Social and cultural anthropology Books

Book SynopsisClassrooms are dynamic spaces of teaching and learning, where language and culture are intertwined in remarkable ways. The theory of language socialization explores how sociocultural practices in classrooms help to shape language learning and development. This collection is the first of its kind to bring together research on this fascinating concept. It presents ten case studies, based on linguistic and ethnographic research conducted in classrooms located within communities in North America, Europe and India, spanning learners from preschool, to primary and secondary school, to university. Following an introduction that discusses the theory and core concepts of language socialization, the volume is divided into three central themes: socializing values, dispositions, and stances; socializing identities; and language socialization and ideology. Both new and more experienced researchers will appreciate its new insights into how language socialization is carried out across the globe.Trade Review'This remarkable volume offers in-depth accounts of socialization to and through language. It is a rich and valuable addition to other studies of language use in classrooms and helps us understand socialization through the often taken-for-granted aspects of everyday interactional routines.' Vibeke Grøver, University of Oslo'Scholars and practitioners of education and learning will find Language Socialization in Classrooms: Culture, Interaction, and Language Development to be an invaluable book … This volume is a well-balanced collection of essays by both young and established scholars who have been actively promoting research on language socialisation in the classroom … readers will definitely enrich their views on the characteristics of sociality in classrooms.' Akira Takada, Contrastive PragmaticsTable of Contents1. Introduction. Language socialization in classrooms Matthew J. Burdelski and Kathryn M. Howard; Part I. Socializing Values, Dispositions, and Stances: 2. Interactional contingencies and contradictions in the socialization of tolerance in a Spanish multicultural school Inmaculada M. García-Sánchez; 3. Shaping Sikh youth subjectivities in a US gurdwara: discursive socialization of religious heritage in Sikh history classes Wendy Klein; 4. Affective stance and socialization to Orthodox Christian values in a Russian heritage language classroom Ekaterina Moore; Part II. Socializing Identities: 5. Learning to be a poet: Chjam'è Rispondi in a Corsican school Alexandra Jaffe; 6. Teaching words, socializing affect and social identities: negotiating a common ground in a Swedish as a second language classroom Asta Cekaite; 7. Making the familiar change: language socialization via contrapuntal interaction in a US high school language arts class Betsy Rymes and Andrea Leone-Pizzighella; 8. Negotiating epistemic authority and co-constructing difference: socializing 'nonnative speaker' teachers in a US graduate program in TESOL Debra Friedman; Part III. Language Socialization and Ideology: 9. The morning assembly: constructing subjecthood, authority, and knowledge through classroom discourse in an Indian school Usree Bhattacharya and Laura Sterponi; 10. Embodiment, ritual, and ideology in a Japanese-as-a-heritage-language preschool classroom Matthew J. Burdelski; 11. Talking about lunch: diversity, language, and food socialization in a Danish kindergarten classroom Martha Sif Karrebæk; Part IV. Conclusion: 12. Language socialization in classrooms: findings, issues, and possibilities Patricia A. Duff.

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Book SynopsisUsing extensive, spoken vernacular data collected by youth from youth, Tagliamonte argues that teen language is at the cutting edge of linguistic change, offering a window to the future. Richly illustrated and filled with engaging quotes, anecdotes and language puzzles, Teen Talk is fascinating reading for students, teachers and parents.Trade Review'Teen Talk offers an exciting, thought-provoking, and engaging observation of the 'good, the bad and the lovely' aspects of youth language. Using a wide range of datasets from the Bergen Corpus of London Teenage Language to insights gained from kitchen table conversations with her own children, Tagliamonte forcefully demonstrates how the linguistic behaviour of young people offers fascinating insights into the dynamics of how linguistic systems can be reorganized from one generation to the next. If you manage to read just one book on this topic at any stage of your own life, make it this one.' Karen Corrigan, Newcastle UniversityTable of Contents1. What's all the fuss about teen language?; 2. Teens talking; 3. Methods: how to tap teen language?; 4. Quotatives: I'm like, 'Oh my God!'; 5. Intensifiers: upping the ante: super cool!; 6. How do you start a sentence?; 7. Sentence enders: finish with a flourish; 8. Generics: stuffology; 9. Just: just what?; 10. Adjectives: the good, the bad and lovely; 11. Other funky teenage features: you know what? I dunno. Whatever!; 12. Internet language: everyone's online; 13. Are they always going to talk like that?

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Book SynopsisThe collection demonstrates the ways in which established traditions and scholars have come together under the umbrella of linguistic ethnography to explore important questions about how language and communication are used in a range of settings and contexts, and with what effect.Trade Review“Linguistic Ethnography: Interdisciplinary Explorations, edited by Julia Snell, Sara Shaw and Fiona Copland, offers an insight into Linguistic Ethnography (LE) informed methodologies and epistemologies across a broad range of disciplines and sectors, from healthcare, to the workplace, to education. … It is recommended for novice linguistic ethnographers and more experienced researchers alike.” (Jessica Bradley, Bellaterra Journal of Teaching & Learning Language & Literature, Vol. 10 (1), February-March, 2017)“This collection breaks new ground, and does so effectively, in a number of ways. It provides a detailed account of the historical, theoretical, and methodological foundations of linguistic ethnography. … the volume is highly recommended to both established linguistic ethnographers and research students who are new to the field.” (Changpeng Huan, Applied Linguistics, February, 2016)Table of Contents1. Introduction to Linguistic Ethnography: Interdisciplinary Explorations; Sara Shaw, Fiona Copland and Julia Snell 2. Theory and Method in Linguistic Ethnography; Ben Rampton, Janet Maybin and Celia Roberts 3. Workplace Literacies and Audit Society; Karin Tusting 4. Between Text and Social Practice: Balancing Linguistics and Ethnography in Journalism Studies; Tom Van Hout 5. How Linguistic Ethnography may Enhance our Understanding of Electronic Patient Records in Healthcare Settings; Deborah Swinglehurst6. Examining Talk in Post-observation Feedback Conferences: Learning to do Linguistic Ethnography; Fiona Copland7. Researching Health Policy and Planning: The Influence of Linguistic Ethnography; Sara Shaw and Jill Russell 8. Bursting the Bonds: Policing Linguistic Ethnography; Frances Rock 9. The Geography of Communication and the Expression of Patients' Concerns; Sarah Collins10. Applying Linguistic Ethnography to Educational Practice: Notes on the Interaction of Academic Research and Professional Sensibilities; Adam Lefstein and Mirit Israeli 11. Partnerships in Research: Doing Linguistic Ethnography with and for Practitioners; Jeff Bezemer 12. Linguistic Ethnographic Perspectives on Working-class Children's Speech: Challenging Discourses of Deficit; Julia Snell13. Hip Hop, Education and Polycentricity; Lian Malai Madsen and Martha Sif Karrebæk 14. Metacommentary in Linguistic Ethnography; Angela Creese, Jaspreet Kaur Takhi and Adrian Blackledge

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Book SynopsisThrough his ethnographic study of the fishermen and their religious beliefs, Webster speaks to larger debates about religious radicalism, materiality, economy, language, and the symbolic. These debates also call into question assumptions about the decline of religion in modern industrial societies.Trade Review"A provocative study that draws on the traditional strengths of [anthropology]: village community, reflexive ethnography, ritual and everyday life . . . In addition to scholars of Christianity, anthropologists of Europe, and those interested in the globalization of religion generally, this book could make a good pairing with other works on religious life taking different theoretical turns and engaging distinct ethnographic settings . . . Webster's work makes an excellent contribution to the Contemporary Anthropology of Religion series and portends more good things to come from this young scholar." - Anthropology News 'An innovative attempt to understand the relationship between language and materiality in terms of the Protestant doctrine of consubstantiation . . . The Anthropology of Protestantism enriches the engagement between anthropology and theology, and is a valuable contribution to the anthropology of Christianity and the study of language and materiality. It deserves to earn a wide readership.' - The Anthropology of Christianity Bibliographic Blog "Webster's timely and fascinating book takes us inside the world of an austere traditional community of Protestant Brethren who must confront the radical economic and ecological crisis of the contemporary fishing industry, but with their gaze always fixed on the End of Days. The Anthropology of Protestantism takes us beyond the established study of Pentecostal and charismatic churches, and offers compelling ethnographic and theoretical insights into contemporary Protestantism." - Fenella Cannell, PhD, Social Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK "This is quite simply the most compelling, rounded account of the lives of fundamentalist Christians that we have in the anthropological literature. All that is important to the Christians of this Scottish fishing village is here the prayers, the sermons, the sense of human degradation and potential salvation, the immanence of the divine, the imminence of the end times, and the drive to proselytize everywhere, even in the midst of hard and dangerous work at sea. And of course the importance of divine word is here too, in a profound account of the 'sincere' bible reading and speaking that ties these lives together. Concluding with a stunning reconceptualization of modern enchantment as consubstantiation, this elegantly written and powerfully argued book should be read by anyone who wants to know how such demanding forms of Christianity are lived in the contemporary world." - Joel Robbins, Department of Anthropology, University of California, San Diego, USATable of ContentsIntroduction: Gamrie, Words, Signs PART I: GAMRIE 1. Situating Gamrie 2. The Triple Pinch PART II: WORDS 3. Preaching 4. Testimony 5. Fishing PART III: SIGNS 6. Providence and Attack 7. Eschatology Conclusion: Enchantment

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Book SynopsisSince the 1950s, the study of early attachment and separation has been dominated by a school of psychology that is Euro-American in its theoretical assumptions. Based on ethnographic studies in a range of locales, this book goes beyond prior efforts to critique attachment theory, providing a cross-cultural basis for understanding human development.Trade Review"A richer, more contextualized rethinking of attachment theory. Summing Up: Recommended. All levels/libraries." - CHOICE "Naomi Quinn and Jeannette Marie Mageo have guided the development of a stunning interdisciplinary book! Attachment Reconsidered challenges exclusive attention to the mother-infant bond in classical attachment theory and the universal applicability of a single measuring instrument, the Strange Situation. For example, systematic natural observation reveals that, for Aka children, it is the sensitivity of nonmaternal rather than maternal care that determines their degree of distress during separation from their mothers." - Patricia M. Greenfield, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, USATable of ContentsPART I: A FRAMEWORK Introduction: Situating and Summarizing Our Critiques; Naomi Quinn and Jeannette Mageo 1. The Puzzle of Attachment: Unscrambling Maturational and Cultural Contributions to the Development of Early Emotional Bonds; Suzanne Gaskins PART II: CAREGIVING 2. Cooperative Care among the Hadza: Situating Multiple Attachment in Evolutionary Context; Alyssa N. Crittenden and Frank W. Marlowe 3. Cooperative Breeding and Attachment in Early Childhood: A Case Study Among the Aka Foragers; Courtney L. Meehan and Sean Hawks 4. 'It Takes a Village to Raise A Child': Attachment Theory and Multiple Childcare in Alor, Indonesia, and in North India; Susan Seymour PART III: AUTONOMY AND DEPENDENCE 5. Childcare, Dependency, and Autonomy in a Sri Lankan Village: Enculturation of and through Attachment Relationships; Bambi L. Chapin 6. Attachment and Culture in Murik Society; Kathleen Barlow PART IV: CHILDHOOD-ADULT CONTINUITIES 7. Towards a Cultural Psychodynamics of Attachment; Jeannette Mageo 8. Adult Attachment Cross-Culturally: A Reanalysis of the Ifaluk Emotion Fago; Naomi Quinn Afterword; Gilda A. Morelli and Paula Ivey Henry

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Book SynopsisPhilosophy and Hip-Hop: Ruminations on Postmodern Cultural Form opens up the philosophical life force that informs the construction of Hip-hop by turning the gaze of the philosopher upon those blind spots that exist within existing scholarship.Trade ReviewRecommendations for Philosophy as Hip Hop: Ruminations on a Post Modern Cultural Form. By Tommy J. Curry, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Affiliate Professor, Program in Africana Studies, Texas A&M University Report: Overall, this version of the book is much better than the initial manuscript reviewed. Philosophy as Hip Hop embarks on a journey to show that Hip-Hop is an aesthetic engagement with the world that gives individuals various philosophical techniques to engage the obstacles and phenomenon before them. In the prologue, Bailey argues 'From an individual perspective Hip-Hop creates a space of relative freedom: freedom from the weight of a modern life that is demanding and exhausting. The importance of noting the relative in this statement cannot be overlooked. Hip-Hop is not a space of utopia, but a community that reconciles and embraces those who need an abode for their own intimate desires.' Unlike the previous version, this book is clearer in its purpose, and writing. This is a strength of this version of the text over the last, unfortunately however, the manuscript as a whole suffers from a sort of bipolarity at times reading as a summation of traditional white philosophical canons rather than a serious scholarly engagement with Hip-Hop. Bailey engages in a philosophical exploration of Hip-Hop aiming to show that Hip-Hop is in fact philosophical. This manuscript covers some of the same ground articulated in Hip Hop and Philosophy: Rhyme to Reason by Tommie Shelby and Derrick Darby. Bailey's text will further articulate such claims in a full monograph and most likely be the first or most recent text to do so in the discipline of philosophy. However, it must be noted that such projects have a long legacy in cultural studies and Black studies. Greg Thomas's Hip-Hop Revolution in the Flesh: Power, Knowledge, and Pleasure in Lil' Kim's Lyricism (2009), and Jared Ball's I Mix What I Like: A Mixtape Manifesto (2011) immediately come to mind, as they have been reviewed extensively, but I cannot find any engagement with these texts in Bailey's work. While Bailey has done some work in section two to introduce and cover the work of Ebony Utley's On Rap and Religion some of the more recent works like those mentioned above are still absent from consideration. As such, I would recommend this work for publication with some revisions. My specific section comments are attached, but I would like to make several general comments. I. This work will certainly find readership in philosophy. Unlike fields like media studies, Black studies, etc. philosophy has been the last on board to seriously investigate the work of Black artists as serious political and social commentary. The last major work on Hip-Hop in philosophy was Derrick Darby and Tommie Shelby's Hip Hop and Philosophy from 2005. 2. The success of this book will largely depend on who it is marketed towards. Bailey makes some interesting points and insights that could in fact convey to classical continental and American philosophers the importance of studying and understanding Hip Hop both pedagogically and as a post-modern aesthetic. However, it is important to understand the limitations of such a strategy in field like Black studies, cultural studies, or more radical art audiences. 3. The work seems to have two distinct tones from section one to section two. The transition between sections as well as between ideas within and between chapters needs attention. 4. This work seems to be more appropriately divided into Section 1: Existential Communalism/Pedagogy and then Section 2: Post Modern Cultural Art Form. As stated I am not clear about the purpose of distinction in the titles. 5. Bailey does make a worthwhile contribution to Hip Hop Studies in the discipline of philosophy, so it is a publishable manuscript in that regard. However, Bailey should be pushed to account for the scholarship and work done in other fields as well to make this book stand the test of time. Imani Perry's Prophets of the Hood have lots of overlap with his themes throughout but are not mentioned once in my reading. There needs to be more of a deliberate engagement with the literature of the field.Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Of the Beauty and Wisdom of Hip-Hop 2. Firebrands and Battle Plans: Jean-Paul Sartre, Friedrich Nietzsche and G.W.F. Hegel3. Conscious Hip-hop vs The Culture Industry4. A Philosopher's glance at Hip-hop Pedagogy: Facing the Realities of the Socratic Classroom 5. Lost in the City and Lost in the Self: Sin and Solipsism in Hip Hop's Dystopia; St. Augustine, Toni Morrison, Paul Tillich 6. Hip Hop and International Voices of Revolution: Brazil, Cuba, Ghana and Egypt 7. The Artist and the Image: Ervin Goffman; Marshall McLuhan; Roland Barthes8. The Catastrophe of Success: Marshall McLuhan, Gilles Delueze and Felix Guittari

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Book SynopsisJoy Hendry is Professor Emerita in Anthropology at Oxford Brookes University, senior member of St. Antony's College, Oxford University, UK, and Honorary Fellow of the University of Edinburgh, UK. Her previous books include Science and Sustainability: Learning from Indigenous Wisdom (2014), Understanding Japanese Society (4th edition, 2013) and Reclaiming Culture (2005).Trade Review"This is the book that every social anthropology student needs. Hendry guides her readers through the breadth and depth of the discipline whilst simultaneously transmitting a profound sense of why anthropology is a field to be passionate about." -Cathrine Degnen, Newcastle University, UK "This is without doubt one of the best introductory texts on social anthropology that exists. Much of the book's success lies in its lively, engaging and accessible style: Hendry has a knack of simplifying complex arguments and making anthropological ideas not only interesting but also fun." -Cris Shore, The University of Auckland, New Zealand "Joy Hendry offers the perfect introductory guide to anthropology for students as well as a curious public. This is the book I reach for first as a teacher because of its topical breadth, attention to history, and the sheer excitement it conveys about what an anthropological gaze can offer." -Tamara Kohn, University of Melbourne, Australia "With examples from around the world, a wide palette of topics, and clear explanations of key concepts and theories, this is a highly engaging and vividly rendered introduction to social and cultural anthropology for new students and general readers alike." -Willam W. Kelly, Yale University, USA "Sharing Our Worlds is a superb learning experience for anyone curious about humanity and cultural dynamics. Joy Hendry dazzles with provocative questions, compelling stories, and profound answers." -Christopher C. Fennell, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Seeing the World 2. Disgusting, Forbidden and Unthinkable 3. Gifts, Exchange and Reciprocity 4. The Ritual Round 5. Society: A Set of Symbols 6. Beauty and Bounty, Treasure and Trophies 7. Cosmology I: Religion, Magic and Mythology 8. Cosmology II: Witchcraft, Shamanism & Syncretism 9. Law, Order and Social Control 10. The Art of Politics 11. Family, Kinship and Marriage 12. Economics and the Environment 13. Identities in a Connected World 14. Anthropology and Anthropologists

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Book Synopsis1.Introduction.- 2.A Genre of Paradox and Dichotomies.- 3.Defilement and Social Theory.- 4.Post-Secular Aesthetics and the Symbolic Constitution of Extreme Metal Music.- 5.The Modalities of Defilement within Extreme Metal.- 6.The Symbolic Experience of Christian Extreme Metal Table of Contents

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Book SynopsisChechens: Culture and Society is an ethnography that elaborates the lived experiences of Chechens, focusing primarily on relationships and socio-cultural norms within the context of the current conflict in the Chechen Republic.Trade Review"This is a heroic attempt to capture the life and soul of a nation in an ethnographic study of Chechens whom the author knew and at times lived with in Ingushetia and Turkey over a period of ten years in total. She provides a detailed look at their norms, culture, values and roles both as they were ideally portrayed by the Chechens and as she saw them expressed and played out. We can thank Katherine Layton for giving us an account that is far more detailed and interesting than most of what we have been reading about this cultural/national group mostly unknown and often mis-portrayed to the American reader." - Vandra L. Masemann, University of Toronto, CanadaTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Living in Tales 3. Cultural Symbolisms 4. Men and Women 5. In the Looking Glass, and Looking Out 6. Chechens as Refugees 7. Development: What Way Forward? 8. Additional Literature and Discussion

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