Social and cultural anthropology Books
New York University Press The 911 Generation
Book SynopsisExplores how young people from communities targeted in the War on Terror engage with the political, even while they are under constant scrutiny and surveillance Since the attacks of 9/11, the banner of national security has led to intense monitoring of the politics of Muslim and Arab Americans. Young people from these communities have come of age in a time when the question of political engagement is both urgent and fraught. In The 9/11 Generation, Sunaina Marr Maira uses extensive ethnography to understand the meaning of political subjecthood and mobilization for Arab, South Asian, and Afghan American youth. Maira explores how young people from communities targeted in the War on Terror engage with the political, forging coalitions based on new racial and ethnic categories, even while they are under constant scrutiny and surveillance, and organizing around notions of civil rights and human rights. The 9/11 Generation explores the possibilities and pitfalls of rights-based organizing Trade ReviewMairas vivid ethnographyThe 9/11 Generationintroduces the political work forged by Muslim and Arab American youth. With their own brand of political organizing, these young people contest the uncomplicated way the categories & Muslim and & youth are framed as dangerous in the post-9/11 era. Through their committed activism that bridges race and faith, a lesson that draws on the civil rights struggle of the last century, they are engaging in a critique of empire and, ultimately, actively finding ways to change the world. -- Junaid Rana,author of Terrifying Muslims: Race and Labor in the South Asian DiasporaSunainaMarr MairasThe 9/11 Generationis predictably excellent and essentiala book that leads us through the impact of the Global War on Terror on Afghan American, Arab American and South Asian American youth. This is an ethnography with teethgripping and urgent. -- Vijay Prashad,author of Uncle Swami: South Asians in America Today"Begins an important inquiry into what America has become. A must read." * Choice *
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New York University Press Citizens of Asian America
Book SynopsisExplores how Asian Americans figured in this effort to shape the credibility of American democracy, even while the perceived foreignness of Asian Americans cast them as likely alien subversives whose activities needed monitoring following the communist revolution in China and the outbreak of the Korean War.Trade ReviewCheng'sCitizens of Asian Americaplaces Asian Americans at the center of this story, showing how the project to highlight the superiority of U.S. democracy over Soviet communism involved removing long-standing barriers to immigration and naturalization for Asians and Asian Americans. . . . A solid addition to the literature on Cold War Civil Rights. * Pacific Historical Review *Citizens of Asian America offers a significant contribution to the scholarship on Cold War racial politics by highlighting the significance of political discourse about and by Asians, particularly those of Chinese and Korean ancestry in the U.S. from World War II to 1965. Cheng deftly analyzes how various political actors provided competing cultural narratives about race, nation, and identity. Her interpretation of government reports, sociological studies, court cases, and other sources related to housing integration, alien sedition, and immigration rights, will be of interest to scholars of the Cold War, U.S. race relations, U.S.-Asia relations, and immigration. -- Judy Tzu-Chun Wu,Associate Professor of History and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Ohio State UniversityIn these chapters, Cheng offers a number of new insights into an understudied period. In her discussion of 'firsts,' she presents the lives of her subjects with a rare warmth and complexity; she also persuasively shows that such people developed their own understanding of race, democracy, and Americanness distinct from media portrayals of the mas symbols of American superiority and freedom. Juxtaposing celebrations of Asian Americans' loyalty with probes into their alleged subversion, Cheng astutely observes that these apparently conflicting ideas were in fact not so contradictory after all. -- Charlotte Brooks * Political Science Quarterly *Through Cheng's work, Cold War civil rights become much more capacious than previously thought. -- Melissa Phruksachart * Journal of Asian American Studies *A marvelous and greatly-needed book, Chengs chronicle of Asian American battles against restrictive covenants, housing discrimination, and politically-inspired deportations as well as her accounts of battles for professional positions and honors, immigration reform, and civil rights adds important new ideas, evidence, and arguments to the social history of the U.S. by revealing the crucial role played by Asian American racial formation in shaping the broader racial imagination of the nation. -- George Lipsitz,author of How Racism Takes PlaceCheng casts her net widely to effectively prove the centrality of Asian Americans in Cold War politics and race relations. . . . Chengs greatly needed study demonstrates how Asian Americans were not only conscious of their political position but were also active participants who staked a claim to their place in the United States and, in so doing, shaped broader cultural imaginings of race and nation. -- Susie Woo,The Journal of American HistoryAccessible and well-structured,Citizens of Asian Americacould be generatively incorporated into graduate and advanced undergraduate courses on Asian American history, the Cold War, and post-1945 U.S. political and diplomatic history. * American Historical Review *While many other works have focused on Asian Americans as the & foreigners within the dominant order, this book breaks new ground by demonstrating the centrality of conflicts over the political status of Asian Americans during the Cold War itself. * American Historical Review *Citizens of Asian Americais a welcome addition to the scholarship on race and the Cold War. . . . Cheng certainly shows that there us a story to tell about the impact of Asian American civil rights on U.S. foreign relations during the Cold War. * American Politics *Cheng (history and Asian American studies, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison) illuminates matters of race during the Cold War that scholars often have overlooked as they focused on the plight of African American efforts to achieve civil rights during the era. * Choice *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Asian American Racial Formation and the Image of American Democracy Legislating Nonwhite Crossings into White Suburbia Living in the Suburbs, Becoming Americans Asian American Firsts and the Progress toward Racial Integration McCarran Act Persecutions and the Fight for Alien Rights Advancing Racial Equality and Internationalism through Immigration Reform Conclusion: Cold War America and the Appeal to See Past Race Notes BibliographyIndex About the Author
£22.79
New York University Press Women in Japanese Religions
Book SynopsisA comprehensive history of women in Japanese religious traditionsScholars have widely acknowledged the persistent ambivalence with which the Japanese religious traditions treat women. Much existing scholarship depicts Japan's religious traditions as mere means of oppression. But this view raises a question: How have ambivalent and even misogynistic religious discourses on gender still come to inspire devotion and emulation among women?In Women in Japanese Religions, Barbara R. Ambros examines the roles that women have played in the religions of Japan. An important corrective to more common male-centered narratives of Japanese religious history, this text presents a synthetic long view of Japanese religions from a distinct angle that has typically been discounted in standard survey accounts of Japanese religions.Drawing on a diverse collection of writings by and about women, Ambros argues that ambivalent religious discourses in Japan have not simply suTrade ReviewThis concise volume provides a nuanced account of Japanese womens religious activities from ancient times to the present. Attentive to social context, historical change, and Japans religious diversity, Barbara Ambros explores the complex ways in which religious ideas and practices have both constrained women and also offered them opportunities to advance their own goals and interests. This book challenges entrenched stereotypes and makes significant strides in redressing the androcentric biases of earlier scholarship. It will benefit both students and specialists and encourage rethinking of Japanese religions from a gendered perspective. -- Jacqueline Stone,Princeton UniversityFills several lacunae in the landscape of Japanese religiosity in one volume. Careful research informs Ambross thoughtful interpretations of the contributions and significance of women throughout Japanese history. Scholars and students of Japan, whether of religion, history, anthropology, sociology, or gender studies, will find that this volume enables them to make more informed analyses in their respective fields. Ambros's fluid writing style makes this information-rich volume highly accessible and satisfying to read. -- Paula Arai,author of Bringing Zen Home: The Healing Heart Of Japanese Women's RitualsThere is no doubtWomen in Japanese Religionsby Barbara R. Ambros is a welcome resource for students at the introductory level who want to understand Japanese religion and women. Questions for discussion are included at the end of the book, which will be of use to instructors as well. * Reading Religions *This book is a valuable resource for students of Japanese studies, religious and gender studies, and history. * Religious Studies Review *[] [S]heassert[s] in the final sentence of her conclusion that the study of a subject as complex as religion and gender required a perspective of the long duree and must emphasize & change and diversity in a specific, culturally bounded context, which is a project that anthropologists can endorse and perform. * Anthropology Review Database *Ambros challenges entrenched stereotypes while providing evidence of fertility cults in prehistoric Japan and ends her discussion with an examination of the influence of feminism during the post-1990 era. The goal of the book is to provide a comprehensive perspective that entails the overarching scope of centuries; in this Ambros succeeds. * Choice *Ambros gives careful, nuanced treatment to her subject with an array of historical instances and trends that defy simple conclusions. * Japan Review *Bring[s] a new understanding of the many ways in which Japanese women have articulated and made use of their lived religious experiences throughout their history . . .a valuable addition to the fields of Japanese history, religious studies, and womens studies. * Japanese Journal of Religions Studies *Ambros book is extremely interesting and informative. Her writing style is easy to read and never gets in the way of her argument. * Nova Religio *The books contents are well balanced, covering a variety of important primary sources with well-known, historicized, and recent acclaimed scholarship in the study of Japanese religions and womens history. In doing so, the book offers not only a thought-provoking and nuanced narrative but also draws attention to the striking historical facts and long-term trends that no doubt will invite further consideration and fruitful discussions in class. Succinctly written and well edited, this book will suit both upper undergraduate and graduate courses in Japanese and East Asian studies, as well as courses in world history and religious studies. * Journal of Religion in Japan *Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Why Study Women in Japanese Religions? 1 1. The Prehistorical Japanese Archipelago: Fertility Cults and Shaman Queens 5 2. Ancient Japanese Mythology: Female Divinities and Immortals 22 3. The Introduction of Buddhism: Nuns, Lay Patrons, and Popular Devotion 40 4. The Heian Period: Women in Buddhism and Court Ritual 56 5. The Medieval Period: Buddhist Reform Movements and the Demonization of Femininity 76 6. The Edo Period: Confucianism, Nativism, and Popular Religion 97 7. Imperial Japan: Good Wives and Wise Mothers 115 8. The Postwar Period: Nostalgia, Religion, and the Reinvention of Femininity 134 9. The Lost Decades: Gender and Religion in Flux 154 Conclusion 172 Questions for Discussion 177 Notes 181 Works Cited 205 For Further Reading 221 Index 227 About the Author 237
£18.99
New York University Press Asian American Sporting Cultures
Book SynopsisDelves into the long history of Asian American sporting cultures, considering how identities and communities are negotiated on sporting fieldsThrough a close examination of Asian American sporting cultures ranging from boxing and basketball to spelling bees and wrestling, the contributors reveal the intimate connection between sport and identity formation. Sport plays a special role in the processes of citizen-making and of the policing of national and diasporic bodies. It is thus one key area in which Asian American stereotypes may be challenged, negotiated, and destroyed as athletic performances create multiple opportunities for claiming American identities.This volume incorporates work on Pacific Islander, South Asian, and Southeast Asian Americans as well as East Asian Americans, and explores how sports are gendered, including examinations of Asian American men's attempts to claim masculinity through sporting cultures as well as the Orientalism evident in discTrade Review"A wonderful read for and about sportss observers, participants, scholars, and fans. With a wide variety of approaches ranging from media analysis to autoethnography, this collection of smart and accessible essays provides a great model for thinking about sportsand through sports about ethnicity, race, and gender in specific local, transnational, and historical contexts." -- Erica Rand,author of Red Nails, Black Skates: Gender, Cash, and Pleasure On and Off the Ice"Sports is one of the most important arenas of socialization and popular culture, and Asian Americans have often been seen as having a disjunctive or non-existent relationship to it. This sui generis collection shows in unexpected and startling ways how a long but under-examined history of Asian American sporting culturefrom participation and competition to spectatorship and fandomfundamentally reshapes allegories of national belonging and race at the heart of athletics." -- David L. Eng,University of Pennsylvania
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New York University Press Changing Qatar
Book SynopsisA cultural study of modern Qatar and how it navigates change and tradition Qatar, an ambitious country in the Arabian Gulf, grabbed headlines as the first Middle Eastern nation selected to host the FIFA World Cup. As the wealthiest country in the worldand one of the fastest-growingit is known for its capital, Doha, which boasts a striking, futuristic skyline. In Changing Qatar, Geoff Harkness takes us beyond the headlines, providing a fresh perspective on modern-day life in the increasingly visible Gulf. Drawing on three years of immersive fieldwork and more than a hundred interviews, he describes a country in transition, one struggling to negotiate the fluid boundaries of culture, tradition, and modernity. Harkness shows how Qataris reaffirmand challengetraditions in many areas of everyday life, from dating and marriage, to clothing and humor, to gender and sports. A cultural study of citizenship in modern Qatar, this book offers an illuminating portrait that cannot be found elsewheTrade Review"This book reads very well. The author’s writing style is engaging, easy to follow and thought provoking....Given the dearth of information on Qatar, I believe this book will have wide appeal and provide useful and interesting insight into a little known country and culture." -- Christine Lindholm, Associate Dean for Virginia Commonwealth University, School of the Arts"Changing Qatar changes not just how we think about the Arabian Gulf but how we think about political order, gender and the role of great wealth in making up cities and the people within them. It is a singular accomplishment—shrewd, engrossing, and rich with ideas and substance." -- Harvey Molotch, co-editor of The New Arab Urban: Gulf Cities of Wealth, Ambition, and Distress
£73.80
New York University Press How Chinese Are You
Book SynopsisChinese adoption is often viewed as creating new possibilities for the formation of multicultural, cosmopolitan families. For white adoptive families, it is an opportunity to learn more about China and Chinese culture, as many adoptive families today try to honor what they view as their children's birth culture. However, transnational, transracial adoption also presents challenges to families who are trying to impart in their children cultural and racial identities that they themselves do not possess, while at the same time incorporating their own racial, ethnic, and religious identities. Many of their ideas are based on assumptions about how authentic Chinese and Chinese Americans practice Chinese culture. Based on a comparative ethnographic study of white and Asian American adoptive parents over an eight year period, How Chinese Are You? explores how white adoptive parents, adoption professionals, Chinese American adoptive parents, and teens adopted from China as children negotiate mTrade ReviewAndrea Louie has written a fascinating, rich ethnography on how identity and racial consciousness are understood among adoptees from China. While Chineseness, Chinese Americanness, and Asian Americanness are important to all of them, the children in her study nevertheless describe multi-layered and multi-dimensional identities that explain how culture and race reinvent themselves. This is a must read for everyone interested in how culture and race remain fluid. -- Margaret M. Chin,author of Sewing Women: Immigrants in the New York City Garment IndustryLouie breathes new life into the study of transnational Chinese adoption using a personal touch, a sympathetic critique, and a very readable ethnographic narrative. As the first large cohort of people adopted from China enters their twenties, Louies work provides a welcome look at the multiple and innovative potentialities of constructing selves. -- Sara K. Dorow,author of Transnational Adoption: A Cultural Economy of Race, Gender, and KinshipAny transracial adoptive parent with a Chinese child will find immense value in this book, which provides strategic information on the adoption process of Chinese children and the issues that inevitably arise as children grow older, confront racism, and wish to connect to their birth cultures. Louies many contrast groupshelp greatly to pinpoint cultural differences and developmental changes that adoptive parents will inevitably confront. Summing Up: Highly recommended. * Choice *Louie writes with little jargon, making the volume quite accessible. The ethnography will be useful for undergraduate and graduate classes covering transnationalism, family formation, race, and ethnicity. * American Anthropologist *Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments ix 1. Introduction 1 2. A Background on Transnational and Transracial Adoption 39 3. Beginnings: The Adoption Trip 61 4. Asian American Adoptive Parents: Freedom and Flexibility 88 5. White Parents' Constructions of Chineseness: Preemptive Parenting 139 6. Negotiating Chineseness in Everyday Life 185 7. Don't Objectify Me: Chinese Adoptee Teens 226 8. Conclusion 259 Notes 271 References 277 Index 285 About the Author 291
£70.30
New York University Press Global Families
Book SynopsisMoves beyond one-dimensional portrayals of Asian international adoption as either a progressive form of U.S. multiculturalism or as an exploitative form of cultural and economic imperialism.Trade ReviewWhile Hollywood has made it famous, people have been adopting children from other countries since the end of World War II . . . In this book Catherine Choy brings to life the history of this unique way to create a family . . . This book will help students get a sense of where we have come from. -- Kevin Winter * San Francisco Book Review *Global Families is a rare find: a scholarly work that reads like a novel. The framing story, the little-known but influential work of International Social Service, is fascinating in its own right. What felt even more important was how, without compromising on research or analysis, Global Families makes this history matter on a deeply human level. It includes personal stories of the people who were involved in shaping Asian international adoption in the U.S., as well as those affected by it. It raises hard questions about the current practice and culture of international adoption. And it confronts us with the emerging voices of people adopted through this system, who are now old enough to speak for themselves. Im hoping Catherine Ceniza Choy will continue to look at adoption through this lens, so we can all see more clearly. -- Laura Callen, Founder/Director of Adoption Museum ProjectGlobal Familiesis transformative in the strongest sense: it challenges the histories that we conventionally tell about Asian international adoption. Whether by uncovering the crucial role of mixed-race babies in the origins of Asian international adoption or recovering the story of baseball pitcher-adoptive father Jim Bouton, Catherine CenizaChoycrafts a unique history focusing on organizational practices and non-state actors. Using International Social Services records as a point of departure, this book provides crucial historical frameworks for any reader interested in adoption, race, migration, and 20thcentury international relations. -- Mark Jerng,author of Claiming Others: Transracial Adoption and National BelongingConcise, provocative, and utilizing expert resources, Choy's work greatly assists in the larger discussion of, and questions concerning, global family making and the points of view of the adoptees often left out of this discussion. -- Stephanie Phillips * Journal of Asian American Studies *Her book's strength is in the stories themselves, which Choy narrates with skill and sympathy. . . . A useful corrective to one-dimensional, romantic portraits of adoption that saturate popular culture today. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels/libraries. -- K. Dubinsky * Choice *How has the sight of a little Asian girl with a white American family become so commonplace? In Catherine CenizaChoys sensitive and absorbing study, we learn that transnational adoptions reveal the intertwined stories not only of war, race, foreign policy, liberalism, and immigration, but also of intimacy, loss, and reconciliation.Choyhighlights the human, non-governmental, and personal ways in which Americas relationships with the world has touched and shaped us. -- Naoko Shibusawa,Brown UniversityOverall, Choys book is a welcome contribution to understandings of race during the Cold War, the shape of humanitarian adoptions, and the racialized aspects of adoptive kinship, and adoptee experience, all topics covered in five substantive chapters . . . . The book is written for a general audience and will be of interest for scholars of adoption history and politics, and American social work history, as well as historians and scholars of Asian migration to the United States, American studies, and Asian American history. -- Eleana Kim, University of RochesterAmidst the current decline in international adoption because of stricter laws and treatises and increasing activism against it,Global Families sheds light on an important question: How does international adoption contribute to the acceptance of marginalized biracial individuals in a multicultural society?....Furthermore, Choy situates international adoption within the ambit of history and Asian American studies and gives a critical space for discussing international adoption beyond the purview of family and social work studies. * Social Transformations *Choys ability to capture, passionately and compassionately, the particularities of individual, organizational, and national histories is the main strength of her book. Her concept of global family making deserves serious consideration as it bridges the micro and macro processes that come together to shape normative and non-normative family structures, including multiracial, queer, and extended family formations. . . . In Choys incisive and sensitive writing, I hope that [adoptive parents] will see themselves reflected not as & good or & bad individuals or families, but as participants in a collective saga of personal and political upheaval that is still unfolding. * Women's Review of Books *Global Familiesadds important analyses of race, empire, migration, and globalization to the scholarship on international adoption and studies of childhood more broadly. It is meticulously researched but also highly readable. * The Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth *In this engaging book, Choy looks at one aspect of this complex subject. . . . In a gripping final chapter, Choy turns to adopteesnow adultsand charts the ways they have used art to & talk back to triumphalist adoption narratives. Their art speaks to precisely what these narratives suppress: ambivalence, loss, grief, and racism. This pain does not ify adoptees commitment to their adopted families, but it does remind us that many adoption stories remain to be told. Choys book provides a wonderful start. * The Journal of American History *By redirecting attention to the historical foundations of contemporary adoption trends, this study places individual stories of child rescue so often valorized by the media within the broader context of debates that took place between adoptive parents, social services, and adoption agencies, and humanitarian organizations[T]his study makes a significant contribution to the fields of Asian American studies and adoption studies, demonstrating that the two need to be considered in tandem as well as through a more global lens. * Contemporary Sociology *[]Global Familiesis a concise and approachable introduction to the origins of Asian international adoption in the United States. In particular, its geographical focus on East Asia as a whole rather than on a single country, its plentitude of voices and actors, and its commitment to understanding the complexities of international adoption merit its incorporation into future studies and discussions on the history of adoption, Asian American history, and & global family making. * Journal of American Culture *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: International Adoption Nation 1 Race and Rescue in Early Asian International Adoption History 2 The Hong Kong Project: Chinese International Adoption in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s 3 A World Vision: The Labor of Asian International Adoption 4 Global Family Making: Narratives by and about Adoptive Families 5 To Make Historical Their Own Stories: Adoptee Narratives as Asian American History Conclusion: New Geographies, Historical Legacies Notes Bibliography Index About the Author
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New York University Press American Fatherhood
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Delivers a strong narrative on the American family as structured around the father." * Choice *"This work, substantial in quantity and quality, as well as in ideas and methods, is interdisciplinary history at its very best." * The Journal of Interdisciplinary History *
£33.25
New York University Press How Chinese Are You
Book SynopsisChinese adoption is often viewed as creating new possibilities for the formation of multicultural, cosmopolitan families. For white adoptive families, it is an opportunity to learn more about China and Chinese culture, as many adoptive families today try to honor what they view as their children's birth culture. However, transnational, transracial adoption also presents challenges to families who are trying to impart in their children cultural and racial identities that they themselves do not possess, while at the same time incorporating their own racial, ethnic, and religious identities. Many of their ideas are based on assumptions about how authentic Chinese and Chinese Americans practice Chinese culture. Based on a comparative ethnographic study of white and Asian American adoptive parents over an eight year period, How Chinese Are You? explores how white adoptive parents, adoption professionals, Chinese American adoptive parents, and teens adopted from China as children negotiate mTrade ReviewAndrea Louie has written a fascinating, rich ethnography on how identity and racial consciousness are understood among adoptees from China. While Chineseness, Chinese Americanness, and Asian Americanness are important to all of them, the children in her study nevertheless describe multi-layered and multi-dimensional identities that explain how culture and race reinvent themselves. This is a must read for everyone interested in how culture and race remain fluid. -- Margaret M. Chin,author of Sewing Women: Immigrants in the New York City Garment IndustryLouie breathes new life into the study of transnational Chinese adoption using a personal touch, a sympathetic critique, and a very readable ethnographic narrative. As the first large cohort of people adopted from China enters their twenties, Louies work provides a welcome look at the multiple and innovative potentialities of constructing selves. -- Sara K. Dorow,author of Transnational Adoption: A Cultural Economy of Race, Gender, and KinshipAny transracial adoptive parent with a Chinese child will find immense value in this book, which provides strategic information on the adoption process of Chinese children and the issues that inevitably arise as children grow older, confront racism, and wish to connect to their birth cultures. Louies many contrast groupshelp greatly to pinpoint cultural differences and developmental changes that adoptive parents will inevitably confront. Summing Up: Highly recommended. * Choice *Louie writes with little jargon, making the volume quite accessible. The ethnography will be useful for undergraduate and graduate classes covering transnationalism, family formation, race, and ethnicity. * American Anthropologist *Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments ix 1. Introduction 1 2. A Background on Transnational and Transracial Adoption 39 3. Beginnings: The Adoption Trip 61 4. Asian American Adoptive Parents: Freedom and Flexibility 88 5. White Parents' Constructions of Chineseness: Preemptive Parenting 139 6. Negotiating Chineseness in Everyday Life 185 7. Don't Objectify Me: Chinese Adoptee Teens 226 8. Conclusion 259 Notes 271 References 277 Index 285 About the Author 291
£23.74
New York University Press Extreme Weight Loss
Book SynopsisA study that explores patients' perspectives on a life-altering surgeryBariatric surgery rates around the world have increased exponentially over the past decade. In Extreme Weight Loss, anthropologists Sarah Trainer, Alexandra Brewis, and Amber Wutich provide us with an inside look at how patients experience this medical procedure, as well as its far-reaching and complex personal implications. Drawing on patient interviews, survey data, and more, Trainer, Brewis, and Wutich explore why people decide to undergo bariatric surgery, and how that decision transforms their lives. They show, in painstaking detail, how the journey to weight loss is can be at once painful and liberating, dispiriting and self-affirming. Extreme Weight Loss explores questions about which bodies are treated as though they belong in modern societies, and which bodies are treated as unwanted. It considers how people challenge and manage these unfair standards, illuminating what it means to be large-bodied in AmerTrade Review"While this accessible and empathic ethnography of a cohort of bariatric surgery patients describes the extremes of obesity and of body transformation, it speaks to our wider struggle with weight control and disordered eating. The authors present a sophisticated anthropological analysis of the social, economic, political, and psychological consequences of being “fat” in the US, yet they never lose sight of the voices of the patient-participants and their hopes and challenges through their bariatric surgery journey. Extreme Weight Loss is a must-read for anyone concerned with the body, stigma, and surveillance in the 21st century." -- Tina Moffat, co-editor of Human Diet and Nutrition in Biocultural Perspective: Past Meets Present"Extreme Weight Loss is that rare book that tells us not only about its subject, but also serves as a prism through which to view some of the cultural patterns that characterize a society. For anyone interested in women undergoing bariatric surgery and the clinical settings in which this takes place, this ethnographic study is jam-packed with rich, nuanced detail. The authors take us on a journey into a culture where, despite contemporary rhetoric on valuing all bodies, thinness ideals remain intractable, fat bodies continue to be pathologized, and the ability to lose weight – or not – is a moral status. The bariatric patients described here are not victims: they are deeply aware of the ways in which they are circumscribed by cultural ideals that render them unwell and unworthy. The real power of this book is in what we learn about why these women submit to the judgement, surveillance, and intervention that our society imposes on those deemed unfit. This is a story not just about body weight, but about the ways in which we weigh down those who don’t fit." -- Jodi O'Brien, editor of Encyclopedia of Gender and Society"Trainer, Brewis, and Wutich offer an effective and affecting ethnographic account of what it means to undergo extreme weight loss. The analysis is presented thematically, describing the medicalization of obesity, the stigmatization of fat bodies, and the restrictions on daily life that surgery imposes on patients." * Medical Anthropology Quarterly *"Extreme Weight Loss is a good read, providing important ethnographic insight into the world of a US bariatric surgery clinic and people's experience of passing through it. Readers from many backgrounds will learn about the material realities of fatness and weight loss surgery, as well as the reconfiguration of identity that is involved in the process of trying to conform to societal norms." * Sociology of Health and Illness *"The book is a valuable addition to the rich body of writing on the complex status of body weight in human societies. The study features as a part of the authors Sarah Trainer’s, Alexandra Brewis’ and Amber Wutich’s sustained research engagement with the themes of social inequality, obesity, and stigma in the context of global public health." * Anthropology Book Forum *
£66.60
New York University Press Latino Heartland
Book SynopsisAddresses the politics of immigration, in the everyday lives of one communityNational immigration debates have thrust both opponents of immigration and immigrant rights supporters into the news. But what happens once the rallies end and the banners come down? What is daily life like for Latinos who have been presented nationally as terrorists, drug smugglers, alien gangs, and violent criminals? Latino Heartland offers an ethnography of the Latino and non-Latino residents of a small Indiana town, showing how national debate pitted neighbor against neighborand the strategies some used to combat such animosity. It conveys the lived impact of divisive political rhetoric on immigration and how race, gender, class, and ethnicity inform community belonging in the twenty-first century. Latino Heartland illuminates how community membership was determined yet simultaneously re-made by those struggling to widen the scope of who was imagined as a legitimate resident citizen of this Midwestern spacTrade ReviewWriting with grace and compassion, Sujey Vega shows how Latinos seek to belong to the heartland of America, even while suffering from daily hurts and insults that wound their souls. A book about the heartland that is utterly heartbreaking, Vega makes a passionate call for justice and the urgent need to rethink U.S. immigration policy on humanistic terms. -- Ruth Behar,author of Traveling Heavy: A Memoir in between JourneysFinally, an ethnographically rich work documenting the Latinization of a Midwestern city. Vega challenges us to rethink notions of community and belonging in our increasingly ethnically and racially diverse society, and offers a much-needed corrective vision to counter many of our fictive and obsolete ideas about our contemporary Midwestern cities, and of the United States in general. -- Arlene Davila,New York UniversityLatino Heartlandis an important read for anyone who is an instructor or graduate student of Latino studies, or who teaches of researches the sociology or anthropology of immigration. I also wholeheartedly recommend this book to all K-12 teachers and administrators. * Lat Stud *Latino Heartlandilluminates how community membership was determined yet simultaneously re-made by those struggling to widen the scope of who was imagined as a legitimate resident citizen of this Midwestern space. * Law Professor Blogs Network,ImmigrationProf Blog *Latino Heartlandis an important read given the current atmosphere regarding the issue of immigration. * American Anthropologist *[] Vega notes in closing, Latinos in central Indiana, like all populations in all places and times, & created new networks, new tradition, and new ways of coping with the realities they faced. They are truly imaginative ones, and Vega rightly urges anthropologists (and good citizens) to pay more attention and respect to these fascinating and courageous acts. * Anthropology Review Database *Overall, this is a fascinating work that offers a fresh perspective on a frequently overlooked community (Latinos) in a frequently overlooked place (the rural Midwest). It is indeed a wake-up call to those of us who have the privilege of forgetting. * Contemporary Rural Social Work *Vega has written a wide-ranging study of Latinos in Greater Lafayette, IN, that challenges the notion of Midwestern homogeneity and the novelty of Latino immigration to the region.[T]he interviews that form the core of Vegas source base provide invaluable insight into the immigrant and non-white experience in the Midwest. Summing Up: Highly recommended. * Choice *Latino Heartlandis brilliant because it provides a ground-level analysis of the ways racist immigration policy affects the lives of Latino immigrants in a region where many people see them as a threat. * The Annals of Iowa *Table of ContentsContents Preface: Pioneering Ownership of Greater Lafayette ix Introduction: Bienvenidos a Hoosierlandia: Asserting Ethnic Belonging at the "Crossroads of America" 1 1. Recuerdos de Lafayette: The Making and Forgetting of the Past in Central Indiana 21 2. Kneading Home: Creating Community While Navigating Borders 61 3. Written Otherings: Policing Community at the "Crossroads of America" 99 4. Clashes at the Crossroads: The Impact of Microaggressions and Other Otherings in Daily Life 135 5. "United We Are Stronger": Clarifying Everyday Encounters with Belonging 173 Conclusion: The Politics of Belonging Wages On: How State-Based Legislation Affects Community in Indiana 217 Notes 227 Bibliography 241 Index 259 About the Author 263
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New York University Press Stripped 2nd Edition
Book SynopsisWhatkind of woman dances naked for money? Bernadette Barton takes us insidecountless strip bars and clubs, from upscale to back road as well as those thatspecialize in lap dancing, table dancing, topless only, and peep shows, toreveal the startling lives of exotic dancers. Originally published in 2006, the product of years of first-hand research in strip clubs around the country, Stripped is a classic portrait of what it's like for those who choose to strip as a profession. Barton explores why women begin stripping, the initial excitement and financial rewards of the work, the dangers of the lifenamely, drugs and prostitutionand, inevitably, the difficulties in staying in the business over time, especially for their relationships, sexuality and self-esteem. In this completely revised and updated edition, Barton returns to the strip clubs she originally studied to observe the major changes in the industry that have occurred over the last decade. She examines how raunch culture affects eTrade Review"The thrust of stripper scholarship is that both dancers and customers are more like your next-door neighbors. Some are your next-door neighbors." * Philadelphia Inquirer *"Stripped is a revealing book about a revealing (and controversial) trade that focuses on a philosophical clash between oldand newschool feminism." * Courier-Journal *"Compelling. . . . This accessibly written, matter-of-fact book makes important contributions to what is known about the lives and experiences of the growing number of women who ‘dance’ naked for money. . . . Throughout, the author listens attentively to the shifting, insightful, diverse voices of women with whom she has a palpably respectful connection. Barton uses the complex picture that emerges to engage longstanding debates over the meanings of commodified femininity and sexuality." * Choice *"Makes an impressive contribution to the sociology of work and its intersection with sex and gender studies at the theoretical and applied levels. It is an excellent examples of the rich data and critical methodological insights that can emerge in the course of engaged field research." * American Journal of Sociology *"Written clearly with very little jargon, this volume sensitively explores the lives of exotic dancers." -- Noralee Frankel * Archives of Sexual Behavior *"A terrific read! Stripped is the best kind of feminist work: original, honest, and deeply engaging. Bartons remarkable insights into the work and private lives of exotic dancers move far beyond notions of strippers as exploited or empowered to uncover more hidden aspects of this worldits burdens of emotional labor, social stigma, exhaustion, and boredom as well as experiences of athleticism, ego-gratification, intimacy, and even spirituality." -- Kathleen Blee,author of Inside Organized Racism: Women in the Hate Movement"Barton presents [exotic dancers] as open-minded & intelligent risk takers who are & comfortable exploring things other people are scared of.-" -- Carlin Romano * Philadelphia Inquirer *"Fascinating, insightful, and surprisingly balanced. This book will take you way beyond Hollywood's clichés and into the realities of stripping, and you'll emerge with a deeper understanding of the pleasures and the costs of being the object of male fantasies." -- Susan Bordo,author of Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture and the Body"With Stripped, Barton makes an important contribution to the ongoing conversation about the effects of stripping on the women who actually take their clothes off. The polarized nature of the debates sometimes makes it difficult to say anything complicated about sex workit is either said to be empowering for women or degrading to them. Yet, of course, things are never that simpleand Bartons arguments provide a significant alternative to such binary thinking." -- Katherine Frank,author of G-Strings and Sympathy: Strip Club Regulars and Male Desire
£66.60
Baylor University Press Phenomenal Phenomena
Book SynopsisMaps the hermeneutical problem readers of biblical spirit possession and exorcism stories might face. Joy Vaughan communicates how the intersection of Western and global perspectives is a fruitful frame through to compare modern stories of spirit phenomena compare to ancient accounts.Table of Contents Foreword Ben Witherington III Acknowledgments Introduction Part One: Reading through Multicultural and Genre-Specific Lenses 1. Demythologizing the Demythologizers: The Need to Hear Multicultural Voices 2. When Two Worlds Meet: The Hope of a Multicultural Approach 3. History or Hysteria?: Reading the Gospels and Acts with Genre Criticism Part Two: Characteristics of Spirit Possession in Biblical and Multicultural Perspectives 4. Spirits Make Me Sick!: Spirit Possession and Illness 5. Spirits Make Me Violent and Strong!: Spirit Possession, Violent Acts, and Extraordinary Strength 6. Spirits Make Me Speak!: Spirit Possession, Vocalic Alterations, Demonic Speech, and Oracular Activity 7. A Vision of Transcultural Phenomena: Summary, Implications, and Conclusions
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University of Toronto Press Israel Diaspora and the Routes of National
Book SynopsisOver the course of four years, Jasmin Habib was a participant observer on tours of Israel organized for diaspora Jews as well as at North American community events focusing on Israel and Israel-diaspora relations. In this book, she argues that much of the existing literature about North American Jews and their relationship to Israel ignores their reactions to official narratives and perpetuates an official silence surrounding the destructive aspects of nationalist sentiments. The second edition of Israel, Diaspora, and the Routes of National Belonging includes a new introduction by the author that builds on her groundbreaking research and reflects on the changes to scholarship since the book’s publication in 2004. Additionally, by exploring the dramatic changes to the region’s politics, Habib ensures that the startlingly honest, theoretically rich, and detailed analysis of her original work continues to be of relevance over a decade later.Trade Review"In this ethnography, Jasmin Habib provides fascinating insights into the multifaceted ways in which a community constructs and reconstructs individual and collective identity." -- Nahla Abdo * Journal of Palestine Studies *"Habib’s work is important … it raises some painfully complex issues of nation and land. It is an interesting first step in refining the discussion of diaspora identity vis-à-vis Israel in the Canadian context." -- Faydra Shapiro * Canadian Jewish Studies *"Israel, Diaspora and the Routes of National Belonging is a controversial piece of work, but credit must be given to Habib for the courage she’s shown trying to bridge the gap between Jews and Arabs." -- John Copley * Edmonton Jewish News *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction * Zionism, Diaspora, and Israel * Touring Israel * Celebrating Return: One Nation, One Land * Development and Democracy * Settling the Nation, Defending the State * The Politics of Securing Peace * Representing Israel * Identifying (with) Israel: Zionism and the State * Identifying (with) Israel after Zionism * Narrating Relations for Diaspora * Longings * A Home Away from Home * Routes of Belonging * Fielding Questions of Identity * Diaspora Belonging Appendix: Interview Questions / Guideline Notes Bibliography Index
£57.80
University of Toronto Press HelterShelter
Book SynopsisHelter-Shelter is an ethnographic account of the manner in which an emergency shelter is governed on a daily basis, from the perspective of the personnel who are employed and tasked with providing care.Table of ContentsList of Figures (Illustrations) Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Locating the Shelter, Locating an Ethic of Care 3. An Inside (and, Closer) Look at the Shelter: Spatial Tactics and the Aesthetics of an Ethic of Care 4. From the Mundane to the Chaotic: The (Un)Making of an Ethic of Care 5. The Securitization of an Ethic of Care and the Administration of Chaos 6. Gendered Security and a Gendered Ethic of Care 7. The Logic of Legality and Administration of Chaos 8. From the Laughable to the Ridiculous: The Example of 'Zero-Tolerance' 9. Conclusion Epilogue Appendix Bibliography Notes
£49.50
University of Toronto Press The Anthropology of Precious Minerals
Book SynopsisBased on a Wenner-Gren international workshop, held at the Royal Ontario Museum, this book addresses the complexity of human-mineral engagements through ethnographic case studies and anthropological reflections on different people and the minerals they deem precious.'Trade Review"Collectively, the processes of mineral valuation and circulation of precious minerals illustrate that ‘preciousness’ should be defined relative to complex and dynamic cultural, political-economic, and semiotic value systems. Compelling, thoughtful analyses of affect and materiality." -- C. C. Kolb, independent scholar * CHOICE *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Engaging Precious Minerals Andrew Walsh, Elizabeth Ferry, and Annabel Vallard Part One: Engaging Mineral Sources Introduction to Part One: Scrappers, Miners, and Hunters Susan D. Gillespie 1. "Check Out That Gold-Plated Board!" Scrapping Cellphones and Electronics in North America Joshua A. Bell 2. What Is "Artisanal" about "Artisanal Mining"? Reflections from Madagascar’s Sapphire Trade Andrew Walsh 3. The Value and Social Lives of Alpine Crystals Gilles Raveneau Part Two: Mineral Connections Introduction to Part Two: Making Preciousness: Distinction and Refraction Elizabeth Ferry 4. When Stones Become Gems: Valuations of Minerals in Thailand Annabel Vallard 5. Transparent Minerals and Opaque Diamond Sources Filipe Calvão 6. Gold, Ontological Difference, and Object Agency Les W. Field Afterword: Facets of Preciousness Andrew Walsh, Elizabeth Ferry, and Annabel Vallard Contributors Index
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University of Toronto Press After the Famine
Book SynopsisIn what began as an inquiry into the migration of his Irish ancestors to Canada, Edward J. Hedican tells the sweeping story of how Irish farmers came to settle in Eastern Ontario.Table of ContentsList of Maps and Figures List of Tables Preface Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Theoretical Perspectives on Farm and Family 3. The Agricultural Conditions of Renfrew County 4. Land Use and the Allocation of Resources 5. Measuring Agricultural Performance 6. Population and Family in Transition 7. The Irish Family and Household 8. Conclusions Notes References Index
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University of Toronto Press Click and Kin
Book SynopsisClick and Kin is an interdisciplinary examination of how our increasingly mobile and networked age is changing the experience of kinship and connection. Focusing on how identity formation is affected by quick media such as instant messaging, video chat, and social networks, the contributors to this collection use ethnographic and textual analyses, as well as autobiographical approaches, to demonstrate the ways in which the ability to communicate across national boundaries is transforming how we grow together and apart as families, communities, and nations.The essays in Click and Kin span the globe, examining transnational connections that touch in the United States, Canada, Mexico, India, Pakistan, and elsewhere. Together, they offer a unique reflection on the intersection of new media, identity politics, and kinship in the twenty-first century.Table of ContentsIntroduction (May Friedman and Silvia Schultermandl) Between the Individual and an Imagined Community 1. "I Talk to My Family in Mexico but I Don't Know Them": Undocumented Young Adults Negotiating Belonging in the United States through Conversations with Mexico (Laura E. Enriquez) 2. "Learning and Practicing Democracy": Digital Diasporas and Negotiating a Transnational Civil Society (M. Tina Zarpour) 3. Negotiating Everyday Conversation of South Asian Transnational Identities in Social Media (Aparajita De and Shekh Moinuddin) Shaping Identities 4. Queering "Web" Families: Cultural Kinship through Lesbian Web Series (Julia Obermayr) 5. Literary Letters and IMs: American Epistolary Novels as Regulatory Fictions (Silvia Schultermandl) CyberAlternatives to Lived Identities 6. Digital Diasporic Experiences in Digital Queer Spaces (Ahmet Atay) 7. Claiming Ourselves as "Korean": Accounting for Adoptees within the Korean Diaspora in the United States (Kimberly McKee) Disembodied Connections 8. Shifting Terrain: Exploring the History of Communication Through the Communication of My History (May Friedman) 9. Love knows no bound: (Re)defining Ambivalent Physical Boundary and Kinship in the World of ICTs (Isabella Ng) 10. The Internet Is Not A River: Space, Movement, and Relationality In A Wired World (Samuel Veissiere)
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University of Toronto Press Israel Diaspora and the Routes of National
Book SynopsisOver the course of four years, Jasmin Habib was a participant observer on tours of Israel organized for diaspora Jews as well as at North American community events focusing on Israel and Israel-diaspora relations. In this book, she argues that much of the existing literature about North American Jews and their relationship to Israel ignores their reactions to official narratives and perpetuates an official silence surrounding the destructive aspects of nationalist sentiments. The second edition of Israel, Diaspora, and the Routes of National Belonging includes a new introduction by the author that builds on her groundbreaking research and reflects on the changes to scholarship since the book’s publication in 2004. Additionally, by exploring the dramatic changes to the region’s politics, Habib ensures that the startlingly honest, theoretically rich, and detailed analysis of her original work continues to be of relevance over a decade later.Trade Review"In this ethnography, Jasmin Habib provides fascinating insights into the multifaceted ways in which a community constructs and reconstructs individual and collective identity." -- Nahla Abdo * Journal of Palestine Studies *"Habib’s work is important … it raises some painfully complex issues of nation and land. It is an interesting first step in refining the discussion of diaspora identity vis-à-vis Israel in the Canadian context." -- Faydra Shapiro * Canadian Jewish Studies *"Israel, Diaspora and the Routes of National Belonging is a controversial piece of work, but credit must be given to Habib for the courage she’s shown trying to bridge the gap between Jews and Arabs." -- John Copley * Edmonton Jewish News *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction * Zionism, Diaspora, and Israel * Touring Israel * Celebrating Return: One Nation, One Land * Development and Democracy * Settling the Nation, Defending the State * The Politics of Securing Peace * Representing Israel * Identifying (with) Israel: Zionism and the State * Identifying (with) Israel after Zionism * Narrating Relations for Diaspora * Longings * A Home Away from Home * Routes of Belonging * Fielding Questions of Identity * Diaspora Belonging Appendix: Interview Questions / Guideline Notes Bibliography Index
£28.80
University of Toronto Press Entangled Territorialities
Book SynopsisEntangled Territorialities offers vivid ethnographic examples of how Indigenous lands in Australia and Canada are tangled with governments, industries, and mainstream society. Most of the entangled lands to which Indigenous peoples are connected have been physically transformed and their ecological balance destroyed. Each chapter in this volume refers to specific circumstances in which Indigenous peoples have become intertwined with non-Aboriginal institutions and projects including the construction of hydroelectric dams and open mining pits. Long after the agents of resource extraction have abandoned these lands to their fate, Indigenous peoples will continue to claim ancestral ties and responsibilities that cannot be understood by agents of capitalism. The editors and contributors to this volume develop an anthropology of entanglement to further examine the larger debates about the vexed relationships between settlers and indigenous peoples over the meaning, knowledge, anTable of ContentsForeword John Borrows 1. Knowing and Managing the Land: The Conundrum of Coexistence and Entanglement Fran oise Dussart and Sylvie Poirier 2. Dialogues on Surviving: Eeyou Hunters' Ways of Engaging Developers and Eeyou Youth Harvey A. Feit 3. The Endurance of Relational Ontology: Encounters between Eeyouch and Sport Hunters Colin H. Scott 4. Australia's Indigenous Protected Areas: Resistance, Articulation and Entanglement in the Context of Natural Resource Management Frances Morphy 5. Mediation between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Knowledge Systems: Another Analysis of "two-way" Conservation in Northern Australia Elodie Fache 6. Cultural Politics of Land and Animals in Treaty Eight Territory (Northern Alberta, Canada) Clinton N. Westman 7. Entanglements in Coast Salish Ancestral Territories Brian Thom 8. Transmission of Knowledge, Clans and Lands among the Yolnu (Northern Territory, Australia) Sachiko Kubota 9. Alien relations: Ecological and Ontological Dilemmas Posed for Indigenous Australians in the Management of "Feral" Camels on their Lands Petronella Vaarzon-Morel 10. Nehirowisiw Territoriality: Negotiating and Managing Entanglement and Co- existence. Sylvie Poirier 11. Is There a Role for Anthropology in Cultural Reproduction? Maps, Mining and the 'Cultural Future' in Central Australia Nicolas Peterson Afterword Michael Asch Contributors
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University of Toronto Press HelterShelter
Book SynopsisHelter-Shelter is an ethnographic account of the manner in which an emergency shelter is governed on a daily basis, from the perspective of the personnel who are employed and tasked with providing care. Prashan Ranasinghe focuses on how the founding ethos of the shelter, an ethic of care, is conceptualized and practiced by examining its successes and failures. Ranasinghe reveals how this logic is diluted and adulterated because of two other important logics, security and legality, which, working alongside, take precedence and trump the import of care. The care that is deployed is heavily legalized and securitized and it is also administered inconsistently and idiosyncratically. As a result, disorder and confusion pervade the shelter. Helter-Shelter offers a unique perspective on the delivery of care, and how this laudable intention faces such daunting challenges.Table of ContentsList of Figures (Illustrations) Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Locating the Shelter, Locating an Ethic of Care 3. An Inside (and, Closer) Look at the Shelter: Spatial Tactics and the Aesthetics of an Ethic of Care 4. From the Mundane to the Chaotic: The (Un)Making of an Ethic of Care 5. The Securitization of an Ethic of Care and the Administration of Chaos 6. Gendered Security and a Gendered Ethic of Care 7. The Logic of Legality and Administration of Chaos 8. From the Laughable to the Ridiculous: The Example of 'Zero-Tolerance' 9. Conclusion Epilogue Appendix Bibliography Notes
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University of Toronto Press Bayanihan and Belonging
Book SynopsisFilipinos make up one of the largest immigrant groups in Canada and the majority continue to retain their Roman Catholic faith long after migrating. Drawing on archival and ethnographic research in Canada and the Philippines from 1880 to 2017, Bayanihan and Belonging aims to understand the role of religion within present-day Filipino Canadian communities. With a focus on Winnipeg, home to Canada’s oldest and largest Filipino Canadian community, Alison R. Marshall showcases current church-based and domestic religious routines of migrant Filipinos. From St. Edward the Confessor Church, the principal site of worship for Filipino Catholics in Manitoba, to home chapels, and healing traditions, Marshall explores the day-to-day celebrations of bayanihan, or communal spirit. Drawing on experiences from Manitoba’s Filipino population, Bayanihan and Belonging reveals that religious practise fulfills not only a need for spiritual guidance, but also for commuTrade Review"Alison Marshall is a wise ethnographer. She is keenly aware of her own positionality as both non-Filipino and a researcher interacting with her participants…Marshall is self-aware, and she knows that what appears mundane to some reveals just as much about the beholder as the object of their gaze." -- Lydia Bringerud, Memorial University of Newfoundland * Journal of Folklore Research *"This study of Filipinos in Manitoba is highly recommended for its scholarly value and as an interesting read about energetic and hardworking new Canadians." -- Terence J. Fay SJ, University of Toronto * Historical Studies *Table of ContentsReligion Migration History Filipinos in Winnipeg Filipinos in Brandon Religious Activities and Expressions Outside of Church Filipino-Canadian Protestants and their Churches The Rise of Voluntary Associations Winnipeg’s Church Staff Filipinos in Manitoba beyond Winnipeg
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University of Toronto Press After the Famine
Book SynopsisThe Irish Famine saw hapless Irish citizens starve to death and die of disease, while the population of a neighbouring country, England, lived in relative bounty and apparent disinterest. After the Famine investigates the subsequent emigration of many surviving Irish to Eastern Ontario and tells the story of how, despite hardships, the Irish in Canada managed to survive and prosper after fleeing tragedy. The author explains how the Irish adapted to their new land, and how we might account for their triumph as farmers under somewhat less than favourable environmental conditions. Examining their successful farming life in rural Ontario through their agricultural performance, changing family structures, and farming adaptations, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in the fate of the Irish after their greatest calamity. Table of ContentsList of Maps and Figures List of Tables Preface Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Theoretical Perspectives on Farm and Family 3. The Agricultural Conditions of Renfrew County 4. Land Use and the Allocation of Resources 5. Measuring Agricultural Performance 6. Population and Family in Transition 7. The Irish Family and Household 8. Conclusions Notes References Index
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University of Toronto Press Fat in Four Cultures
Book SynopsisTraits that signal belonging dictate our daily routines, including how we eat, move, and connect to others. In recent years, "fat" has emerged as a shared anchor in defining who belongs and is valued versus who does not and is not. The stigma surrounding weight transcends many social, cultural, political, and economic divides. The concern over body image shapes not only how we see ourselves, but also how we talk, interact, and fit into our social networks, communities, and broader society.Fat in Four Cultures is a co-authored comparative ethnography that reveals the shared struggles and local distinctions of how people across the globe are coping with a bombardment of anti-fat messages. Highlighting important differences in how people experience "being fat," the cases in this book are based on fieldwork by five anthropologists working together simultaneously in four different sites across the globe: Japan, the United States, Paraguay, and Samoa.Through these casTable of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: How and Where We Did the Study Chapter 3: Futotteru (Fat) In Osaka, Japan Chapter 4: Fat in Peri-Rural Georgia, USA Chapter 5: Gordura (Fat) In Encarnación, Paraguay Chapter 6: Lapo’a (Fat) In Apia, Samoa Chapter 7: The Bigger Picture: Shared Beliefs about Fat Chapter 8: Conclusions: A Global Perspective on Weight Appendix A: Five Ethnographers with Five Perspectives Appendix B: Research Methods Appendix C: Fat in Four Cultures Interview Protocol Appendix D: Participant Information across All Sites Appendix E: Recommendations and Insights Notes References
£18.04
University of Toronto Press Under Pressure
Book SynopsisIn 2007, Canada became the third largest producer of diamonds in the world. Primarily mined on the edge of the Arctic, these diamonds are said to bring economic development and opportunity to nearby Indigenous communities. In Under Pressure, anthropologist Lindsay A. Bell examines the effects of diamond mining on an increasingly diverse northern population.Through an ethnographic focus on everyday life in Hay River, a multi-ethnic town in the Northwest Territories, this book illustrates the different ways Indigenous, settler, and immigrant northerners navigate the opportunities and obstacles created by large-scale resource development. By situating contemporary diamond mines within the long history of extraction in the region, Bell describes the social, cultural, and economic pressures that shape the people in this Northern community. In contrast to many polarizing accounts that deem mining as either good or bad, Under Pressure uses diamonds as an anthropologicaTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Nation 3. Race 4. Infrastructure 5. Mobility 6. Morality 7. Aspiration 8. Conclusion Bibliography Index
£17.99
University of Toronto Press Under Pressure
Book SynopsisIn 2007, Canada became the third largest producer of diamonds in the world. Primarily mined on the edge of the Arctic, these diamonds are said to bring economic development and opportunity to nearby Indigenous communities. In Under Pressure, anthropologist Lindsay A. Bell examines the effects of diamond mining on an increasingly diverse northern population.Through an ethnographic focus on everyday life in Hay River, a multi-ethnic town in the Northwest Territories, this book illustrates the different ways Indigenous, settler, and immigrant northerners navigate the opportunities and obstacles created by large-scale resource development. By situating contemporary diamond mines within the long history of extraction in the region, Bell describes the social, cultural, and economic pressures that shape the people in this Northern community. In contrast to many polarizing accounts that deem mining as either good or bad, Under Pressure uses diamonds as an anthropologicaTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Nation 3. Race 4. Infrastructure 5. Mobility 6. Morality 7. Aspiration 8. Conclusion Bibliography Index
£47.60
University of Toronto Press Foreign Modernism
Book SynopsisAt the beginning of the twentieth century, Paris was the cosmopolitan hub of Europe and home to a vast number of foreigners – including the writers, painters, sculptors, and musicians who were creating works now synonymous with modernism itself, such as Les Desmoiselles d’Avignon, The Rite of Spring, and Ulysses. The situation at the end of the period, however, could not have been more different: even before the violence of the Second World War, the cosmopolitan avant-garde had largely abandoned Paris, driven out by nationalism, xenophobia, and intolerance.Foreign Modernism investigates this tense and transitional moment for both modernism and European multiculturalism by looking at the role of foreigners in Paris’s artistic scene. Examining works of literature, sculpture, ballet and performing arts, music, and architecture, Ihor Junyk combines cultural history with contemporary work in transnationalism and diaspora studie
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University of Toronto Press A Theory for all Music
Book SynopsisProfessor Rahn takes the approach to the analysis of Western art music developed recently by theorists such as Benjamin Boretz and extends it to address non-Western forms. In the process, he rejects recent ethnomusicological formulations based on mentalism, cultural determinism, and the psychology of perception as potentially fruitful bases for analysis music in general. Instead he stresses the desirability of formulating a theory to deal with all music, rather than merely Western forms, and emphasizes the need to evaluate an analysis and compare it with other interpretations, and demonstrates how this may be done.The theoretical concepts which form the basis of Rahn’s approach are discussed and applied: first to individual pieces of non-Western music which have enjoyed a fairly high profile in ethnomusicological literature, and second to repertoires or groups of pieces.The author also discusses the fields of anthropology and psychology, showing how his approach
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University of Toronto Press Practicing Ethnography
Book SynopsisBuilding on the "studying up" trend in anthropology, this book offers a theoretically informed guide to ethnographic methods that is also practical in approach, and reflects the challenges and concerns of contemporary ethnography. Students draw from vignettes situated within North America to learn how various methods work in the real world, and how ethnography informs contemporary anthropological theory. Exercises and assignments encourage students to practice these methods in a familiar context, and a sustained focus on visual methodologies offers coverage not found in other books. The result is a text that discusses both practical and theoretical issues in contemporary ethnography while equipping students with a set of transferable skills.Trade Review"In Practicing Ethnography, the authors offer a well-constructed volume created to guide students of cultural anthropology in developing themselves as ethnographer...It provides an extremely useful structure for instructors to base courses on while still being loose enough for one to incorporate their own touches." -- Hilary-Joy Virtanen, Finlandia University * Journal of Folklore Research *Table of ContentsIntroduction Section I: Origins and Basics 1. The Origins and Development of Socio-cultural Anthropological Fieldwork in North America 2. Traditional and Contemporary Participant Observation 3. Ethics and the Politics of Fieldwork 4. Connecting with Others -Interviewing, Conversations, and Life Histories Section II: Notes, Data, Representation 5. How to Create Field Notes 6. After Fieldwork - Analyzing Data 7. Writing Up and the Politics of Representation Section III: Shifting Field Sites 8. Applied Ethnography 9. Auto-ethnography: the Self and Other Revisited Section IV: Visual Aids 10. Photo-elicitation: Collaboration, Emotions, and Memory 11. Ethnographic Film as Ethnographic Method 12. Doing Research with, and in, Virtual Communities
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University of Toronto Press Babylonian HistoricalLiterary Texts
Book SynopsisEarly Assyriologists were lured to Babylonian studies by the light which cuneiform text shed on ancient history and the Bible, and for later scholars this is still the attraction. The Age of Discovery is not past, and one can still read literature that has been unseen by the eyes of man for millennia. There are myriads of tablets lying in the ancient ruins of Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Turkey, waiting for the excavator's spade; in museums there are quantities of inscriptions that have not yet been made public.
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University of Nebraska Press Kiowa Belief and Ritual
Book Synopsis Directed by anthropologist Alexander Lesser in 1935, the Santa Fe Laboratory of Anthropology sponsored a field school in southwestern Oklahoma that focused on the neighboring Kiowas. During two months, graduate students compiled more than 1,300 pages of single-spaced field notes derived from cross-interviewing thirty-five Kiowas. These eyewitness and first-generation reflections on the horse and buffalo days are undoubtedly the best materials available for reconstructing pre-reservation Kiowa beliefs and rituals. The field school compiled massive data resulting in a number of publications on this formerly nomadic Plains tribe, though the planned collaborative ethnographies never materialized. The extensive Kiowa field notes, which contain invaluable information, remained largely unpublished until now. In Kiowa Belief and Ritual, Benjamin R. Kracht reconstructs Kiowa cosmology during the height of the horse and buffalo culture from field notes pertaining to coTrade Review"Kiowa Belief and Ritual is a thought-provoking contribution to the study of religion and spirituality within the Kiowa nation in Oklahoma."—Jenny Tone-Pah-Hote, Canadian Journal of Native Studies“[An] encyclopedic and yet still surprisingly personalized . . . rendition of Kiowa religion. The result is what could hardly be imagined as a more complete summary of a people’s beliefs and rituals at a particular moment in time—a moment that had just ended when the data were collected and that, despite all of the tribulations and losses faced by the Kiowa, continues not only to be remembered but to reverberate through their culture.”—Jack David Eller, Anthropology Review Database"[Kiowa Belief and Ritual] makes a significant contribution to our understanding of Plains Indigenous religion, and offers Kiowa community members an engaging link to their Indigenous heritage."—Andrew McKenzie, Great Plains Quarterly"Benjamin R. Kracht's Kiowa Belief and Ritual is a welcome, important contribution to the literature on Plains Indian Religions, specifically the Kiowa. . . . Kracht has accomplished excellent, dedicated work in providing his assessment of these incredibly important fieldnotes from, it should be recognized, an exceptionally special group of honored elders."—Inés Hernández-Ávila, Reading Religion“Benjamin Kracht provides keen insight into the belief system and worldview of the Kiowa people. This ethnographic window reveals what is sacred, powerful, and spiritual among this warrior people of the southern plains. Kracht’s scholarship advances our understanding of the true reality of the Kiowas.”—Donald L. Fixico, Distinguished Foundation Professor of History at Arizona State University and author of Call for Change: The Medicine Way of American Indian History, Ethos, and Reality“Kiowa Belief and Ritual offers a meticulously researched and richly detailed account of pre-reservation Kiowa religious life. Benjamin Kracht makes extensive use of interviews conducted with Kiowa elders in 1935, and their recollections and experiences make for compelling reading. This is a significant contribution to the literature on Native North America.”—Michael Paul Jordan, assistant professor of ethnology at Texas Tech UniversityTable of Contents List of Illustrations Kiowa Pronunciations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Ethnographic Studies of Plains Indian Religions 1. Kiowa History, 1832–1868 2. Kiowa Beliefs and Concepts of the Universe 3. Acquiring, Maintaining, and Manifesting Power 4. Bundles, Shields, and Societies 5. The Kiowa Sun Dance Conclusion: The Collapse of the Horse and Buffalo Culture and the Sun Dance Appendix: Kiowa Sun Dance Chronology, 1833–1890 Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Nebraska Press Predictable Pleasures
Book SynopsisThe pursuit of balance pervades everyday life in rural Yucatán, Mexico, from the delicate negotiations between a farmer and the neighbor who wants to buy his beans to the careful addition of sour orange juice to a rich plate of eggs fried in lard. Based on intensive fieldwork in one indigenous Yucatecan community, Predictable Pleasures explores the desire for balance in this region and the many ways it manifests in human interactions with food. As shifting social conditions, especially a decline in agriculture and a deepening reliance on regional tourism, transform the manners in which people work and eat, residents of this community grapple with new ways of surviving and finding pleasure. Lauren A. Wynne examines the convergence of food and balance through deep analysis of what locals describe as acts of care. Drawing together rich ethnographic data on how people produce, exchange, consume, and talk about food, this book posits food as an accessible, pleTrade Review“Wynne uses food as a vehicle to analyze the history of rural Yucatán, in Mexico, while also examining food’s relationship to ‘the realms of the body, the social, and the cosmological.’ Through a Yucatec Maya concept of care, she explores the changing nature of human relationships with food, explaining this concept as a set of practices that aim to produce balance as a ‘desirable state of bodily, social, and cosmic well-being.’”—C. A. Hernandez, Choice"Predictable Pleasures is a particularly welcomed addition to the literature on contemporary Yucatec Maya. The book will be of special interest to experts in the fields of anthropology, cultural sociology, history, critical globalization, Indigenous, gender, and food studies. It is also a much-appreciated contribution for those working on tourism, globalization and development studies in the Global South from geographical and interdisciplinary perspectives."—Matilde Córdoba Azcárate, Latin Americanist“By examining rural Maya foodways, Wynne illuminates the tradeoffs between ‘predictable pleasures’ and culinary innovation. This will be essential reading for all who worry about the industrial diet and long for more authentic foods.”—Jeffrey M. Pilcher, author of Planet Taco: A Global History of Mexican Food“This work is an important contribution to the field of Maya studies for its focus on changing food habits due to cultural shifts in the Yucatán Peninsula. . . . Modern economic, political, and social catalysts are significantly altering native beliefs, habits, and behaviors, and this study highlights the resulting effects on food and its connection to social relationships.”—Michael T. Searcy, author of The Life-Giving Stone: Ethnoarchaeology of Maya MetatesTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Force with Which We Live 2. Giving Life to Ourselves 3. If It Tastes Good 4. So That We Won’t Die 5. Put a Little Salt Conclusion Notes References Index
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University of Nebraska Press White Gold
Book SynopsisWomen have shared breast milk for eons, but in White Gold, Susan Falls shows how the meanings of capitalism, technology, motherhood, and risk can be understood against the backdrop of an emerging practice in which donors and recipients of breast milk are connected through social media in the southern United States. Drawing on her own experience as a participant, Falls describes the sharing community. She also presents narratives from donors, doulas, medical professionals, and recipients to provide a holistic ethnographic account. Situating her subject within cross-cultural comparisons of historically shifting attitudes about breast milk, Falls shows how sharing “white gold”—seen as a scarce, valuable, even mysterious substance—is a mode of enacting parenthood, gender, and political values. Though breast milk is increasingly being commodified, Falls argues that sharing is a powerful and empowering practice. Far fTrade Review"What does it mean to share human milk in the contemporary United States? In this edgy volume, Susan Falls tackles this question by examining a milk-sharing community in the southeastern United States. . . . Falls's description of milk-sharing as a counter-network, simultaneously nodding toward her feminist orientation and materialist-ontological frameworks, is clever and elegant."—Beatriz M. Reyes-Foster, Medical Anthropology Quarterly"This is an ethnography with the potential to generate public debate; as such, it also marks an excellent opportunity for engaged social science."—Sevasti-Melissa Nolas, Journal for Applied Anthropology in Policy and Practice“Among the best ethnographies I’ve read in more than thirty-five years of doing, thinking, and writing anthropology. It is an important and impressive book about a little-known social phenomenon in the United States.”—Paul Stoller, professor of anthropology at West Chester University and 2013 Ander Retzius Gold Medal Laureate in Anthropology“This very readable book breaks all the stereotypes about who shares human milk and why. Susan Falls’s examination of a breast milk sharing network in the American South uses evocative words and images to rethink kinship, sharing, and nurturing practices among mothers.”—Penny Van Esterik, professor of anthropology at York University“Submerged in a world of liquid gold, this anthropology tells a tale of new family constellations in a moment when the nation itself is in search of nutrition.”—Aleksandra Wagner, assistant professor of sociology at the Schools of Public Engagement at The New SchoolTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction: White Gold Chapter One. Milk Moves Chapter Two. A Complicated Gift Chapter Three. Breast Milk Is Best Chapter Four. Lactivism Chapter Five. Economic Matters Chapter Six. Free Space Notes References Index
£17.99
University of Nebraska Press Americas Digital Army
Book SynopsisProvides an ethnographic study of the link between interactive entertainment and military power, drawing on Robertson Allen's fieldwork observing video game developers, military strategists, US Army marketing agencies, and an array of defense contracting companies that worked to produce the official US Army video game, America's Army.Trade Review"Play scholars should not overlook Allen's book as just another study of FPS games. His is a unique study, both microscopic in its examination of the work of the game developers and macroscopic in its putting the development of America's Army into the larger perspective of the rise of the militarization of American culture and the creation of a military-entertainment complex—the late-capitalist version of the military-industrial complex President Eisenhower warned us about in his 1961 farewell address. Allen's book is smart about many of the issues the reader will find in the body of scholarship on digital gaming and culture."—Jay Mechling, American Journal of Play“Robertson Allen convincingly demonstrates that America's Army has blurred the old, neat margins between local and global, real and virtual, in a new ‘globital’ era of war in which we are all soldiers.”—Daniel Binns, Michigan War Studies Review "America's Digital Army is at once a description of the decade-long foray of the US Army into the production and deployment of video games as recruiting tools and, more tellingly, an analysis of how the production of militarized labor is increasingly diffused throughout US society."—Steven Gardiner, American Ethnologist“A rigorous and fascinating glimpse of what is more than just one online game. America’s Digital Army opens up crucial issues about the conflation of war and work, play and drill, pleasure and simulation, as well as the labor involved in the production of the militarized, fear-ridden cultural politics of the contemporary United States.”—Jussi Parikka, professor of technological culture and aesthetics at the University of Southampton, Winchester School of Art“A compelling account and a critical assessment of a gaming reality and the militarization of society; a groundbreaking ethnography deciphering the illusory separation between the real and the fictional, and the fun and the dead-serious.”—Sverker Finnström, coeditor of Virtual War and Magical Death: Technologies and Imaginaries for Terror and KillingTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments 1. America’s Digital Army 2. The Art of Persuasion and the Science of Manpower 3. The Artifice of the Virtual and the Real 4. The Full-Spectrum Soft Sell of the Army Experience 5. Complicating the Military Entertainment Complex 6. The Labor of Virtual Soldiers Notes Glossary References Index
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University of Nebraska Press Historicizing Theories Identities and Nations
Book SynopsisThe Histories of Anthropology Annual presents diverse perspectives on the discipline's history within a global context, with a goal of increasing awareness and use of historical approaches in teaching, learning, and conducting anthropology. The series includes critical, comparative, analytical, and narrative studies involving all aspects and subfields of anthropology.Trade Review"Historicizing Theories, Identities, and Nations mark the 11th volume in the Histories of Anthropology Annual series. Once again, editors Regna Darnell and Frederick W. Gleach have curated a stimulating array of essays that enrich scholarly inquiries into the discipline's many pasts. Synthesizing subjects that have appeared in previous iterations of the series, the 11th volume brings together 13 chapters under the banner of theories, identities, and nations and the scholarly understanding of these subjects' respective histories. In addition to these guiding terms, multiple robust and overlapping themes can be traced throughout the volume including anthropology's underappreciated interactions with other disciplines and the formulation, circulation, and modification of anthropological ideas and debates in relation to the varied geopolitical developments of the 20th century."—Nicholas Barron, Anthropology Book ForumTable of ContentsEditors’ Introduction 1. Franz Boas as Theorist: A Mentalist Paradigm for the Study of Mind, Body, Environment, and Culture Regna Darnell 2. “We Are Also One in Our Concept of Freedom”: The Dewey-Boas Correspondence and the Invention of Postmodern Bourgeois Liberalism Michael E. Harkin 3. What Would Franz Boas Have Thought about 9/11? Michael E. Harkin 4. Boas and the Young Intellectuals: Exploring the American Context of Anthropology and Modern Life David W. Dinwoodie 5. Ruth Benedict: Synergy, Maslow, and Hitler Frank A. Salamone 6. Continuity and Dislocations: A. I. Hallowell’s Physical Anthropology James M. Nyce and Evelyn J. Bowers 7. An Epistemological Shift in the History of Anthropology: The Linguistic Turn Robert C. Ulin 8. Westermarck and the Diverse Roots of Relativism Andrew P. Lyons 9. Heritage Gatherers: Peasant-Mania Ethnography and Pre–World War I National Awakeners of Ukraine Olga Glinskii 10. Adopting Western Methods to Understand One’s Own Culture: Social and Cultural Studies by Vietnamese Scholars of the French Colonial Era Nguyen Phuong Ngoc Translation by Helene Tammik 11. Life in Hanoi in the State Subsidy Period: Questions Raised in Social Criticism and Social Reminiscences Nguyen Van Huy 12. Between Ethnos and Nation: Genealogies of Dân Tộc in Vietnamese Contexts Bradley Camp Davis 13. Arthur Nole (1940–2015): Tahltan Elder, Raconteur, and Friend Thomas McIlwraith Contributors
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University of Nebraska Press Religious Revitalization among the Kiowas
Book SynopsisFramed by theories of syncretism and revitalization, Religious Revitalization among the Kiowas examines changes in Kiowa belief and ritual in the final decades of the nineteenth century. During the height of the horse-and-bison culture, Kiowa beliefs were founded in the notion of daudau, a force permeating the universe that was accessible through vision quests. Following the end of the Southern Plains wars in 1875, the Kiowas were confined within the boundaries of the Kiowa-Comanche-Apache (Plains Apache) Reservation. As wards of the government, they witnessed the extinction of the bison herds, which led to the collapse of the Sun Dance by 1890.Though prophet movements in the 1880s had failed to restore the bison, other religions emerged to fill the void left by the loss of the Sun Dance. Kiowas now sought daudau through the Ghost Dance, Christianity, and the Peyote religion.Religious Revitalization among the Kiowas examines the historical and sociocultural conditions that spawned the Trade Review“Encyclopedic. . . . The Santa Fe materials take center stage but are also supplemented by previous and subsequent research by scholars like Mooney. The result is what could hardly be imagined as a more complete summary of a people’s beliefs and rituals at a particular moment in time—a moment that had just ended when the data were collected and that, despite all of the tribulations and losses faced by the Kiowa, continues not only to be remembered but to reverberate through their culture.”—Jack David Eller, Anthropology Review Database "Benjamin R Kracht's new book Religious Revitalization Among the Kiowas: The Ghost Dance, Peyote, and Christianity explores the often-intertwined histories of the Kiowa Ghost Dance, the Native American Church, and indigenous Christianity through the lens of revitalization movements. . . . This is a strong work in the field of anthropology of religion."—Angela Tarango, Reading Religion"This is a landmark contribution on Native American resistance to colonization, missionization, and domination by Euro-American settlers. . . . [Kracht's] masterful use of interviews and primary documents greatly contributes to original knowledge of life in the American Plains. . . . This book, recording individual, family, and community church histories, should benefit Kiowa for generations to come."—Great Plains Quarterly“Demonstrates a remarkable knowledge and familiarity with Kiowa life, history, and traditions, both past and present. . . . This book is a model of excellence in anthropological historiography, offering a multitude of cogent insights and many remarkable, moving Kiowa testimonies—an engaging, informative book!”—Lee Irwin, professor of religious studies at the College of Charleston and author of Coming Down from Above: Prophecy, Resistance, and Renewal in Native American Religions “Benjamin Kracht enlightens us about how indigenous groups, once called the vanishing race, survived and rebuilt their nations. Through religious syncretism and their unique understanding of the sacred, the Kiowa people established a new Kiowa Way—combining traditionalism with external religions. This extraordinary scholarship explores the resilience of indigenous peoples and the reinventing of culture.”—Donald L. Fixico, Distinguished Foundation Professor of History at Arizona State University and author of Call for Change: American Indian History, Reality, and Ethos “An important book for students of Kiowa culture, for scholars of American Indian religion, and for anyone interested in how human communities adapt to changing environments and circumstances. A valuable contribution to anthropological literature.”—James Treat, author of Around the Sacred Fire: Native Religious Activism in the Red Power EraTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Kiowa Pronunciations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Kiowa Culture in the Nineteenth Century 1. Christianity, Peyotism, Shamanism, and Prophecy from the Reservation Period to Statehood, 1869–1906 2. The Ghost Dance, 1890–1916 3. Christianity and Peyotism in the Postallotment Era 4. Peyotism and Christianity after World War II Conclusion: Indigenized Christianity and Spirituality Notes References Index
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University of Nebraska Press Back to America
Book SynopsisBack to America is one of the few ethnographies of local activist groups within the Tea Party. Westermeyer explains the significance of grassroots groups in individual as well as collective political identity formation and how both contribute to the success of the wider movement. Trade Review“The definitive ethnographic account of Tea Party activism, illuminating the links between the lived experiences of local Tea Party groups, conservative elites, and right-wing media. A must-read for anyone trying to understand right-wing populism today!”—Jeffrey S. Juris, associate professor of anthropology at Northeastern University “Filled with fascinating examples of Tea Party members explaining the personal meanings of national conservative discourses. . . . There are important implications of this study for social movements across the political spectrum.”—Claudia Strauss, professor of anthropology at Pitzer College “An extraordinary, profound, enduringly important, and lucidly written anthropology that shows how people in the American South fashion identities as Tea Party activists out of an expedient and unmatched relationship to national conservative media.”—Peter Hervik, associate professor of anthropology at Aalborg University “Do you want to understand how the Tea Party movement works? Read Back to America. . . . Anthropologist William Westermeyer, drawing on his field-based research in the American South, shows us the interrelated grassroots, media, and elite nature of the Tea Party. Westermeyer analyzes how Tea Party members utilize various cultural resources to communicate their identity and their claims, and how their messages are amplified on the state and national level. Back to America will show you how the Tea Party works as a social movement.”—Charles Price, associate professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: The Tea Party Movement as Cultural Politics 1. Patriots: Fashioning a Figured World of Tea Party Politics 2. Troubles: Making Personal Meaning in the Tea Party Movement 3. Plantation Politics: Race in the Figured World of the Tea Party 4. Fellowship: Local Tea Party Groups as Communities of Political Practice 5. Trickle-Up Politics: Local Tea Party Groups as Movement Actors in Local Politics Conclusion: Political Anthropology of U.S. Right-Wing Politics Notes References Index
£49.30
University of Nebraska Press The Mayans Among Us
Book SynopsisConveys the unique experiences of Central American indigenous immigrants to the Great Plains, many of whom are political refugees from repressive, war-torn countries. Ann L. Sittig, a Spanish instructor, and Martha Florinda González, a Mayan community leader living in Nebraska, have gathered the oral histories of contemporary Mayan women living in the state.Trade Review"[The Mayans Among Us] is an essential read to understand modern Mayan women and issues they face. All students and experts of Latin America and Mayan civilization must read it."—Washington Book Review“This book makes for a fascinating read. Sittig and González help us understand the points of view of an almost invisible population. The stories of the Mayans, huge and heartbreaking stories, increase our moral imaginations. I wish this were required reading for all our politicians and policy makers. I recommend it to all who yearn to understand the America we live in today.”—Mary Pipher, author of The Middle of Everywhere: Helping Refugees Enter the American Community “Ann L. Sittig and Martha Florinda González offer an instructive and significant depiction of the changes of work, religion, place, and life in small-town Nebraska.”—Elaine Carey, associate professor of history at St. John’s University and author of Women Drug Traffickers: Mules, Bosses, and Organized Crime Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionList of Abbreviations1. Guatemala: Life before Emigration2. Guatemalan Civil War and Postwar Rebuilding3. The Journey to El Norte4. Religious Practice and Community Life in Nebraska5. Mayans and Meatpacking in NebraskaConclusionNotesGlossaryBibliographyIndex
£13.29
University of Nebraska Press Tracking Anthropological Engagements
Book SynopsisExamines the work and influence of Hans Sidonius Becker, Franz Boas, Sigmund Freud, Margaret Mead, Karl Popper, and Anthony F. C. Wallace, as well as anthropological perspectives on the 1964 Project Camelot, Latin American cultures at the 1892 Madrid International Expositions, sixteenth-century cosmography and topography in Amazonia, and community-produced wartime narratives in Ontario, Canada.Trade Review"Since 2006, Regna Darnell and Frederic Gleach have curated an important collection of anthropological history with their Histories of Anthropology annual series. This book, the twelfth in this series, collects essays spanning topics ranging from sixteenth-century missionary encounters with the Other to fragments from a twenty-first-century anthropologist’s memoir. The breadth of topic and analysis curated in this series has always been a strength of these volumes, and this latest installment continues this tradition."—David H. Price, Journal of Anthropological Research“The chapters in this eclectic volume span sixteenth-century traveler accounts, the 1892 International Exhibition, a meeting between Boas and Freud, a previously unrecognized Jewish anthropologist in Austria under national socialism, several Cold War controversies, and a digital indigenous-civic collaborative history project. One of the gems is a personal retrospective by the late Anthony Wallace published here for the first time. This volume contributes to cultural studies and the history of science, revealing hitherto unrecognized entanglements between anthropology and the personal, social, and political conditions that continue to shape its elaboration.”—M. Eleanor Nevins, associate professor of anthropology at Middlebury College and author of Lessons from Fort Apache: Beyond Language Endangerment and MaintenanceTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Editors’ Introduction 1. Topography and Cosmography in the Sixteenth Century: A Window into Early Ethnography Driton Nushaj 2. Faded Tracks of Austrian Anthropology: Hans Sidonius (von) Becker (1895–1948) and Some of His Contemporaries Christian Feest 3. Is It Anthropology?: Exhibiting Latin American Cultures at the 1892 Madrid International Expositions Nancy J. Parezo and Catherine A. Nichols 4. Worcester, Massachusetts, 1909: Language, Culture, and the Boas-Freud Intersection John Leavitt 5. Karl Popper’s Enheartening of Derek Freeman’s Attacks on Margaret Mead’s Coming of Age in Samoa Stephen O. Murray 6. Anthropology’s Camelot Myth—And What We Can Learn from It Herbert S. Lewis 7. A Model for Open Community Engagement: Six Nations, the gwca, and the Production of Wartime Narratives Evan Habkirk 8. Guns and Ivy: An Anthropologist’s Memoir Anthony F. C. Wallace Contributors
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University of Nebraska Press Walks on the Ground
Book SynopsisA record of Louis V. Headman's personal study of the Southern Ponca people, spanning seven decades beginning with the historic notation of the Ponca people's origins in the East. The last of the true Ponca speakers and storytellers entered Indian Territory in 1877 and most lived into the 1940s.Trade Review"There are many audiences for this volume, but, read in tandem with Headman's Dictionary of the Ponca People (2019), it speaks most powerfully to the children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren of the Ponca people. Here are the embers left to rekindle Ponca culture and language!"—Beth R. Ritter, Great Plains Quarterly"Headman has produced an important work for the Great Plains region and for the growing literature of Indigenous-produced histories."—Phoebe Labat, South Dakota History"This superb history of the Ponca Nation is part of the University of Nebraska Press’s effort to publish First Nations’ histories written by native historians, rather than outsiders. . . . Throughout Headman amplifies, clarifies, and enriches topics, emphasizing Ponca as a distinct nation, though reduced in numbers over time. This substantial volume should be absorbed, not skimmed."—A. B. Kehoe, Choice"Headman positions himself as one in a long and ongoing chain of Ponca storytellers, and by bringing together voices of a prior generation of tribal elders and adapting those stories to a written format, Headman participates in the long history of Ponca resiliency and adaptation Walks on the Ground narrates."—David Dry, Chronicles of Oklahoma“This book is a jewel because it presents an insider’s view drawn from the insights of Ponca elders with whom the author talked during many years while simultaneously bringing outside scholarly assessments into the mix. Specialists on the American Indian, whether anthropologists, archaeologists, sociologists, political scientists, or historians, as well as the general reader, will gain insights from the work.”—Blue Clark, professor of American Indian Studies at Oklahoma City University“A welcome model of how to do collaborative ethnography from within a culture and how to synthesize and evaluate information from multiple sources. . . . This volume, in an accessible way, leads the reader toward an understanding of how to see the Ponca as the Ponca see themselves.”—Regna Darnell, Distinguished University Professor of Anthropology and First Nations Studies at the University of Western OntarioTable of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Phonetic Key Preface Foreword Introduction Chapter 1 Beginnings Chapter 2 Niobrara Chapter 3 Trade Agreements, Indian Treaties, and Indian Removal Chapter 4 Chief Standing Bear Chapter 5 Indian Territory Chapter 6 The Selection of Ponca Chiefs Chapter 7 The Ponca Reservation in Oklahoma Chapter 8 Ethnography Chapter 9 The Ponca Give Away Chapter 10 The Old Ponca Heđúška Chapter 11 New Hedúškà Dance Paraphernalia Chapter 12 The Ponca Singers Chapter 13 Ponca Heđúška Songs Chapter 14 Family Structure and Kinship System Chapter 15 Marriage and Property Chapter 16 Clans of the Ponca Chapter 17 Ponca Names Chapter 18 Toys, Games, and Sports Chapter 19 Arts and Crafts Chapter 20 The Ponca Native American Church Chapter 21 The Christian Church in the Ponca Community Chapter 22 The Spirit World Chapter 23 The Funeral Rites Chapter 24 Ancient Ponca Burials and Practices Chapter 25 Ponca Medicine Chapter 26 Journey to The School House Chapter 27 Into The School House Chapter 28 Warriors of the Ponca Chapter 29 Political Governance Afterword Appendix Bibliography
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University of Nebraska Press Franz Boas
Book SynopsisRosemary Lévy Zumwalt tells the remarkable story of Franz Boas, one of the leading scholars and public intellectuals of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The first book in a two-part biography, Franz Boas begins with the anthropologist’s birth in Minden, Germany, in 1858 and ends with his resignation from the American Museum of Natural History in 1906, while also examining his role in training professional anthropologists from his berth at Columbia University in New York City. Zumwalt follows the stepping-stones that led Boas to his vision of anthropology as a four-field discipline, a journey demonstrating especially his tenacity to succeed, the passions that animated his life, and the toll that the professional struggle took on him. Zumwalt guides the reader through Boas’s childhood and university education, describes his joy at finding the great love of his life, Marie Krackowizer, traces his 1883 trip to Baffin Land, and reTrade Review“[Franz Boas] has its rewards, especially in its generous use of correspondence.”—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Review of Books"Zumwalt's book is a testament to far-reaching, thorough, and careful archival work."—Diana E. Marsh, Journal of American Folklore"Zumwalt has woven together a variety of materials from a range of sources into a comprehensive and coherent story."—Elliott Oring, Journal of Folklore Research“Zumwalt leads us to know Franz Boas as never before, and we should be grateful. She gives us his engrossing love and life story across vast continents. She lets us walk with him into the classroom as well as into his home. She marvelously gives him voice, so we can discern his message for our time as well as in his.”—Simon J. Bronner, author of American Folklore Studies: An Intellectual History“Rosemary Zumwalt has written a biography of Franz Boas truly for the twenty-first century. Going beyond George Stocking and Douglas Cole, she focuses here on Boas’s early life in its historical and cultural setting. We eagerly await her second and concluding volume.”—Ira Jacknis, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, BerkeleyTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Series Editors’ Introduction Acknowledgments Introduction Note on Translations 1. Ardently Desired Boy: Young Boas and His Family 2. Student Life into Its Deepest Depths: Boas at University 3. In Heaven, in Love, and Separation: Preparing for the Arctic Voyage 4. Creating a Future for Us: To Baffin Land and Back 5. Divided Desires: Pulled between New York and Germany 6. West to the Indians: Northwest Coast Fieldwork, Employment by Science, and Marriage 7. All Our Hopes Came to Such a Disgrace: Boas at Clark University 8. The World’s Columbian Exposition: Boas and Frederic Ward Putnam 9. Your Orphan Boy: Struggling to Find a Place 10. The Greatest Undertaking of Its Kind: The Jesup North Pacific Expedition 11. Taking Hold in New York: From the amnh to Columbia University Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Nebraska Press Franz Boas
Book SynopsisFranz Boas defined the concept of cultural relativism and reoriented the humanities and social sciences away from race science toward an antiracist and anticolonialist understanding of human biology and culture. Franz Boas: Shaping Anthropology and Fostering Social Justice is the second volume in Rosemary Lévy Zumwalt’s two-part biography of the renowned anthropologist and public intellectual. Zumwalt takes the reader through the most vital period in the development of Americanist anthropology and Boas’s rise to dominance in the subfields of cultural anthropology, physical anthropology, ethnography, and linguistics. Boas’s emergence as a prominent public intellectual, particularly his opposition to U.S. entry into World War I, reveals his struggle against the forces of nativism, racial hatred, ethnic chauvinism, scientific racism, and uncritical nationalism. Boas was instrumental in the American cultural renaissance of the 1920s aTrade Review"Zumwalt's lively style and abundant use of quotes make readers feel they are present."—A. B. Kehoe, Choice“Rosemary Lévy Zumwalt knows Franz Boas, his world, and his students as no one else. In this powerful work she presents the struggles for both scientific truth and social justice of the person who made American anthropology the powerful intellectual, scholarly, and moral endeavor it was for most of the twentieth century.”—Herbert S. Lewis, author of In Defense of Anthropology: An Investigation of the Critique of Anthropology“This even-handed, intimate portrait of Franz Boas is timely. Zumwalt hangs Boas’s North Star—that the more you learn of our world and individuals in it, the less you will feel yourself and your native language and belief system superior to others—in today’s dark skies.”—Nancy Mattina, author of Uncommon Anthropologist: Gladys Reichard and Western Native American Culture“The biography of Franz Boas is a very important subject, especially to those interested in the history of anthropology, and I expect this volume, along with the first, will become a standard historical resource in coming years. This book makes an important contribution as an account of Boas’s career emphasizing his ongoing struggles at Columbia. This makes for a poignant narrative and a striking contrast with his growing fame and subsequent reputation.”—Grant Arndt, author of Ho-Chunk Powwows and the Politics of TraditionTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Series Editors’ Introduction Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Note on Translations 1. Building the Department of Anthropology at Columbia University 2. Franz Boas and His Early Students, 1901–1915 3. Race and the Quest for Social Justice 4. Folklore and Ruins in Mexico and Puerto Rico 5. Conflict, War, and Censure 6. Preponderance of Women Students 7. Loss and Loneliness 8. The Last Cohort of Boas’s Students 9. Rescuing Scientists 10. After Retirement Appendix: Tribal and Historical Designations Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Nebraska Press Segregation Made Them Neighbors
Book SynopsisSegregation Made Them Neighbors investigates the relationship between whiteness and nonwhiteness through the lenses of landscapes and material culture. William A. White III uses data collected from a public archaeology and digital humanities project conducted in the River Street neighborhood in Boise, Idaho, to investigate the mechanisms used to divide local populations into racial categories. The River Street Neighborhood was a multiracial, multiethnic enclave in Boise that was inhabited by African American, European American, and Basque residents. Building on theoretical concepts from whiteness studies and critical race theory, this volume also explores the ways Boise's residents crafted segregated landscapes between the 1890s and 1960s to establish white and nonwhite geographies. White describes how housing, urban infrastructure, ethnicity, race, and employment served to delineate the River Street neighborhood into a nonwhite space, an activity that resulted in larger repercussions for other Boiseans. Using material culture excavated from the neighborhood, White describes how residents used mass-produced products to assert their humanity and subvert racial memes. By describing the effects of racial discrimination, real-estate redlining, and urban renewal on the preservation of historic properties in the River Street neighborhood, Segregation Made Them Neighbors illustrates the symbiotic mechanisms that also prevent equity and representation through historic preservation in other cities in the American West.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction. Archaeology That Promotes Antiracism 1. Forging an Urban Place through Racism 2. Race, Structural Racism, and Whiteness in Boise, Idaho 3. Creating a Landscape despite Racism 4. The River Street Public Archaeology Project 5. Archaeological Evidence of Life in a Stigmatized Landscape, 1890s–1960s 6. Saving the Erma Hayman House Conclusion: Using Archaeology to Fight Racism Appendix 1: Artifact Tables Appendix 2: Makers' Marks Summary References Index
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University of Nebraska Press Back to America
Book Synopsis Back to America is an ethnography of local activist groups within the Tea Party, one of the most important recent political movements to emerge in the United States and one that continues to influence American politics. Though often viewed as the brainchild of conservative billionaires and Fox News, the success of the Tea Party movement was as much, if not more, the result of everyday activists at the grassroots level. William H. Westermeyer traces how local Tea Party groups (LTPGs) create submerged spaces where participants fashion action-oriented collective and personal political identities forged in the context of cultural or figured worlds. These figured worlds allow people to establish meaningful links between their own lives and concerns, on the one hand, and the movement’s goals and narratives, on the other. Collectively, the production and circulation of the figured worlds within LTPGs provide the basis for subjectivities that often nurture political activism.Trade Review“The definitive ethnographic account of Tea Party activism, illuminating the links between the lived experiences of local Tea Party groups, conservative elites, and right-wing media. A must-read for anyone trying to understand right-wing populism today!”—Jeffrey S. Juris, associate professor of anthropology at Northeastern University “Filled with fascinating examples of Tea Party members explaining the personal meanings of national conservative discourses. . . . There are important implications of this study for social movements across the political spectrum.”—Claudia Strauss, professor of anthropology at Pitzer College “An extraordinary, profound, enduringly important, and lucidly written anthropology that shows how people in the American South fashion identities as Tea Party activists out of an expedient and unmatched relationship to national conservative media.”—Peter Hervik, associate professor of anthropology at Aalborg University “Do you want to understand how the Tea Party movement works? Read Back to America. . . . Anthropologist William Westermeyer, drawing on his field-based research in the American South, shows us the interrelated grassroots, media, and elite nature of the Tea Party. Westermeyer analyzes how Tea Party members utilize various cultural resources to communicate their identity and their claims, and how their messages are amplified on the state and national level. Back to America will show you how the Tea Party works as a social movement.”—Charles Price, associate professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: The Tea Party Movement as Cultural Politics 1. Patriots: Fashioning a Figured World of Tea Party Politics 2. Troubles: Making Personal Meaning in the Tea Party Movement 3. Plantation Politics: Race in the Figured World of the Tea Party 4. Fellowship: Local Tea Party Groups as Communities of Political Practice 5. Trickle-Up Politics: Local Tea Party Groups as Movement Actors in Local Politics Conclusion: Political Anthropology of U.S. Right-Wing Politics Notes References Index
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University of Nebraska Press Disruptive Voices and the Singularity of
Book SynopsisDisruptive Voices and the Singularity of Histories explores the interplay of identities and scholarship through the history of anthropology, with a special section examining fieldwork predecessors and indigenous communities in Native North America. Trade Review"[Disruptive Voices and the Singularity of Histories will] be of interest to anthropological folklorists and folklorists interested in the history of the academic study of Native American cultures, as that is the corner of Boas's work featured most prominently here. Those interested in the study of museums and material culture will also find several chapters useful."—Sarah M. Gordon, Journal of Folklore Research ReviewsTable of ContentsContentsList of IllustrationsEditors’ IntroductionRegan Darnell and Frederic W. Gleach1. Totalitarian Critique: Fabian and the History of Primitive AnthropologyFrederico Delgado Rosa2. Ich Bin Jüdischer Abstammung (I Am of Jewish Lineage): The Conflicted Jewish Identity of the Anthropologist Franz BoasSharon Lindenburger3. A Document in an Unexpected Place: John P. Harrington and the Stevenson ScrapbookNancy J. Parezo4. Diasporas Of and By Design: Exploring the Unholy Alliance between Museums and the Diffusion of Navajo (Diné) Textile DesignsKathy M’Closkey5. Mock Rituals, Sham Battles, and Real Research: Anthropologists and the Ethnographic Study of the Bontoc Igorot in 1900s “Igorrote Villages”Deana L. Weibel6. Indigenous Studies in Argentina: Anthropology, History, and Ethnohistory from the 1980sClaudia Salomon TarquiniVoicing the Ancestors7. Fieldwork Predecessors and Indigenous Communities In Native North AmericaIra Bashkow8. No Object Without Its Story: Franz Boas, George Hunt, and the Creation of a Native Material AnthropologyIra Jacknis9. Encounters in Ontario: Acts Of Ethnographic Search and RescueMargaret M. Bruchac10. The Boas Plan: A View From the MarginsSaul Schwartz11. Look Once More at the Old Things: Ruth Underhill’s O’odham Text CollectionsMindy Morgan12. Rereading Deloria: Against Workshops, for CommunitiesSebastian F. Braun13. “Let’s Do Better This Time”: Vine Deloria Jr.’s Ongoing Engagement with AnthropologyRobert L. A. HancockContributors
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University of Nebraska Press Rising from the Ashes
Book SynopsisRising from the Ashes explores continuing Native American political, social, and cultural survival and resilience with a focus on the life of Numiipuu (Nez Perce) anthropologist Archie M. Phinney. He lived through tumultuous times as the Bureau of Indian Affairs implemented the Indian Reorganization Act, and he built a successful career as an indigenous nationalist, promoting strong, independent American Indian nations. Rising from the Ashes analyzes concepts of indigenous nationalism and notions of American Indian citizenship before and after tribes found themselves within the boundaries of the United States. Collaborators provide significant contributions to studies of Numiipuu memory, land, loss, and language; Numiipuu, Palus, and Cayuse survival, peoplehood, and spirituality during nineteenth-century U.S. expansion and federal incarceration; Phinney and his dedication to education, indigenous rights, responsibilities, and sovereign Native Nations; American Indian citizenship befoTrade Review“This book will come to be recognized as a staggering achievement of scholarly cooperation. The text will be appreciated by academics for sure, but it is a book that anyone with an interest in Nez Perce history and culture must read. . . . Rising from the Ashes is a penetrating and insightful snapshot of Phinney.”—Steven R. Evans, author of Voice of the Old Wolf: Lucullus Virgil McWhorter and the Nez Perce Indians“An intriguing and nuanced collection. . . . This is a critical volume for anyone interested in contemporary Native American scholarship and represents the culmination of decades of research by the editors and contributors.”—Trevor James Bond, associate dean for digital initiatives and special collections, Washington State University Libraries“Well written, well organized, and full of real information, these essays illuminate survival and sovereignty issues dealt with by American First Nations, exemplified by Jicarilla Apache, Osage, and particularly Numiipuu (Nez Perce), whose leader Archie Phinney was a Boas student. A rich read!—Alice B. Kehoe, professor emeritus of anthropology at Marquette University“Rising from the Ashes is a tribute to the remarkable persistence and resistance of the Numiipuu as a people. Second, it honors the Numiipuu scholar Archie Phinney and his lifelong study of his people’s history and culture. Equally, the book is a tribute to the late Bill Willard, who rediscovered Phinney and the importance of his research. Finally, Alan G. Marshall and J. Diane Pearson have masterfully put together this compendium of essays to celebrate the people and the two scholars who attempted to tell the full story of the Numiipuu.”—Tom Holm, professor emeritus of American Indian studies at the University of ArizonaTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction J. Diane Pearson List of Abbreviations 1. Nimiipuu at the Edge of History Alan G. Marshall and Samuel M. Watters 2. Nimiipuu Peoplehood, Survival, and the Indian Territory J. Diane Pearson 3. Nimiipuu Peoplehood, Survival, and Relocation: Strangers in a Strange Land J. Diane Pearson 4. The Education of Archie Phinney William Willard, Alan G. Marshall, and J. Diane Pearson 5. Archie Phinney, Indigenous Nationalist William Willard, J. Diane Pearson, and Alan G. Marshall 6. American Indian Citizenship, Past and Present Christopher K. Riggs 7. Looking Back to the Future: The Emergence of Modern Jicarilla Apache Leadership in the Twentieth Century Brad Wazaney 8. Salmon Nation Building: Globalization and the Future Benedict J. Colombi 9. Sovereignty as Accountability: Theorizing from the Osage Nation Jean Dennison Contributors Index
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University of Nebraska Press Art Effects Image Agency and Ritual in Amazonia
Book SynopsisIn Art Effects Brazilian anthropologist Carlos Fausto explores the agency of Indigenous artifacts and images in order to offer a new understanding of the pragmatics and ontology of ritual contexts. Trade Review“[Art Effects] opens enormous comparative possibilities and understanding of other South American areas, helping us to unravel ethnological complexes and features of great breadth. . . . [It] constitutes a solid step in the forging of that comparative dialogue between Amerindian peoples of the vast South America that we so badly need.”—Juan Javier Rivera Andia, Anthropos“The ethnographic depth and analytical richness of Fausto’s Art Effects are remarkable. The book takes the reader on a fascinating journey through processes of image- and artifact-making among a number of Lowland South American societies.”—Paolo Fortis, HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory“This is the book we have been waiting for. If perspectivism and the ontological turn brought Amazonia in from the cold to enter mainstream anthropology, Fausto’s Art Effects moves the debate forward. . . . Fausto takes us beyond philosophizing and back to the real-life world of masks, musical instruments, and painted images at the heart of Amerindian culture.”—Stephen Hugh-Jones, author of The Palm and the Pleiades: Initiation and Cosmology in Northwest Amazonia“A liberating text for all those seeking to escape the anthropomorphic bias of image theory. Carlos Fausto’s immersion in two different Amazonian societies allows him to upend some of the reigning models of figuration, mimesis, and presence. Critically engaged, his writing is lucid and engaging.”—Z. S. Strother, author of Inventing Masks: Agency and History in the Art of the Central Pende“[An] enriching and thought-provoking book. . . . Fausto establishes a constant dialogue between the interpretation of ethnography and the current debates in social anthropology, art history, aesthetics, and philosophy. A great achievement.”—Carlo Severi, author of The Chimera Principle: An Anthropology of Memory and ImaginationTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments Orthographic Conventions Introduction: The Smirk 1. Body-Artifact 2. Wild Mysteries 3. Whirlwinds of Images 4. The Pronominal Effigy 5. A Chief’s Two Bodies Conclusion: Masters of Deceit Source Acknowledgments Notes Works Cited Index
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University of Nebraska Press Good Neighbors Bad Times Revisited
Book SynopsisTen years after the original publication of Good Neighbors, Bad Times, an unexpected letter leads Mimi Schwartz to revisit the story of her father's German village during the Third Reich.Trade Review"Exceptionally well written, organized and presented, Good Neighbors, Bad Times Revisited: New Echoes of My Father's German Village is an inherently fascinating and exceptionally informative blend of memoir and history."—Michael Dunford, Midwest Book Review“In this new edition Mimi Schwartz brings us back to her father’s ancestral village of Rexingen in the German Black Forest to show us that, generations later, it still has much to teach us about decency then and now.”—Frank Mecklenburg, director of research and chief archivist of the Leo Baeck Institute“Even if you have read Good Neighbors, Bad Times before, you should read it again. In this second edition, Schwartz’s scrupulously researched, humane, and multivoiced account of a German village where Jews and Gentiles ‘all got along,’ according to [her] father, has been profoundly enriched. . . . The meaning of ‘neighbor’ gains an utterly new dimension.”—Alicia Ostriker, poet laureate of New York State“Mimi Schwartz reminds us how close we are (in time, in danger, in sentiment) to the horrific past, but that, even then, individual stories from everyday people show us grace and goodness and generosity despite the suffering.”—Patrick Madden, author of Disparates"With the two perspectives of Sayer and Schwartz you are able to see corroborating and contrasting points of view. By putting them together they showcase a deeper understanding of the village of this pivotal time. . . . Schwartz is again able to craft a narrative in a way that updates the idea of memoirs and how they can be used to educate readers."—thenerdygirlexpress.comTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface: Why I’m Revisiting Good Neighbors, Bad Times Author’s Note to the First Edition Part One. Close to Home 1. Treadmill to the Past 2. Anonymous Translation 3. At the Nachmittag 4. Kaffeeklatsch 5. Joie de Vivre 6. Four Stories of the Torah 7. The Revolving Room Part Two. An Ocean Away 8. Off the Record 9. A Little Respect, Please 10. The Good Raincoat 11. Hedwig, Fritz, and “Schtumpela” 12. The Second Generation Part Three. Back and Forth 13. Willy from Baltimore 14. Five Kilometers Away 15. A House of Antiques 16. Truth Transposed 17. What Willy’s Neighbor Says . . . 18. The Red Album 19. Where Legend Ends 20. At My Father’s Grave Part Four. End Points 21. The Other Miriam 22. Three Little Girls 23. Yes or No? 24. The Celebration Coda: The Conversation Continues Acknowledgments Discussion Questions
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