijó Part II Land and territory5. The challenges of establishing a land tenure system in a newly independent state Dionisio Babo Soares 6. Navigating without a compass: state transition in Timor-Leste’s formal land tenure system Bernardo Almeida 7. Reconceptualizing land and territory in Oecusse Ambeno’s enclave’s special economic zone Laura S. Meitzner Yoder 8. Exchange, water and motif in an etic genre of narrative David HicksPart III Governance and democracy9. An ecology of governance: rethinking the state and political community M. Anne Brown and Damian Grenfell 10. Managing persons and rituals: economic pedagogy as government tactics Kelly Silva 11. Local administration: a view from Vemasse Michael Leach 12. At home we wear cawat, outside we wear a tie: cohabitation and political legitimacy in grass-roots democracy Rui Graça Feijó 13. Conflict resolution and the making of personhood in Lisadila, Maubara Daniel S. Simião
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Taylor & Francis Ltd An Anthropology of Indirect Communication ASA
Book SynopsisSometimes we convey what we mean not by what we say but by what we do. This type of indirect communication is sometimes called ''indirection''. From patent miscommunication, through potent ambiguity to pregnant silence this incisive collection examines from a rare anthropological perspective the many aspects of indirect communication. From a Mormon Theme Park to carnival time on Montserrat the contributors analyse indirection by illustrating how food, silence, sunglasses, martial arts and rudeness call constitute powerful ways of conveying meaning. An Anthropology of Indirect Communication is an engaging text which provides a challenging introduction to this subject.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) Fifty Key Anthropologists
Book SynopsisFifty Key Anthropologists surveys the life and work of some of the most influential figures in anthropology. The entries, written by an international range of expert contributors, represent the diversity of thought within the subject, incorporating both classic theorists and more recent anthropological thinkers. Names discussed include: Clifford Geertz Bronislaw Malinowski Zora Neale Hurston Sherry B. Ortner Claude Lévi-Strauss Rodney Needham Mary Douglas Marcel Mauss This accessible A-Z guide contains helpful cross-referencing, a timeline of key dates and schools of thought, and suggestions for further reading. It will be of interest to students of anthropology and related subjects wanting a succinct overview of the ideas and impact of key anthropologists who have helped to shape the discipline.Table of ContentsAlphabetical List of Contents Chronological List of Contents Contributors Introduction. Fifty Key Anthropologists Appendix 1: Some Key Anthropological Terms Appendix 2: A Timeline Index
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The University of Michigan Press Architectures of Hope
Book SynopsisDrawing on a five-year-long ethnography among city planners, architects, street-level bureaucrats, politicians, market and bank representatives, community leaders, and past, present, and future beneficiaries, this book tells the story of how a group of grassroots housing activists rose from oblivion to build a model community.Table of Contents List of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgements Part I—Introduction The Subjunctivity of Hope Hoping for the Future Part II—Infrastructural Citizenship 1. The Making of a Model Community 2. The Machine of Worthiness 3. Waiting and Hoping 4. Cartographies of Wellbeing Part III—Middle-Class Sensorial 5. Topographies of Consumption 6. Democracies of Hope 7. Infrastructuring Class Conclusion. Post-Neoliberal Hopescapes Bibliography
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University of California Press Paradoxes of Green Landscapes of a CityState
Book SynopsisA multidisciplinary study of green and its significance from multiple perspectives: aesthetic, architectural, environmental, political, and social. It is centered on the Kingdom of Bahrain, where green has a long and deep history of appearing cooling, productive, and prosperous-a radical contrast to the hot and hostile desert.Trade Review"Doherty is as comfortable reflecting on the aesthetic aspects of colour as he is describing the ecological implications of property development... the portrait Doherty paints is of a fascinating, quickly changing, and - yes - paradoxical place." Environment and Urbanization "Beautifully written." Landscape Architecture MagazineTable of ContentsNotes on Transliteration and Translation Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction: Two Seas, Many Greens 1. Green Scenery 2. The Blueness of Green 3. How Green Can Become Red 4. The Memory of Date Palm Green 5. The Struggle for the Manama Greenbelt 6. The Promise of Beige 7. Brightening Green 8. The Whiteness of Green Notes Glossary List of Named Participants Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Lives in Limbo
Book SynopsisMining the results of an extraordinary twelve-year study that followed 150 undocumented young adults in Los Angeles, this book exposes the failures of a system that integrates children into K-12 schools but ultimately denies them the rewards of their labor.Trade Review"Based on an impressive ethnographic study carried out over twelve years, the book brings to light the rich and detailed voices and experiences of the 1.5 generation." NACLA: Report on the Americas "A must-read... This book is a critical addition to blossoming research on the undocumented 1.5-generation." City & SocietyTable of ContentsForeword by Jose Antonio Vargas Preface Acknowledgments 1. Contested Membership over Time 2. Undocumented Young Adults in Los Angeles: College-Goers and Early Exiters 3. Childhood: Inclusion and Belonging 4. School as a Site of Belonging and Conflict 5. Adolescence: Beginning the Transition to Illegality 6. Early Exiters: Learning to Live on the Margins 7. College-Goers: Managing the Distance between Aspirations and Reality 8. Adulthood: How Immigration Status Becomes a Master Status 9. Conclusion: Managing Lives in Limbo Notes References Index
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University of California Press Veiled Sentiments
Book SynopsisDuring the late 1970s and early 1980s, the author lived with a community of Bedouins in the Western Desert of Egypt for nearly two years, studying gender relations, morality, and the oral lyric poetry through which women and young men express personal feelings. In this book, the poems are haunting, and the evocation of emotional life vivid.Trade Review"A foundational text for the subfields of literary anthropology and the anthropology of women in the Middle East." * Journal of Anthropological Research *"Veiled Sentiments is an excellent study, thorough, meticulous, and stimulating, of the highly complex social system of these tribes, with particular emphasis on male-female relationships and on the intriguing, often paradoxical roles played by men and women to preserve this system." * Arab Studies Quarterly *"This book is a beautiful account of a lifetime of shared ‘ishra or moments between Abu-Lughod and the Awald ‘Ali Bedouins. Anthropology often looks at “the other”, but by representing the emotional dialectics between the informant and the researcher over time, what this book reveals is the impact fieldwork has on the anthropologist." * Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford *"The republication makes an important classic study better available for new generations of readers and offers some new material for those already familiar with it, as well as providing the author’s own commentary on her earlier work." * Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments A Note on Transcriptions One: Guest and Daughter The Community Fieldwork Poetry and Sentiment PART ONE The Ideology of Bedouin Social Life Two: Identity in Relationship Asl: The Blood of Ancestry Garaba: The Blood of Relationship Maternal Ties and a Common Life Identification and Sharing Identity in a Changing World Three: Honor and the Virtues of Autonomy Autonomy and Hierarchy The Family Model of Hierarchy Honor: The Moral Basis of Hierarchy Limits on Power Hasham: Honor of the Weak Four: Modesty, Gender, and Sexuality Gender Ideology and Hierarchy The Social Value of Male and Female The "Natural" Bases of Female Moral Inferiority Red Belts and Black Veils: The Symbolism of Gender and Sexuality Sexuality and the Social Order Hasham Reconsidered: Deference and the Denial of Sexuality The Meaning of Veiling PART TWO Discourses on Sentiment Five: The Poetry of Personal Life On Poetry in Context The Poetry of Self and Sentiment Six: Honor and Poetic Vulnerability Discourses on Loss Matters of Pride Responding to Death The Discourse of Honor Seven: Modesty and the Poetry of Love Discourses on Love Star–Crossed Lovers An Arranged Marriage Marriage, Divorce, and Polygyny Eight: Ideology and the Politics of Sentiment The Social Contexts of Discourse Protective Veils of Form The Meaning of Poetry The Politics of Sentiment Ideology and Experience Ethnography's Values: An Afterword Appendix: Formulas and Themes of the Ghinnawa Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Vulnerable Witness The Politics of Grief in the Field
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Cambridge University Press Human Spirits
Book SynopsisThis book describes and interprets trance behaviour among the Malagasy speakers of Mayotte. The author argues that trance can best be understood as a social activity rather than as a psychological problem or a means of manipulating others. This book should be of particular interest to those concerned with the study of ritual, symbols and non-Western religious systems.Table of ContentsList of tables and figures; Preface: cultural zero; Acknowledgements; Stylistic conventions; Introduction; Part I. Spirits and Hosts in Mayotte: 1. An overview of Mayotte society; 2. Who the spirits are not: possession and Islam; 3. The nature of spirits: first approximations; 4. The incidence of trance; 5. Possession as a system of communication; Part II. The Syntagmatic Dimension: 6. Negotiation and energence: the case of Habiba; 7. Medicine and transformation: the case of Habiba continued; 8. The hidden name: the case of Rukia; 9. Of affines and annunciations; Part III. The Paradigmatic Dimension: 10. The trumba spirits; 11. The world of possession; 12. The spirits as children; Conclusion; Appendix: Additional classes of possession spirits in Mayotte; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Quiet Days in Burgundy A Study of Local Politics 79 Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology Series Number 79
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Cambridge University Press An Introduction to Museum Archaeology
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Harvard University Press In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl
Book SynopsisThe first biography of Zelia Nuttall (18571933), a pioneering Mexican-American anthropologist whose work on Aztec cosmology and mastery of ancient codices helped shape our understanding of pre-Columbian Mexico. Grindle captures the appeal and contradictions of this trailblazing woman, who brought a new rigor to the study of ancient civilizations.Trade ReviewThis vibrant biography follows the complex, captivating figure of Zelia Nuttall, a self-taught scholar of ancient Mesoamerica and a pioneer of modern anthropology…Grindle paints an indelible portrait of a woman both charming and challenging, whose boldness could slip easily into imperiousness, and whose zeal could lead her astray. * New Yorker *Zelia Nuttall was the first anthropologist to accurately decipher the Aztec calendar stone. In this first published biography of the pioneering social scientist, Merilee Grindle examines the then-new field of anthropology, which employed few women. She explores how Nuttall’s dogged research contributed to our understanding of the history and culture of ancient Mexico. * Christian Science Monitor *What a woman! And what a fabulous life to unearth. Zelia Nuttall was incredibly smart, determined, a divorced single mother in a man’s world, a great scholar, and an original thinker—yet today she’s completely forgotten. Merilee Grindle has dug deep into the archives and uncovered her fascinating story. -- Andrea Wulf, author of The Invention of NatureZelia Nuttall comes alive in all her fascinating contradictions in Merilee Grindle’s capable hands. Nuttall came of age in the nineteenth century and thought nothing of removing Mexico’s antiquities, or supporting Porfirio Díaz. But she was also a world-traveling single mother who studied Nahuatl with a native speaker, convinced Franz Boas to take Mexican students, ferreted out a previously unknown pre-Columbian codex, made a leap forward in our understanding of the Mesoamerican calendar, and chose to spend her declining years in her beloved Mexico, her mother’s native country. Grindle’s biography challenges our modern smugness and reminds us that our roots as scholars are more complex than we often acknowledge. -- Camilla Townsend, author of Fifth Sun: A New History of the AztecsGrindle unearths the story of the pioneering anthropologist Zelia Nuttall, whose study of Aztec culture and cosmology transformed our understanding of pre-Columbian Mexico. She was the first to accurately decode the Aztec stone calendar, and also rediscovered countless pre-Columbian texts previously thought to have been lost—all the while juggling single motherhood with her career. * The Millions *This biography of Nuttall…does justice to a remarkable but forgotten scholar. -- Andrew Robinson * Nature *Zelia Nuttall was a major figure in the rediscovery of ancient Mexico, yet today she is barely remembered. Merilee Grindle has marshaled an impressive amount of evidence to tell Nuttall’s story afresh and restore her to her rightful place in the annals of anthropology. -- Toby Wilkinson, author of A World Beneath the Sands: The Golden Age of EgyptologyAs a teenager on a seemingly endless grand tour of Europe, Zelia Nuttall described her globe-trotting Californian family as ‘wanderers in the highway of nations.’ In Merilee Grindle’s deft telling, we see Nuttall grow into a brilliant and focused interpreter of the secrets of ancient nations, a founder of the modern science of anthropology, a bold female traveler on time’s highway whose life story illuminates our twenty-first-century struggle to apprehend the ravages of civilization. -- Megan Marshall, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Margaret Fuller: A New American Life and Elizabeth Bishop: A Miracle for BreakfastZelia Nuttall was a pioneering anthropologist whose many contributions ranged from decoding a giant Aztec calendar to burnishing the reputation of the sixteenth-century English navigator Sir Francis Drake. In this beautifully crafted biography, Grindle situates Nuttall’s work in Mexico in the lead-up to the 1910 revolution. Her research helped Mexicans understand their pre-Columbian national heritage, in its sophisticated engineering, gardening, artistry, and cosmology, as being as glorious as that of Mediterranean societies in the classical era. -- Richard Feinberg * Foreign Affairs *[A] fascinating biography of Mexican-American anthropologist Zelia Nuttall…[whose work] helped shape the field of archaeology and the scientific study of the history of humankind in the Americas…Defying her cultural constrictions, she exerted a significant impact on the values and methodologies of institutions. -- Seonaid Valiant * ReVista *Grindle combines a rousing tale of archaeological discovery with an incisive description of how institutional marginalization occurs, tracing how Nuttall’s legacy was ignored by subsequent generations of anthropologists. This enjoyable account restores to prominence an influential figure in her field. * Publishers Weekly *Grindle does not allow discursions into Nuttall’s scholarly interests to slow down the strong narrative pace of her book. … Specialised knowledge of a particular profession provides captivating details as our protagonist navigates the events and personalities of world history. -- Matthew Restall * History Today *
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Princeton University Press How to Do Things with Emotions The Morality of
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year""How to Do Things with Emotions is a welcome corrective to Anglophone philosophy’s tendency to frame Western presumptions as universal. And it presents an appealingly sensible moral program."---Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker"Illuminating and engaging"---Sara Protasi, Times Literary Supplement"[An] insightful book. . . . Flanagan recommends and provides careful attention to [other cultural practices around anger and shame] in the hope that they will open up possibilities for developing new ways of expressing emotional behaviors." * Choice Reviews *
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Princeton University Press From Serf to Russian Soldier
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SAGE Publications, Inc Encyclopedia of Social Movement Media
Book SynopsisThis one-volume encyclopedia features around 250 essays on the varied experiences of social movement media over the planet in the 20th and 21st centuries. Examining the tip of a gigantic iceberg, this reference resource examines a sample of the dizzying variety of formats and experiences that comprise social movement media. The guiding principles have been to ensure that experiences from the global South are given voice; that women are properly represented among contributors; that the wide spectrum of communication formats is included; that further reading is provided where relevant; and that some examples are provided of repressive social movement media, not exclusively progressive ones.Thematic essays address selected issues such as human rights media, indigenous peoples' media, and environmentalist media, and on key concepts widely used in the field such as alternative media, citizens' media, and community media. The encyclopedia engages with all communication media: broadcasting, print, cinema, the Internet, popular song, street theatre, graffiti, and dance. The entries are designed to be relatively brief with clear, accessible, and current information. Students, researchers, media activisits, and others interested in this field will find this to be a valuable resource.Key ThemesCinema, Television, and VideoConcept and Topic OverviewsCultural ContestationsFeminist MediaGay and Lesbian MediaHuman Rights MediaIndependence Movement MediaIndigenous Peoples' MediaInformation Policy ActivismInternetLabor MediaNewsPerformance Art MediaPopular SongPressRadioSocial Movement MediaRegionsTrade Review“This is a comprehensive, illuminating, and inspiring work of reference. By focusing on media use by social movements across the globe, John Downing has collected an extraordinarily rich and eclectic range of contributions that read like an act of generous solidarity as well as of scrupulous scholarship.” -- Tony Dowmunt"This encyclopedia is a valuable contribution to one of the fastest-growing areas in communication studies. It is an informative, engaging, and up-to-date compendium of articles on concepts, campaigns, projects, and groups around the world, written by a balanced range of practitioners, activists, and established and emerging scholars.” -- Robert (Bob) Hackett“This encyclopedia will be of use to students, scholars, and activists wanting understanding, historical precedents, and international comparison of experimental and dissident media organizations and projects.” -- Patricia (Pat) Aufderheide“The visions of and commitments to another world are everywhere out there, being pursued through a variety of social movement media. This valuable collection of international experiences proves it. It is a must-have book for activists and researchers engaged with and communicating for social change.” -- Thomas Tufte“Interpreting media and communication from the point of view of social movements allows us tounderstand the constructive and transformative potential that communities have in today′s global society. The Latin American treasury of community media experience is represented, and much more besides.” -- Amparo Cadavid Bringe"Debates may swirl about whether recent uprisings in the Middle East and Africa really owe their origins to Facebook or Twitter, but even die-hard Luddites must admit that social media had some role in facilitating the revolutions. Downing’s fascinating work provides background to this subversive phenomenon over time and across the world in articles such as ′Alternative Comics (United States),′ ′Angry Buddhist Monk Phenomenon (Southeast Asia),′ ′Gay Press (Canada, United Kingdom, United States),′ and ′Social Democratic Media to 1914.′" -- Henrietta Thornton-Verma * School Library Journal *"This encyclopedia offers an internationalized glimpse of the burgeoning field of communications as practiced in social activism around the planet... Highly Recommended." -- tD. A. Schmitt * Choice *
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MY - University of Toronto Press Jews and Ukrainians
Book SynopsisThe story of Jews and Ukrainians is presented in an impartial manner through twelve thematic chapters. Among the themes discussed are geography, history, economic life, traditional culture, religion, language and publications, literature and theater, architecture and art, music, the diaspora, and contemporary Ukraine.Trade Review'This book is an experiment and is largely successful - against all odds... Magocsi and Petrovsy-Shtern deserve praise for their courage and daring in writing this work and touching upon controversial and unpleasant issues.' -- Simon Geissb hler Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs February 2017Table of Contents1. The Land and its Peoples 2. The Historical Past 3. Economic Life 4. Traditional Culture 5. Religion 6. Language and Publications 7. Literature and Theatre 8. Architecture and Art 9. Music 10. The Diaspora 11. Contemporary Ukraine 12. The Past as Present and Future
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University of British Columbia Press Imagining Difference
Book SynopsisAn ethnography about historical and contemporary ideas of human difference expressed by residents of Fernie, BC, a coal-mining town transforming into an international ski resort.Trade ReviewWith its 25-page bibliograhy, most of Imagining Difference won’t pass for popular history, but this work has an intriguing premise and Robertson deserves credit for an original undertaking. * BC Bookworld, Vol. 19, No. 4, Winter 2005 *Robertson is an ethnographer and a specialist in “urban anthropology” with a storytelling talent exceptional among the theory-riddled academics who tend to infest her field. She’s just mindful enough of the intellectual blinders that so preoccupy deconstructionist academics that she glides rather gracefully through the hash and gets to the beating heart of her chosen subject… Robinson spent three years in Fernie, visiting old Italian ladies and such, talking about curses, hanging out with the locals, taking notes. The result is brilliant. -- Terry Glavin * Georgia Straight *One is continually aware of, and intrigued by, the ethnographic process. The subject matter under investigation, however, delves deeper into the realm of stories and storytelling as vehicles for articulating perceptions of human difference. The legend of the curse – and its many different versions – often led to discussions of curse beliefs, religion, class, race, sexuality, gender, age, history, and geography. These various strands of text are ably woven together by Robertson; in the end she suggests “ideas about human difference remain intact across generations” (p. 246). Her study invites the reader to engage in a kind of translation of the Fernitian inquest and examine our own surroundings. Though the volume looks at an old coal-mining town/now international ski destination in southern British Columbia, the study will be of interest to anthropologists, historians, and Canadianists as well as those interested in Native Studies, Women’s Studies, Cultural and Ethnic Studies. -- Myka Burke, Faculty of Philology, University of Leipzig * Canadian Ethnic Studies, Vol XXXVII, No. 2, 2005 *Table of ContentsIllustrationsAcknowledgmentsPreface: Knowing Who Your Neighbours AreIntroduction: Ideas Make Acts PossiblePart One: Politics of Cursing1. Conversations among Europeans and Other Acts of Possession2 Látkép Ansicht View B??: Constructing the “Foreign”3 “The Story As I Know It”Part Two: Imagining Difference4 A Moment of Silence5 Getting Rid of the Story6 Development, Discovery, and Disguise7 One Step Beyond Epilogue: WaitingNotesReferencesIndex
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McFarland & Co Inc Female Genital Multilation Legal Cultural and
Book SynopsisThis book discusses the definition and types of FGM and explores the common justifications for the practice, along with the incidence in Africa, global laws, legal issues, rights and religion. Ethical considerations are examined, as are progress and the role of culture.
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State University Press of New York (SUNY) Intentional Community An Anthropological Perspectice
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Cornell University Press On the Subject of Java
Book SynopsisWhat are the limits of cultural critique? What are the horizons? What are the political implications? John Pemberton explores these questions in this far-reaching ethnographic and historical interpretation of cultural discourse in Indonesia since 1965. Pemberton considers in particular how the appearance of order under Soeharto''s repressive New Order regime is an effect of an enigmatic politics founded upon routine appeals to cultural values.Through a richly textured ethnographic account of events ranging from national elections to weddings, Pemberton simultaneously elucidates and disturbs the contours of the New Order cultural imaginary. He pursues the fugitive signs of circumstances that might resist the powers of New Order rule through unexpected village practices, among graveyard spirits, and within ascetic refuges.Key to this study is a reexamination of the historical conditions under which a discourse of culture emerges. Providing a close reading of a number of Trade ReviewI highly recommend Pemberton's study of Java to scholars of ritual for its complex and nuanced treatment of the relationship of ritual and politics. * Journal of Ritual Studies *
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Riddle of Amish Culture Center Books in
Book SynopsisIn addition, he includes a new chapter describing Amish recreation and social gatherings, and he applies the concept of "social capitalto his sensitive and penetrating interpretation of how the Amish have preserved their social networks and the solidarity of their community.Trade ReviewThis book is a perfect tool for introducing undergraduates to sociological analysis. Kraybill skillfully depicts an intriguing world that promotes collectivism against the dominant individualism. We come to understand how Amish life makes sense to those who adhere to it. -- Michele Lamont Christian CenturyTable of ContentsContents: 1 The Amish Story 2 The Quiltwork of Amish Culture 3 Symbols of Integration and Separation 4 The Social Architecture of Amish Society 5 Rites of Redemption and Purification 6 Auctions, Frolics, and Gangs 7 Passing on the Faith 8 The Riddles of Technology 9 Harnessing the Power of Progress 10 The Transformation of Amish Work 11 Managing Public Relations 12 Regulation Social Change 13 Exploring Our Common Riddles
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Stanford University Press In the Wake of Neoliberalism
Book SynopsisUnderstanding the various meanings given to human and citizenship rights in Argentina is an important task, particularly so given the nation''s prominence in global discussions. An exporter of tactics, ideas, and experts, Argentina has become a site of innovation in the field of human rights. This book investigates two prominent Buenos Aires protest organizationsMemoria Activa and the BAUEN workers'' cooperativeto consider how each has framed its demands within a language of rights.Fundamentally, this book is concerned with the complex interrelationship between the discourse of human rights and the neoliberal project. In exploring the way in which rights talk is used and adapted locally by various activist groups, the book looks at the mutually formative and contentious interactions between ideas of human rights, rights of citizenship, and the concrete and envisioned social relationships that form the basis for social activism in the wake of neoliberalism.Trade Review"Faulk provides valuable insights for assessing the contributions of movements that actualize conceptions of social citizenship in contemporary Argentina."—Silvio Waisbord, Latin American Studies"In the Wake of Neoliberalism is a powerful and moving ethnographic work that fixes transnational conceptions of human rights in the context of a global neoliberalism, grounded firmly in the history and society of Argentina. The book makes a valuable contribution to the interdisciplinary literature on human rights. An important book of the contemporary moment."—Daniel Goldstein, Rutgers University, author of The Spectacular City"Argentina has been at the forefront of changes in human rights discourse at the legal, international, political levels, and has seen some of the most globally prominent social movements based on human rights. Karen Faulk has risen to the challenge of tackling such complex themes and produced an engaging, vibrant, and thought-provoking account of contemporary struggles against neoliberal erosions of rights. A superb ethnography."—Sian Lazar, University of Cambridge
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New York University Press Unbecoming Blackness The Diaspora Cultures of
Book SynopsisUncovers an important, otherwise unrecognized century-long archive of literature and performance that reveals Cuban America as a space of overlapping Cuban and African diasporic experiences.Trade ReviewUnbecoming Blacknessis a stunning tour de force: it serves as a call for those critically engaged in the African diaspora work with a focus on Latin America to return to the archive and to study the wealth of information that remains there, unnoticed....Lopez forces readers to rethink notions of blackness so that these ideas are specific to place, yet also to consider the fluidity of these discourses in relation to physical movement and their reestablishment in new locations. His study also demands fluent interdisciplinarity: Lopez analyzes texts, photographs, sound recordings, and film, all of which challenge readers to expand beyond their comfort zone as scholars. This text is an extraordinary addition to Cuban studies, Cuban American studies, US Latina/o and Latin American studies, American studies, African American studies, and African diasporic studies. -- Vanessa K. Valdes * MELUS: The Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States *Unbecoming Blackness promises to make a transformative impact on Cuban American Literary Studies; it will certainly put López on the map as one of the fields most important and groundbreaking scholars. -- Ricardo Ortiz,author of Cultural Erotics in Cuban AmericaTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1 Alberto O'Farrill: A Negrito in Harlem 2 Re/Citing Eusebia Cosme3 Supplementary Careers, Boricua Identifications4 Around 1979: Mariel, McDuffie, and the Afterlives of Antonio 5 Cosa de Blancos: Cuban American Whiteness and the Afro-Cuban-Occupied House Conclusion: "Write the Word Black Twice"Notes Index About the Author
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New York University Press Authentic
Book SynopsisArgues that brands are about culture as much as they are about economicsTrade ReviewBanet-Weiser success in her important project to show that branding is much more than commodification or marketingit is a co-production of culture, and in dismissing it we risk dismissing a pervasive and essential set of discourses on contemporary society. * Media International Australia *Each chapter stands on its own, making this a useful text to use in classroom. * Choice *Authentic by Sarah Banet-Weiser, is an interesting book, because it makes it its business to find the halfway point between this so-called infantilizing commerce and the world of the authentic and realthus that 'ambivalence.' * Slate.com *We all search for spaces where we can express ourselves or find others we value, but what happens when all those spaces are already aligned by the self-interested productivity of brands? No one has followed those searches more attentively than Sarah Banet-Weiser. As inherited politics falters, Banet-Weiser's major new book is an indispensable guide to an ambivalent future. -- Nick Couldry,author of Why Voice Matters: Culture and Politics After NeoliberalismIn this lively and penetrating analysis of the ubiquity and consequences of non-stop branding in the 21st century, Sarah Banet-Weiser pushes us to think beyond the false distinctions between consumer culture on the one hand and & authenticity on the other, and instead to contemplate what is at stake in living in branded culturesespecially for our very core identities and values. A stimulating, smart, and extremely timely book. -- Susan J. Douglas,University of Michigan and author of The Rise of Enlightened SexismThis profound and powerful book is replete with perceptive insights and persuasive arguments. Authentic ™ reveals how the pervasiveness of branding culture requires us to rethink our investments in authenticity and our understandings of citizenship and social membership. Banet-Weiser offers us the first fully theorized analysis of how the hegemony of branding culture and the eclipse of typographic culture by digital culture combine to make us fundamentally new kinds of social subjects. -- George Lipsitz,author of Time PassagesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Branding the Authentic 1. Branding Consumer Citizens Gender and the Emergence of Brand Culture 2. Branding the Postfeminist Self The Labor of Femininity 3. Branding Creativity Creative Cities, Street Art, and "Making Your Name Sing" 4. Branding Politics Shopping for Change? 5. Branding Religion "I'm Like Totally Saved" Conclusion: The Politics of Ambivalence Notes Index About the Author
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The University of Alabama Press Archaeological Remote Sensing in North America
Book SynopsisPresents the latest on the rapidly growing use of innovative archaeological remote sensing for anthropological applications in North America. Updating the highly praised 2006 publication Remote Sensing in Archaeology, this is a must-have volume for today's archaeologist.Trade ReviewAn important collection that illustrates the diversity of techniques used to collect geophysical data and their use in archaeological interpretation. The inclusion of chapters that cover several regions and historic as well as prehistoric sites adds further value."" - Berle Clay, principal investigator and geophysical specialist at Cultural Resource Analysis, Inc.""Includes current, well-written, and interesting material that provides a significant contribution to the field. The use of remote sensing technology with traditional methods is current with the state of research. The chapters are well grounded in archaeological and anthropological theory. The methods outlined in the book also start to set a standard or baseline that can be implemented by others."" - Roy Stine, associate professor, Department of Geography, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
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The University of Alabama Press Cahokias Complexities
Book SynopsisIn the United States, Cahokia has been the focus of intense archaeological work to explain its mysteries. As one of the foremost experts on Cahokia, Susan M. Alt addresses long-standing considerations of eastern Woodlands archaeology - the beginnings, character, and ending of Mississippian culture (AD 1050-1600) - from a novel theoretical and empirical vantage point.Trade ReviewCahokia's Complexities engages with interesting, broadly relevant anthropological theory and grounds this engagement in a detailed material case study."" - Meghan C. L. Howey, author of Mound Builders and Monument Makers of the Northern Great Lakes, 1200–1600 and associate editor of the Journal of Archaeological Anthropology""Alt outlines interesting ideas about the role of hybridity and diversity in the development of Cahokia, one of the most complex polities and cultural landscapes of Native North America. Cahokia’s Complexities is an important book about current archaeological knowledge of the Cahokian cultural landscape, and in shaping what we will learn from new archaeological finds in the years to come in the American Bottom and in the Cahokian diaspora, and it is an important contribution to broader scholarly conversations in archaeology about complexity."" - Christopher B. Rodning, author of Center Places and Cherokee Towns: Archaeological Perspectives on Native American Architecture and Landscape in the Southern Appalachians
£40.80
Wesleyan University Press Musical Resilience
Book SynopsisIn Musical Resilience, Shalini Ayyagari shows how professional low-caste musicians from the Thar Desert borderland of Rajasthan, India have skillfully reinvented their cultural and economic value in postcolonial India.
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Duke University Press Race and the Education of Desire
Book SynopsisWhy is the colonial context absent from Michel Foucault's history of a European sexual discourse that for him defined the bourgeois self? This book challenges Foucault's tunnel vision of the West and his marginalization of empire.Trade Review“Ann Stoler has given us an ingenious and compelling reading of the apparent absence of race and colonialism in Foucault’s account of modern power. She shows how colonial history remains embedded in the very conceptual categories that order modern bourgeois society in the West. Written with verve, erudition, and a sense of engagement.” --Partha Chatterjee, Centre for Studies in Social Science, Calcutta"Race and the Education of Desire is a tour de force. Stoler has engaged in a productive dialogue with Foucault’s seminal text, and interwoven that dialogue with an illuminating analysis of the concepts and policies of imperial racism. This book should have a major impact on scholarly discussions of modern imperialism and racism."—Talal Asad, Johns Hopkins University"Ann Stoler combines impressive historical and ethnographic scholarship with moral fervor to turn Foucault’s definition of critique as the ‘art of reflective insolence’ back on his own work. A controversial tour de force!"—Paul Rabinow, University of California, Berkeley"Stoler does something here that’s incredibly rare: the delineation of a topic that now, in retrospect, appears so obvious and so right that one wonders why it had never been broached systematically before. Students of Foucault, race, empire and its aftermath, gender and sexuality will be quoting from it for years."—Andrew Parker, Amherst College"This is an important book, probably the only reading of Foucault that seriously tracks and takes up his probing, restless and recursive leads. Instead of reducing him to an icon of one or more ideas to be either uncritically embraced or irresponsibly discarded, as others have done, Stoler engages Foucault’s dynamic, nervous, and passionate moves towards focusing the interdependence of ideas and forces."—Doris Sommer, Harvard University
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Duke University Press The Skin of the Film Intercultural Cinema
Book SynopsisHow can filmmakers working between cultures use cinema, a visual medium, to transmit that physical sense of place and culture? This book offers an answer, building on the theories of Gilles Deleuze and others to explain how and why intercultural cinema represents embodied experience in a postcolonial, transnational world.Trade Review“The promise of Laura Marks’s The Skin of Film is the promise of thinking and living between critical discourses, experiences and cultures: the willingness to explore an embodied response capable of meeting the ‘hybrid microcultures’ of global modernity; the power to transform the memory of images, things, and the senses into ‘sensuous geographies’ of touch, smell and rhythm that inhabit and drift into a world increasingly divided between the policed frontier and the ‘placeless’ metropolis; and finally, the capacity to dwell in the critical interstice that allows thought to articulate itself on the edge of the unthought. - Tollof Nelson, CiNéMAS“[A] fascinating exploration of the ways that diasporic filmmakers have excavated, rediscovered, and reignited cultural memories through appeals to multisensorial forms of recollection that challenge the Western cinematic reliance on visual imagery . . . . [H]ighly informative and will introduce the reader to many intercultural works that have previously gone unnoticed. Marks’s clear exuberance for her work and passion for the films she discusses also shine through. Highly recommended.” - Avi Santo, The Velvet Light Trap"[A]n important document and substantial treatment of many sometimes ephemeral works of intercultural cinema. . . . Marks draws on a rich and somewhat dazzling array of theoretical sources and disciplinary fields. . . . The Skin of the Film also offers a very rich and extensive archive of intercultural cinematic productions of the eighties and nineties. . . . She manages to cover a vast range of work in an elegant, often moving writing style with curatorial detail. . . . [A]n extremely stimulating and original book. It signals a promising and very welcome move in film theory. . . . It has much to contribute to the emerging literature on affect in political and cultural studies. . . . Like the sound of dripping water or an itch that you don’t feel until you scratch, once your attention is drawn to The Skin of the Film, it becomes impossible to ignore it." - Tamara Vukov, Topia: A Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies"[A] rich and rewarding read. . . . The Skin of the Film is quite unique. Offering important contributions to the redefinition of aesthetic scholarship, the author simultaneously conducts close readings of filmic works which are not well known, and presents nuanced readings of their significance, within an original theoretical framework." - Melanie Swalwell, Film-Philosophy“A marvelous interweaving of theory and historiography. This is a book that can interest film theorists, film historians, students of performance art, and scholars of postcoloniality and interculturalism. Marks explains—with rich detail—a whole range of recent cultural productions in film and video and makes those works come to life. The Skin of the Film suggests important ways to extend film theory.”—Dana Polan, University of Southern California“Marks’s nuanced reading of a large number of films and videos is based on her deep engagement with the politics of place and displacement that drives the films. This book is a delightful read.”—Hamid Naficy, Rice University“This is a terrific book! Not only does it have a significant argument to make, but it also works with a variety of little-known film/video examples in such a way as to give the reader both a vivid sense of them and a desire to go out and get hold of them.”—Vivian Sobchack, University of California at Los Angeles“[A] fascinating exploration of the ways that diasporic filmmakers have excavated, rediscovered, and reignited cultural memories through appeals to multisensorial forms of recollection that challenge the Western cinematic reliance on visual imagery . . . . [H]ighly informative and will introduce the reader to many intercultural works that have previously gone unnoticed. Marks’s clear exuberance for her work and passion for the films she discusses also shine through. Highly recommended.” -- Avi Santo * The Velvet Light Trap *“The promise of Laura Marks’s The Skin of Film is the promise of thinking and living between critical discourses, experiences and cultures: the willingness to explore an embodied response capable of meeting the ‘hybrid microcultures’ of global modernity; the power to transform the memory of images, things, and the senses into ‘sensuous geographies’ of touch, smell and rhythm that inhabit and drift into a world increasingly divided between the policed frontier and the ‘placeless’ metropolis; and finally, the capacity to dwell in the critical interstice that allows thought to articulate itself on the edge of the unthought. -- Tollof Nelson * CiNéMAS *"[A] rich and rewarding read. . . . The Skin of the Film is quite unique. Offering important contributions to the redefinition of aesthetic scholarship, the author simultaneously conducts close readings of filmic works which are not well known, and presents nuanced readings of their significance, within an original theoretical framework." -- Melanie Swalwell * Film-Philosophy *"[A]n important document and substantial treatment of many sometimes ephemeral works of intercultural cinema. . . . Marks draws on a rich and somewhat dazzling array of theoretical sources and disciplinary fields. . . . The Skin of the Film also offers a very rich and extensive archive of intercultural cinematic productions of the eighties and nineties. . . . She manages to cover a vast range of work in an elegant, often moving writing style with curatorial detail. . . . [A]n extremely stimulating and original book. It signals a promising and very welcome move in film theory. . . . It has much to contribute to the emerging literature on affect in political and cultural studies. . . . Like the sound of dripping water or an itch that you don’t feel until you scratch, once your attention is drawn to The Skin of the Film, it becomes impossible to ignore it." -- Tamara Vukov * Topia: A Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The Memory of Images 2. The Memory of Things 3. The Memory of Touch 4. The Memory of the Senses Conclusion: The Portable Sensorium Notes Bibliography Filmography/Videography Index
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Duke University Press The Culture of Cursiler237a Bad Taste Kitsch and
Book SynopsisThe Spanish terms cursi and cursileria are not easily translated, but they refer to a cultural phenomenon widely prevalent in Spanish society since the nineteenth century. This book examines the social meanings of cursi, viewing it as a window into modern Spanish history and particularly into the development of middle-class culture.Trade Review“Noël Valis offers brilliant, innovative insights into a cultural phenomenon that illuminates many aspects of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Spain. As perhaps one of the most distinguished cultural critics of Hispanic studies today, Valis takes an interdisciplinary approach to expose the links between text, economics, politics, and historical events.”—Harriet S. Turner, University of Nebraska“Noël Valis's writing is powerful and insightful. Her arguments are brilliant, subtle, and carefully textured; they cleverly elucidate the duality of cursi. This is an important, imaginative, fully accomplished book that will be essential reading for anyone interested in understanding more fully the cultural and literary realities of Spain a century ago.”—David T. Gies, University of VirginiaTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. On Origins 2. Adorning the Feminine, or the Language of Fans 3. Salon Poets, the Becquer Craze, and Romanticism 4. Textual Economies: The Embellishment of Credit 5. Fabricating History 6. The Dream of Negation 7. The Margins of Home: Modernist Cursileria 8. The Culture of Nostalgia, or the Language of Flowers 9. Coda: The Metaphor of Culture in Post-Franco Spain Appendix Notes Bibliography Index
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MD - Duke University Press Rumba Rules
Book SynopsisMobutu Sese Seko, who ruled Zaire from 1965 until 1997, was fond of saying "happy are those who sing and dance," and his regime energetically promoted the notion of culture as a national resource. This title deals with political leadership, social mobility, and what it meant to be a bon chef (good leader) in Mobutu's Zaire.Trade Review“Rumba Rules: The Politics of Dance Music in Mobutu’s Zaire by Bob W. White should be a welcome addition to the library of any fan of Congolese music. This book has descriptive passages that give a delicious insight into the everyday workings of a modern Kinshasa orchestre. Furthermore there is some fascinating information and research that helps explain how Congolese music sits within the national culture and everyday social life of the Congolese people. The book can be justifiably described as an essential read for anyone wishing to gain an extended appreciation of the Congo, its politics and its quirky obsession with music.” - Martin Sinnock, The Beat“White's poignant research and heavily-referenced text showcases a rather complex and dynamic musical historiography and ethnography of Zaire's (now Congo's) musicians. . . . [A]n in-depth guide to the music and society of a people transformed and shaped by political policies and pressures. The text contains an extensive notes section, bibliography, small discography, and index. Scholars and students of African music with Congolese interests would benefit most from the text’s information. Yet, it is highly recommended for anyone with an interest in music.” - Matthew J. Forss, Callaloo“[A] pioneering study of its subject.” - Ted Smith, Montreal Review of Books“[A]n important source of information about one of the most celebrated genres of dance music in Africa. Highly recommended.” - Kazadi wa Mukuna, Choice“[F]ascinating, even enthralling.” - Robert Christgau, Barnes and Noble Review“Rumba Rules is a really exciting book, definitely worthy of the ‘groundbreaking’ and ‘sorely needed’ labels it is bound to attract. It is full of the basics and the nuances; deeply informative about a place, a scene, a local history, and lived realities; and deeply accountable to debates and discussions about how popular culture encodes a feeling of and for modernity.”—Steven Feld, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Music, University of New Mexico“Rumba Rules ties dance music to dictatorship, band leaders to politicians, in ways that are sensitive to the struggles of Congolese musicians and their fans in Kinshasa. Bob W. White neither diminishes the artistry and entertainment value of musical performances nor over-determines their role in political culture. This is a book that finely theorizes the relationship between aesthetics and political culture through vivid and often amusing storytelling.”—Louise Meintjes, author of Sound of Africa! Making Music Zulu in a South African Studio“What began with an extraordinary feat of immersion into Kinshasa’s music scene toward the end of Mobutu’s regime has been honed and crafted into a study of Congolese popular culture and politics that is bound to become a classic. A feat of ethnography and a much-needed ray of hope in these messy and tragic times.”—Johannes Fabian, author of Memory against Culture: Arguments and Reminders“What an enchanting ethnographic study! This book deserves to be widely read. . . . My comments on this book are based on my understanding of its significance in terms of the contribution it makes to debates within the field of cultural anthropology, in particular the anthropology of performance, the anthropological study of music, political anthropology and the anthropology of popular culture. . . . It was indeed a joy to read. Right now I am going to go out to buy a Congolese music CD to dance to!” -- Rosita Henry * The Australian Journal of Anthropology *“Rumba Rules: The Politics of Dance Music in Mobutu’s Zaire by Bob W. White should be a welcome addition to the library of any fan of Congolese music. This book has descriptive passages that give a delicious insight into the everyday workings of a modern Kinshasa orchestre. Furthermore there is some fascinating information and research that helps explain how Congolese music sits within the national culture and everyday social life of the Congolese people. The book can be justifiably described as an essential read for anyone wishing to gain an extended appreciation of the Congo, its politics and its quirky obsession with music.” -- Martin Sinnock * Beat *“[A] pioneering study of its subject.” -- Ted Smith * Montreal Review of Books *“Fascinating, even enthralling.” -- Robert Christgau * Barnes and Noble Review *“White's poignant research and heavily-referenced text showcases a rather complex and dynamic musical historiography and ethnography of Zaire's (now Congo's) musicians. . . . [A]n in-depth guide to the music and society of a people transformed and shaped by political policies and pressures. The text contains an extensive notes section, bibliography, small discography, and index. Scholars and students of African music with Congolese interests would benefit most from the text’s information. Yet, it is highly recommended for anyone with an interest in music.” -- Matthew J. Forss * Callaloo *Table of ContentsPreface xi Note to the Reader xxi 1. Popular Culture's Politics 1 2. The Zairian Sound 27 3. Made in Zaire 65 4. Live Time 97 5. Musicians and Mobility 131 6. Live Texts 165 7. The Political Life of Dance Bands 195 8. In the Skin of a Chief 225 Notes 253 Bibliography 271 Discography 287 Index 289
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Duke University Press Pretty Modern
Book SynopsisThis ethnographic account of Brazils emergence as a global leader in plastic surgery takes readers from Ipanema socialite circles to telenovela studios to the packed waiting rooms of public hospitals offering free cosmetic surgery.Trade Review“A fresh, smart, insightful, entertaining, and compelling book about a topic—cosmetic surgery—that many of us thought had self-combusted in the 1990s amid irresolvable debates about whether women who wanted bigger breasts were subjects with agency or duped victims of the ‘beauty myth.’ Pretty Modern rises from the ashes of those debates to provide us with exciting new ways of thinking about what plastic surgery is, what it means, and what it does. It is first-rate anthropology and a wonderfully perceptive study of Brazil.”—Don Kulick, author of Travesti: Sex, Gender, and Culture among Brazilian Transgendered Prostitutes“A masterpiece. Pretty Modern is one of the most nuanced and beautifully crafted ethnographies out there.”—João Biehl, author of Will to Live: AIDS Therapies and the Politics of Survival“Alexander Edmonds provides readers with a compelling and visceral ethnography about the ubiquitous cultural practice of plastica, or cosmetic surgery, in Rio to better understand its ubiquity across Brazil’s different social classes. . . . Pretty Modern is an important contribution to the literature on gender and the body, and will be of interest to Brazil specialists and nonspecialists alike. Although the focus is beauty, those considering race or history will also find the material useful.” -- Lesley N. Braun * Visual Anthropology Review *“Fascinating. . . . The book overflows with provocative discussions. . . . [T]his study should evoke reflection and animated discussion of medicine, gender, self, culture, and modernity in multiple academic settings and beyond. Recommended. All levels/libraries.” -- G. W. McDonogh * Choice *“Pretty Modern is a provocative ethnographic excursion through the labyrinth of context necessary for understanding the rise in popularity of cosmetic plastic surgery in contemporary Brazil…. I found his ethnography to be important and compelling.” -- Donna Goldstein * American Ethnologist *“Alex Edmonds’ book Pretty Modern is a remarkable account of cosmetic surgery—or plastic—in Brazil…. One of the huge strengths of Edmonds’ book is the detail and complexity he brings to each of the issues he analyses…. [I]t is ultimately refreshing.” -- Ruth Holliday * Sociology of Health & Illness *“Edmonds’ offers readers a provocative, richly textured, and nuanced analysis of the rise in popularity of plástica across social classes in Brazil. . . . Pretty Modern is a masterful ethnography about the medicalization of beauty.” -- Hilda Lloréns * Anthropological Quarterly *“One of the clear advantages of Pretty Modern is the great depth of analysis that we are offered. Anecdotes and detailed descriptions provide the backdrop for theoretical discussions, fleshing out the arguments and providing the reader with a more rounded view of the issues…. Pretty Modern is a very enjoyable, provocative and stimulating read.” -- Aoife McKenna * Medical Sociology Online *“Highly readable and ranging from ethnographic, to historical, to theoretical, Pretty Modern will appeal to a broad readership.” -- Susan Besse * Luso-Brazilian Review *Table of ContentsIllustrations viii Introduction. In the Universe of Beauty 1 Part One. The Self-Esteem in Each Ego Awakens Siliconadas 37 The Philosopher of Plástica 47 Without Tits There Is No Paradise 57 A Brief History of Self-Esteem 75 Hospital School 89 The Right to Beauty 102 Aesthetic Health 114 Part Two. Beautiful People Preta 123 Magnificent Miscegenation 127 The National Passion 135 Nanci's Rhinoplasty 143 My Black Is My Brand 150 Role Models 162 The Economy of Appearances 167 Part Three. Engineering the Erotic Creating and Modeling Nature 177 Aesthetic Medicine and Motherhood 183 The Vanity of Maids 195 Lens of Dreams 204 I Love Myself 219 Conclusion 239 Acknowledgments 253 Notes 257 References 269 Index 285
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Duke University Press Deviations
Book SynopsisGayle Rubin laid the foundation for queer theory as a graduate student at Michigan in the early 70s with the essay The Traffic in Women, which was followed a decade later by an equally influential essay, Thinking Sex. This volume collects her essays covering topics ranging from BDSM to feminist debates on pornography and sex to lesbian and gay history.Trade Review“This book brings together a canonical collection of her writing, but it is more than a reader: she rewrites the genealogy of sexuality studies, giving us a precise intellectual history of sexuality studies that recognises the pivotal role played by academic homosexuals other than the now-feted and individuated Michel Foucault. . . . [I]t is clarifying to read Rubin's analyses, still germane, direct and sharp after all these years. She is alert to nuances in the social field, keen to represent the intersectionality of issues around sex, and judiciously observant of any nexus of inequality.” - Sally R. Munt, Times Higher Education Supplement“Gayle S. Rubin has had an incalculable impact on the study of gender and sexuality over the past 35 years. Rubin’s work changed the very language and vocabulary with which we discuss sexuality and gender. . . . It is fitting that a scholar of Gayle S. Rubin’s stature has finally been rewarded with a comprehensive collection of her most influential essays. While Deviations: A Gayle Rubin Reader will please seasoned scholars of queer theory and gay and lesbian studies with its first ever assemblage of Rubin’s most significant work, I believe that the collection will most benefit those who are just making their first steps into the study of queer culture.” - Chase Dimock, Lambda Literary Review“Finally: a collection of Gayle Rubin’s writings. It is long overdue and sorely needed. . . . For decades, her works appeared in scholarly journals and small-press publications. This collection includes a dozen of her already published pieces, some updated with thoughtful afterwords. She truly has something to say, not only about women and lesbian culture, but (from her unique and insightful perspective) about the sexual crisis America now faces.” - David Rosen, The Brooklyn Rail“The definitive collection of Gayle Rubin’s work is now available. . . . Deviations offers up articles that shaped the thinking of the modern feminist and LGBT movements, while contextualizing the gradual institutionalization and canonization of sexuality studies. In providing the opportunity to think through the history of American feminism, including the racialization of feminist debates on sexuality, Deviations provides an impetus for ‘thinking sex’ even more critically.” - Svati P. Shah, Women’s Review of Books“Foundational essays and commentary from America’s preeminent queer feminist intellectual; a must-have for any scholar and every library.”—Esther Newton, author of Margaret Mead Made Me Gay: Personal Essays, Public Ideas“Gayle S. Rubin has been breaking new intellectual ground around gender and sexuality for almost four decades. This collection of essays lets us see in one place the breadth, depth, and profound originality of her thinking. It’s a wonder to behold. As I reread some familiar pieces and encountered some new ones, I was reminded how much I am in her debt.”—John D’Emilio, co-author of Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America“It is rare to find an intellectual who founded an entire field of sexuality studies, whose theoretical contributions have been so far-reaching, and who continues to make rich, surprising, and singular interventions. These are the essays that riveted generations and claim our attention time and again. Gayle S. Rubin gives us the material life of sexual categories, lucid and careful argumentation, extraordinary and unprecedented archives. This brilliant collection is a gift for anyone who wants to follow the formidable trajectory of the most exacting and influential intellectual of sexuality studies.”—Judith Butler, Maxine Elliot Professor, Rhetoric and Comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley“The essays in Deviations cover a tightly meshed set of concerns in an extraordinarily provocative manner. Whether Gayle S. Rubin writes about antiporn politics, lesbian literary histories, gay male leather communities, S/M cultures, or butch-femme erotics, she always provides deeply engaged and respectful accounts of the kinds of knowledges that are produced in sexual subcultures but are often passed over by mainstream theorists and researchers. This is a fantastic collection, and it will be an immensely popular book.”—Judith Halberstam, author of The Queer Art of Failure“Finally: a collection of Gayle Rubin’s writings. It is long overdue and sorely needed. . . . For decades, her works appeared in scholarly journals and small-press publications. This collection includes a dozen of her already published pieces, some updated with thoughtful afterwords. She truly has something to say, not only about women and lesbian culture, but (from her unique and insightful perspective) about the sexual crisis America now faces.” -- David Rosen * The Brooklyn Rail *“Gayle S. Rubin has had an incalculable impact on the study of gender and sexuality over the past 35 years. Rubin’s work changed the very language and vocabulary with which we discuss sexuality and gender. . . . It is fitting that a scholar of Gayle S. Rubin’s stature has finally been rewarded with a comprehensive collection of her most influential essays. While Deviations: A Gayle Rubin Reader will please seasoned scholars of queer theory and gay and lesbian studies with its first ever assemblage of Rubin’s most significant work, I believe that the collection will most benefit those who are just making their first steps into the study of queer culture.” -- Chase Dimock * Lambda Literary Review *“The definitive collection of Gayle Rubin’s work is now available. . . . Deviations offers up articles that shaped the thinking of the modern feminist and LGBT movements, while contextualizing the gradual institutionalization and canonization of sexuality studies. In providing the opportunity to think through the history of American feminism, including the racialization of feminist debates on sexuality, Deviations provides an impetus for ‘thinking sex’ even more critically.” -- Svati P. Shah * Women's Review of Books *“This book brings together a canonical collection of her writing, but it is more than a reader: she rewrites the genealogy of sexuality studies, giving us a precise intellectual history of sexuality studies that recognises the pivotal role played by academic homosexuals other than the now-feted and individuated Michel Foucault. . . . [I]t is clarifying to read Rubin's analyses, still germane, direct and sharp after all these years. She is alert to nuances in the social field, keen to represent the intersectionality of issues around sex, and judiciously observant of any nexus of inequality.” -- Sally R. Munt * Times Higher Education *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction. Sex, Gender, Politics 1 1. The Traffic in Women: Notes on the "Political Economy" of Sex (1975) 33 2. The Trouble with Trafficking: Afterthoughts on "The Traffic in Women" 66 3. Introduction to A Woman Appeared to Me 87 4. The Leather Menace: Comments on Politics and S/M 109 5. Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality 137 6. Afterword to "Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality" 182 7. Postscript to "Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality" 190 8. Blood under the Bridge: Reflections on "Thinking Sex" 194 9. The Catacombs: A Temple of the Butthole 224 10. Of Catamites and Kings: Reflections on Butch, Gender, and Boundaries 241 11. Misguided, Dangerous, and Wrong: An Analysis of Antipornography Politics 254 12. Sexual Traffic: Interview with Gayle Rubin by Judith Butler 276 13. Studying Sexual Subcultures: Excavating the Ethnography of Gay Communities in Urban North America 310 14. Geologies of Queer Studies: It's Déjà Vu All Over Again 347 Notes 357 Bibliography 425 Index 469
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Duke University Press Patients of the State
Book SynopsisThis volume examines the power that can be imposed, and the misery that is caused, especially for the poor, by the simple act of waiting. Although set in Buenos Aires, Auyero describes a variety of different situations, including waiting for national identity cards, for welfare agencies, and the endless waiting for relocation from the slums.Trade Review“...this [book] is a careful and beautifully written ethnographicinvestigation of the contours of ordinary people’s lives underneoliberalism in Argentina.” - Gianpaolo Baiocchi, American Journal of Sociology“Patients of the State is an insightful and long-overdue exploration of how the worst Latin American welfare programs reinforce powerlessness and subcitizenship even as they sporadically relieve economic misery. Vividly describing the phenomenally cavalier ways in which the governmental agencies of Buenos Aires waste poor people’s time and resources, Javier Auyero calls attention to the insidious violence of systems that sap political initiative and hobble complex and delicate urban survival strategies. With this study, he has once again opened new pathways for the study of contemporary Latin American poverty.”—Brodwyn Fischer, author of A Poverty of Rights: Citizenship and Inequality in Twentieth-Century Rio de Janeiro“In this brilliant, insightful, and sensitive investigation, Javier Auyero brings careful ethnographic research to bear on the routine temporal experiences of people who seek help and social services from the state. In doing so, he shows us how the state constructs political dominance through the control of its citizens’ time and temporal experience. By making the urban poor wait for whatever they need, the state creates subordination and political resignation. Patients of the State will have a major impact on scholarly and public discourse; it helps us see what is happening to millions of people around the world.”—Michael G. Flaherty, author of The Textures of Time: Agency and Temporal Experience"Patients of the State shines in providing empiricalevidence in support of the importance of waiting for understanding the ways in which power and domination are played out in practice in the relations between the urban poor and the front-line bureaucrats of the state.... [It] shines in providing empirical in support of the importance of waiting for understanding the ways in which power and domination are played out in practice in the relations between the urban poor and the front-line bureaucrats of the state." -- Marcela López Levy * Journal of Latin American Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments xi Introduction. Tempography: Waiting Now and Then 1 1. The Time of the Denizens 23 2. Urban Relegation and Forms of Regulation Poverty 36 3. Poor People's Waiting: Speeding Up Time, but Still Waiting 64 4. The Welfare Office 92 5. Periculum in Mora: Flammable Revisited 128 Conclusion 153 Epilogue 162 Methodological Appendix 165 Notes 169 Works Cited 175 Index 191
£22.79
Duke University Press Pink Globalization
Book SynopsisTracing the global circulation and consumption of Hello Kitty, Christine R. Yano analyzes the spread of Japanese "cute-cool" culture, which she sees as combining kitsch with an ironic self-referentiality.Trade Review“Pink Globalization isn’t a primer for Hello Kitty lovers, it’s a deep dive into the tale of the small feline that has dominated culture from East to West—all without saying a word or making a sound. Not every icon can make that claim, but, then again, not every icon is Hello Kitty.” -- Scott Elingburg * Popmatters *“Many feminists find Hello Kitty to be an example of a submissive, infantile undercurrent of Japanese culture. Other detractors see her simply as an example of manufactured corporate sweetness. Perhaps the best explanation for her popularity, however, was inadvertently provided by an overheated religious website called Hell of Kitty, which warned that the cat ‘invades children's vulnerable hearts exactly through the weaponry of cuteness.’ And who can resist that?” -- Meghan Keane * Wall Street Journal *“Required reading for anyone interested in contemporary Asian studies, American studies, globalization, popular culture, and cultural studies.” -- L. Miller * Choice *“Featuring one-on-one interviews with Hello Kitty fans and detractors alike, it offers readers a rare insight into the iconic cat’s influence on gender, nostalgia and national identity. By the book’s end, you should understand Kitty-chan’s journey from innocent kitten to sophisticated global superstar — even if you still don’t quite get her overall appeal.” -- Elliott Samuels * Japan Times *“If you’ve ever thought about or explained cool Japan, feminized consumerism, feminist reinterpretations, high art versus low art, Christine R. Yano’s Pink Globalization: Hello Kitty’s Trek Across the Pacific is the book for you. . . . Highly recommended for its careful and detailed analysis of the complete Hello Kitty phenomenon.” -- Raizel Liebler * The Learned Fangirl *“Yano’s most impressive accomplishment with Pink Globalization is the way that she arranges the little details in such a way as to suggest the big picture without ever slipping into didacticism or the rhetorical register of narcissism. Tackling Sanrio, even in part, is no small task, but Pink Globalization manages it with honesty, empathy, and intelligence.” -- Ben Gabriel * The New Inquiry *"Yano has tied together in one package a number of disparate themes that share the common denominator of Hello Kitty. She artfully demonstrates that this well-traveled feline figure is not a flash-in-the-pan craze . . . Her book is an invaluable contribution to the study of transnational flows of culture." -- Brian McVeigh * Journal of Japanese Studies *“Pink Globalization represents a well-inflected look at the Hello Kitty phenomenon. The writing is assured and theoretically rich yet quite accessible to a general readership, including undergraduates. Despite this theoretical richness, it also manages throughout the light, humorous touches one would hope for from a book on this topic…. Pink Globalization is a valuable contribution to the anthropological, Japanese studies, gender studies, and other literature on the internationalization of Japanese popular culture.” -- Marvin D. Sterling * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *“Yano’s book is an engaging and interesting read and will appeal to a wide readership—ranging from business history, to Japanese studies, to popular culture studies, as well as marketing and consumerism. … [A] rich and sophisticated portrayal of a seemingly cute but, in reality, complex commodity.” -- Helen Macnaughtan * Business History Review *“Obviously, Japan specialists and symbolic anthropologists will love this book. But this is one of those anthropology books that you can actually give to someone outside the tribe without fear of them looking at you askance or with polite boredom—it will be anything but. And this book is going to make a fine text next semester when I teach Japanese popular culture.” -- James Stanlaw * American Ethnologist *Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments. Grabbing the Cat by Its Tail, or How the Cat Grabbed Me Introduction. Kitty—Japan—Global 1. Kitty at Home: Kawaii Culture and the Kyarakuta Business 2. Marketing Global Kitty: Strategies to Sell Friendship and "Happiness" 3. Global Kitty: Here, There, and Nearly Everywhere 4. Kitty Backlash: What's Wrong with Cute? 5. Kitty Subversions: Pink as the New Black 6. Playing with Kitty: Serious Art in Surprising Places 7. Japan's Cute-Cool as Global Wink Appendix 1. Sanrio and Hello Kitty Timeline Appendix 2. Artists in Sanrio's Hello Kitty Thirtieth Anniversary Exhibit and Catalogue Notes References Index
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Duke University Press Biological Relatives
Book SynopsisSarah Franklin explores the history and future of in vitro fertilization (IVF) thirty-five years and five million babies after its initial success as a form of technologically-assisted human reproduction.Trade Review"A model of what interdisciplinary intelligence can accomplish. Across several fields Biological Relatives shows how specific platforms or tools in the history of reproduction, kinship, and gender have provided discursive liftoff for further sites of knowledge and exploration. One of the strengths of this gripping account lies in that specificity, beginning with the iconic IVF and its epistemic work: a brilliant and exhilarating reprise of what we thought we knew, but now know differently."—Marilyn Strathern, University of Cambridge"Hurtled with eggs, sperm, embryos, technicians, scientists, photographers, and critters of many species, including humans, we are all redone by the histories and practices of IVF. Sarah Franklin makes vivid how IVF is a kin-making, person-making, and world-making engine, one that refabricates the facts of life into bundles of kin and bundles of kin into facts of life. No wonder I read Biological Relatives as a fabulous work of SF in all its tones—string figures, speculative fabulation, science fact. Because Franklin's multigeneric gifts are generous, my debts are large."—Donna Haraway, University of California, Santa Cruz"[A] well-researched, conceptually rigorous, and thoroughly interdisciplinary discussion of new reproductive technologies. . . . This cutting-edge volume is essential for scholars and practitioners interested in the ethics of reproductive technologies, technology theory case studies, sex/gender reinforcing and challenging practices, and medical humanities in general. . . . Highly recommended. Upper division undergraduates and above." -- S. M. Weiss * Choice *“Being well informed about these areas of contemporary biology requires familiarity with both natural and social sciences. Sarah Franklin’s Biological Relatives provides a much-needed account of one such area…. Her range is wide, but her examples are precise and disciplined. Reading the book illuminates ways to see across divides, and there are some striking images along the way.” -- Charis Thompson * Science Magazine *“Biological Relatives presents a complex examination of a topic that has been too often simplified or fragmented and provides feminist scholars of science with a new framework through which to analyze the relationship between biology and technology in a post-IVF age. . . . The book’s willingness to dwell with the many ambiguities of IVF—what Franklin refers to as its ‘curious’ elements—thus makes an important contribution to our understanding of what it means to live in a post-IVF age.” -- Sara DiCaglio * Configurations *“Biological Relatives goes far beyond earlier studies to provide new and valuable insight into the history of IVF. These include new perspectives on both complex evolutionary processes of biology and the overall historical descriptions about feminist debates over IVF in connection with the notion of kinship and women’s actual voices. Finally, Franklin successfully cultivates a novel and constructive account of the dynamics, complexity and hybridity in the history of IVF in connection with related science fields and social and cultural areas.” -- Kaori Sasak * Medical History *“Franklin’s rigorously researched and exhaustive look at ‘the normalization of I.V.F.’ grounds the procedure firmly in technology and science, not to mention philosophy, anthropology, agriculture, feminism, and history.” -- Sarah Erdreich * Lilith *"Biological Relatives would fit well in advanced undergraduate courses in medical anthropology and sociology, gender and reproduction, feminist theory, and social theories of technology. It will also be invaluable in graduate coursework across a variety of disciplines, including anthropology, sociology, feminist studies, and science and technology studies, as well as for researchers and clinicians who work at the perpetually unstable frontiers of reproduction, bioinnovation, and kinship." -- Crista Craven & Thomas Tierney * American Ethnologist *“Not since Donna J. Haraway’s 1997 book, Modest_Witness@Second_Millennium.FemaleMan©Meets_OncoMouse™ have I read such a major contribution to theorizing technoscience. … The book leaves us with a cultural rendering and an archeology of a technology, from the ambivalent relations with its form as a reproductive technology to the many ways that IVF is also a tool itself in the coevolving biotech industries. IVF is not only biologically reproductive, but also technologically reproductive. This book should be read by anyone interested in theorizing biotechnology and the future of social relations.” -- Laura Mamo * American Journal of Sociology *“Biological Relatives amounts to an impressive and important exploration of the curious world, effects, and various 'lives' of IVF. It is a book that dares to be multidimensional and non-reductionist, and which shows the complexity of relationships, biological and technological as well as familial. … [A] much-needed, important, and sensitive analysis of IVF and the changed relationships it introduces to biology, technology, and kinship.” -- Petra Nordqvist * Technology and Culture *[T]his exciting book delivers a powerful theory of biology and technology that challenges scholars of Science and Technology Studies, the anthropology of kinship, and gender and feminist theory to consider and respond. It will be a must-read for any scholar of IVF,synthetic biology, the anthropology of science and nature, or gender studies.” -- Ian Vincent McGonigle * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction. Relatively Biological 1 1. Miracle Babies 31 2. Living Tools 68 3. Embryo Pioneers 102 4. Reproductive Technologies 150 5. Living IVF 185 6. IVF Live 221 7. Frontier Culture 258 8. After IVF 297 Afterword 311 Notes 313 References 333 Index 351
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Duke University Press The Multispecies Salon
Book SynopsisA new approach to writing culture has arrived: multispecies ethnography. Plants, animals, fungi, and microbes appear alongside humans in this singular book about natural and cultural history.Trade Review "Shines a valuable light on the crucial but understudied question of human relationships with non-human beings." -- Jack David Eller * Anthropology Review Database *“Eben Kirksey's wonderful new volume is an inspiring introduction to a kind of multispecies ethnography where artists, anthropologists, and others collaborate to create objects and experiences of great thoughtfulness and beauty. … This is a volume that I will be returning to, recommending, and assigning for years to come.” -- Carla Nappi * New Books in Science and Technology Studies *“[A]n instant academic hit. Bringing together the voices of many exciting and innovative artists and scholars, the book advocates a radical decentering of anthropocentrism; one surpassing in scope and complexity the reorientations already operated by animal studies over twenty years.” * Antennae *“Through insouciant writing and art making, multispecies ethnographers push, poke, glean, and poach ideas to confront received wisdoms. What ‘microbiopolitical entanglements’ are possible, they ask, given ‘that 90% of the genetic material in "us" is "not us"' and instead belongs to individual and community biomes? ‘Genre-bending’ topics range from the Rural Alchemy Workshop making soap from human and she-ass milk to harvesting delectable mushrooms in the ‘blasted landscapes’ of thoughtlessly plundered environments and the glories of common weeds to the serpentine symmetries of brittle stars. Patricia Piccinini’s multispecies sculptures interleave the essays in ways that some will find provocative and others distressingly—yet appropriately—unsettling. … Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.” -- A. F. Roberts * Choice *"The volume in general is a fascinating read, and although the contributions have grown out of an art exhibit that evolved as it traveled from San Francisco to New Orleans and later to New York City, the book works well on its own and can already be regarded as a core work" -- Jon Henrik Ziegler Remme * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *"What's more revolutionary than contemplating the rights and interconnectedness of plants, animals, fungi, even microbes — and then aspiring to a more expansive post-humanist society? This collection's contributors include such radical thinkers as Karen Barad and Donna Haraway. Reading it, my heart enlarges and my mind breaks free of its ruts." -- Lydia Peelle * The Week *"The Multispecies Salon develops a conversation around the possibilities for multispecies thinking and, as the text argues, we can harness these multispecies relationships to inform epistemological projects that work through nature/culture/social crisis. The nuanced arguments in each article forge exciting pathways toward a modest hope that, however encouraging, would seem to require greater political organizing to generate social change. However, the anthology’s willingness to push, poach, and creatively practice its critical politics surrounding disaster landscapes, pathogens, and ethics makes the multispecies methodology so resonant for our tumultuous environmental, political, and social times that often lack hope." -- Samantha Ashton Hogg * Canadian Journal of Communication *Table of ContentsIntroduction / Eben Kirksey, Craig Schuetze, and Stefan Helmreich 1 Part I. Blasted Landscapes 1. Hope in Blasted Landscapes / Eben Kirksey, Nicholas Shapiro, and Maria Brodine 29 R. A. W. Assmilk Soap / Karin Bolender 64 3. Blasted Landscapes (And the Gentle Arts of Mushroom Picking) / Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing, for the Matsutake Worlds Research Group 87 Part II. Edible Companions Interlude. Microbiopolitics / Heather Paxson 115 Recipe 1. Plumpinon / Lindsay Kelley 122 Recipe 2. Human Cheese / Miriam Sumin 135 Recipe 3. Multispecies Communities / Eben Kirksey 145 Recipe 4. Bitter Medicine is Stronger / Linda Noel, Christine Hamilton, Anna Rodriguez, Angela James, Nathan Rich, David S. Edmunds, and Kim TallBear 154 4. Life Cycle of a Common Weed / Caitlin Berrigan 164 Part III. Life and Biotechnology 5. Life in the Age of Biotechnology / Eben Kirksey, Brandon Costelleo-Kuehn, and Dorion Sagan 185 6. Invertebrate Visions: Diffractions of the Brittlestar / Karen Barad 221 7. Speculative Fabulations for Technoculture's Generations: Taking Care of Unexpected Country / Donna J. Haraway 242 Acknowledgments 263 Bibliography 271 Contributors 289 Index 295
£999.99
Duke University Press Nature in Translation
Book SynopsisIn Nature in Translation Shiho Satsuka studies Japanese tour guides who lead Japanese tourists on trips through the Canadian Rockies. By presenting nature in ways attuned to Japanese culture, these guides translate nature, a process that makes visible the cultural construction of nature and subjectivities.Trade Review"Nature in Translation is an excellent ethnographic monograph that is both theoretically innovative and eminently readable.... Her work is pioneering in bringing both the Japanese studies and STS into one volume.... Nature in Translation is an excellent read for scholars and students who are interested in contemporary Japan as well as science studies of nature. Satsuka’s discussion of translation should provide fertile theoretical ground for upcoming studies on STS, and it has also opened up exciting new ways to study contemporary Japan." -- Satsuki Takahashi * Journal of Anthropological Research *"I... recommend this book to serious scholars of the cross-cultural dimensions of tourism. It is not a light read but it is an insightful read for tourism scholars with an interest in nature, translation and cross-cultural interactions." -- Tom Hinch * Tourism Geographies *"...an extraordinary achievement; a work at once ethnographically sensitive and theoretically innovative—not to mention operating as a marvelous travel guide to the travels of other guides. I hope this beautiful ethnography will be read widely by those who are interested in postcolonial science studies, in ecology, Japan studies, in the ontological turn(s) in STS and anthropology, and, of course, in multispecies anthropology." -- Moe Nakazora * Science as Culture *"Nature in Translation will interest many who wish to know more about how perceptions of nature and environment, as well as the explanatory framework, vary in different cultures and intellectual traditions, between Japan and Canada in particular. It will also benefit those in tourism studies in that it directs our attention to more complicated touristic encounters than a simple and straightforward encounter between hosts and guests." -- Okpyo Moon * Journal of Japanese Studies *Table of ContentsNotes on Transliteration vii Acknowledgments ix Prologue. A Journey to Magnificent Nature . . . or Why Nature Needs to Be Understood in Translation 1 Introduction 9 1. Narratives of Freedom 39 2. Populist Cosmopolitanism 67 3. The Co-Modification of Self 95 4. Gender in Nature Neverland 122 5. The Interpretation of Nature 147 6. The Allure of Ecology 183 Epilogue. Found in Translation 213 Notes 223 Reference List 241 Index 255
£25.19
Duke University Press Now Peru Is Mine
Book SynopsisNow Peru is Mine is the account of the life of Manuel Llamojha Mitma, one of Peru's most creative and inspiring indigenous political activists. His compelling life story covers nearly eight decades, providing a window into many key developments in Peru's tumultuous twentieth-century history and political mobilization in Cold War Latin America.Trade Review"Heilman has made a significant contribution to the literature by bringing Llamojha's story to a broad audience. . . . [T]he book works equally as well for general audiences or undergraduate classrooms as for specialists seeking thoughtful reflections on the political uses of identity. . . . Highly recommended. All levels/libraries." -- M. Becker * Choice *"The book is well-written and illustrated with photographs, excerpts from Llamojha's writings, and maps of the area of his activity.... Now Peru is Mine is a useful tool for learning about Peru's politics and history over the last century." -- William O. Deaver, Jr. * Journal of Global South Studies *"Now Peru is Mine is a major academic, intellectual and editorial success. Every specialist and student of Latin America, the Andes and Peru will enjoy this book. This is an exemplary study of how a single life illustrates the complexities of a century." -- Javier Puente * Journal of Latin American Studies *"This is a moving and fascinating account of indigenous activism in a turbulent era that will be of great value to historians and political scientists seeking to understand the motives and sacrifices of those at the heart of their disciplines." -- Eugene Carey * Latin American Review of Books *"We follow this gripping story of travail and turmoil through Llamojha’s simple, but heartfelt narrative, guided by Heilman’s skilled interviewing, as it unfolds on multiple fronts—local, regional and international. . . . Indeed a unique and worthy contribution that helps fill a large void in the historiography of the second half of the twentieth century." -- Peter Klarén * The Americas *“By writing this important book, Heilman and Llamojha have provided general readers, college students, and specialists alike the chance to find both learning and inspiration in the life story of a contemporary Peruvian activist.” -- G. Antonio Espinoza * Ethnohistory *“Now Peru Is Mine succeeds in offering a highly accessible and instructive account for students of Latin America and Peru specialists. One hopes that many readers get to know Llamojha Mitma and that his life story might serve to inspire new scholarship and new struggles.” -- Joseph P. Feldman * Hispanic American Historical Review *“A highly accessible book that provides unique insights on Peruvian society and politics.” -- Dan Cozart * The Latin Americanist *"This book is a handsome contribution to scholarship on Indigenous activists, their historical context, and the activist intellectual role in the Andes. . . . [Now Peru Is Mine] is an excellent piece to teach Modern Latin America and other courses on Indigenous peoples’ history in the Americas." -- Waskar T. Ari-Chachaki * Native American and Indigenous Studies *Table of ContentsA Note on Place ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1. "I'm Going to Be President of the Republic": The Formation of an Activist, 1921-1948 19 2. "I Made the Hacendados Tremble": Defending Jhajhamarka Campesinos, 1948-1952 41 3. "Jail Was Like My Home": Fighting for Concepción, 1952-1961 65 4. For Justice, Land, and Liberty: National and International Leadership, 1961-1968 99 5. "Everything Was Division": Political Marginalization, 1968-1980 131 6. A Wound That Won't Heal: Political Violence, Displacement, and Loss, 1980-2000 153 Afterword. "You Have to Stand Firm": The Elderly Activist, 200-2015 175 Notes 189 Bibliography 217 Index 229
£20.99
Duke University Press Landscapes of Power
Book SynopsisIn Landscapes of Power Dana E. Powell takes an historical and ethnographic approach to understanding how a controversial coal power plant slated for development in the Navajo (Diné) Nation was defeated and, in the process of its destruction, generated the conditions for new understandings of indigenous environmentalism to emerge.Trade Review“Powell's book is impressive and creative. Essential reading for scholars of the Navajo nation and Indian country more broadly. Essential. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals.” -- R. E. O'Connor * Choice *“Dana Powell’s Landscapes of Power offers a fresh, astute, and important look at contemporary life within the context of energy politics on an American Indian Reservation in what is arguably the first modern and consciously post-colonial ethnography of the Diné. This book should draw interest from a broad range of readers.” -- Gilbert A. Quintero * Medical Anthropology Quarterly *"Dana Powell is a gifted writer and exquisite storyteller, and the book is engaging, readable, and carries the reader through from beginning to end." -- Kristina Jacobsen * Canadian Journal of Native Studies *"Landscapes of Power seeks to explain what energy justice and climate justice look like for marginalized communities embedded in ecologies rich in energy minerals. The book complicates common understandings of sovereignty as absolute independence; instead, it considers the variant forms of struggles and redefinitions of sovereignty among the Diné in their ongoing contestations over land, minerals, and energy...." -- Jorge Ramirez * Radical History Review *"No other work has gone so far to provide a ground-level understanding of how individual tribal members experienced development and how those experiences shaped the debates about and ultimate policy toward further projects." -- James Robert Allison III * American Historical Review *"A welcome addition to ethnographies of governance and power in Native communities. . . . A timely contribution to literature on energy projects that threaten Indigenous lands. It gives voice to Navajo people who were ignored or marginalized during institutional deliberations of the power plant." -- Andrew Curley * Environment and Society *"A theoretically sound and thoughtful narrative that moves from the imagined landscapes of pollution and degradation to how the politics of tribal sovereignty is entwined with the environmental justice activism that emerges from the sociocultural life of the inhabitants of the Diné Nation. . . . Landscapes of Power is particularly well suited for American Indian studies and anthropology courses that examine the intersecting challenges and interests of economic development, environmental justice, and tribal sovereignty." -- Sean P. Bruna * American Ethnologist *"Its accessible prose makes it a good choice for the classroom. Landscapes of Power will spark interesting discussions among undergraduates and graduate students in anthropology, Native American and ethnic studies, and the history of environmental justice movements. For scholars of the modern Navajo Nation it is essential reading." -- Marsha Weisiger * Anthropos *"Landscapes of Power is empirically rich and effectively puts issues of colonialism, indigenous sovereignty, and expertise at the heart of debates about environmental and energy justice. It makes clear that the practice of energy justice is always about more than forms and technologies of energy. Readers interested in the history of technology and the energy humanities will glean much from this analysis of the plurality of energy politics and the ways technology opens up new spaces for forging alliances and futures from the ground up." -- Caleb Wellum * Technology and Culture *Table of ContentsPreface. Arrivals xi Acknowledgments xvii List of Abbreviations xxi Introduction. Changing Climates of Colonialism 1 Interlude 1. Every Navajo Has an Anthro 19 1. Extractive Legacies: Histories of Diné Power 26 2. The Rise of Energy Activism 64 Interlude 2. Solar Power in Klagetoh 108 3. Sovereignty's Interdependencies 113 4. Contesting Expertise: Public Hearings on Desert Rock 149 5. Artifacts of Energy Futures 187 Interlude 3. Off-Grid in the Chuskas 230 Conclusion. Conversions 236 Epilogue. Vitalities 253 Notes 257 References 283 Index
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Duke University Press My Life as a Spy
Book SynopsisKatherine Verdery analyzes the 2,781 page surveillance file the Romanian secret police compiled on her during her research trips to Transylvania in the 1970s and 1980s. Reading it led her to question her identity and also revealed how deeply the secret police was embedded in everyday life.Trade Review"A memoir with the exciting elements of an espionage thriller. . . . This work of anthropological intrigue shows the author’s academic coming-of-age." -- Karl Helicher * Foreword Reviews *"Fascinating, thoughtful and occasionally riveting." -- James Ryerson * New York Times Book Review *"Coming from such a distinguished academic, Verdery’s brutally honest description of herself, including as a naive and careless young scholar, is stunning. Few books reflect so frankly and so powerfully on the nature and complications of an academic career." * Foreign Affairs *"This book raises provocative points about the effect of surveillance that will appeal to most readers." -- Laurie Unger Skinner * Library Journal *"To read one’s police file is—suddenly—to have the curtain pulled open. The self you think you know becomes a mask, concealing a devious somebody else whose relationships are mere espionage fakes. . . . [An] unforgettable book." -- Neal Ascherson * London Review of Books *"This book constitutes an excellent, detailed foray into the workings of a surveillance state in the Soviet bloc. But ultimately, this book’s strength emerges from its transparency concerning anthropological methodologies, an openness that comprises a foundational read for not only anthropology students but also for any social scientist working in post-socialist states." -- Sabrina Papazian * EuropeNow *"Surely one of the finest and most thoughtful accounts of modern surveillance that we possess." -- Mark Mazower * TLS *"Joining a growing body of literature based on secret police archival documents, Verdery’s book stands out as she deploys her craft of anthropologist to examine the unexpected material. . . . By investigating one of its most elusive yet powerful apparatuses, the Securitate, Verdery creates an enthralling ethnography of the Communist state. . . . My Life as a Spy will teach anthropology, sociology, and history students much about methodology, and it is exemplary in exposing the dilemmas inherent in that methodology." -- Irina Culic * American Ethnologist *"My Life as a Spy is Verdery’s masterpiece. . . . This is a book that should be read by all anthropologists and taught across the globe – a beautifully written, deeply engaged and engaging text that shows just what a wonderful and revelatory discipline anthropology can be when in the hands of committed and resourceful scholars." -- Michael Stewart * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *"This captivating memoir is like none I have read before. . . . A masterpiece." -- Kate Brown * Slavic Review *"Every anthropologist should read this book." -- Steven Sampson * PoLAR *Table of ContentsPreface xi A Note of Fonts, Pseudonyms, and Pronunciation xiii Acknowledgments xv Prologue 1 Part I. Research under Surveillance 1. The 1970s: "The Folklorist" as Military Spy 33 2. The 1980s: The Enemy's Many Masks 111 Excursus. Reflections on Reading One's File 181 Part II. Inside the Mechanisms of Surveillance 3. Revelations 195 4. Ruminations 277 Epilogue 295 Notes 299 Bibliography 309 Index 315
£21.59
University of Hawai'i Press From Race to Ethnicity
Book SynopsisThe first book in more than years to discuss critically the historical and contemporary experiences of Hawai’i’s Japanese Americans. Given that race was the organising principle of social relations in Hawai’i and was followed by ethnicity beginning in the 1970s, the book interprets these experiences from racial and ethnic perspectives.Trade Review“[The book] demonstrates that from the days of the early plantation society, Japanese American men and women resisted racial oppression through labor organizing and movements to revitalize their cultural identity. In this way, Okamura’s work demonstrates the complex interplay between race, class, and gender in shaping the emergent Japanese American ethnic identity. These collective experiences of struggle and resistance laid the foundation for the Japanese American community’s transition from a racialized minority to a powerful ethnic group during the quarter century after World War II.” - Michael Jin, Hawaiian Journal of History, Vol. 49 (2015)
£999.99
Vanderbilt University Press From Filmmaker Warriors to Flash Drive Shamans
Book SynopsisBroadens the base of research on Indigenous media in Latin America through thirteen chapters that explore groups such as the Kayapó of Brazil, the Mapuche of Chile, the Kichwa of Ecuador, and the Ayuuk of Mexico, among others, as they engage video, DVDs, photography, television, radio, and the Internet.Trade ReviewA splendidly edited volume of well-crafted essays that provides up-to-date and comprehensive coverage on a range of contemporary issues on Indigenous engagements with media in Latin America, particularly in Brazil, but also in Mexico, Chile, Colombia and Ecuador""— Juan Francisco Salazar, co-editor of Anthropologies and Futures: Researching Emerging and Uncertain Worlds
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Literature of Food
Book SynopsisNicola Humble is Professor of English at the University of Roehampton, UK.Trade ReviewA convivial, thoughtful, and humane contribution to the varieties of literary experience that food has generated. * World of Fine Wine *This introduction to “the literature of food” will appeal to scholars and students alike. With her characteristic wit and lucidity, Humble tackles themes like hunger and disgust, genres like children’s literature and food memoirs, and dynamics like class tensions and gender roles. An ample repast for the eager reader. * Associate Professor at University of South Carolina, USA *This is a thrilling, compendious study of English literature and its handling of the vibrant stuff of food. Its tone is consistent from beginning to end: friendly, authoritative, interested and interesting. Nicola Humble is a superb guide to a literary tradition that goes far beyond metaphor in treating food as the stuff of nightmares, hatred, violence and, above all, love. * Andrew Warnes, University of Leeds, UK and author of How Shopping Carts Explain Global Consumerism (2018) *Conveys the magnitude of this fascinating subject while brilliantly performing its stated task as an “introduction” to food in literature with a thorough, compelling analysis of the select corpus and themes. * English Studies *Table of ContentsList of images Permissions details Acknowledgements Introduction, Food as Chimera - Strangeness and the Everyday 1. The Politics of Food: Hunger 2. The Difficult Dinner Party: Food as Performance in Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Fiction 3. Kitchen Politics: The Coming and Going of the British Servant 4. Gender: Cooks, Chefs, Bon Viveurs and Domestic Goddesses 5. Modernist Food/Modern Food: Literary and Culinary Experiments in the Early Twentieth Century 6. Fantasies of Food in Children’s Literature 7. Reading Recipes 8. Down the Alimentary Canal: Food, Digestion and Disgust Conclusion: Go to Work on an Egg Bibliography Notes
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