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The University of Michigan Press All in the Family
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University of California Press Contentious Traditions
Book SynopsisAnalyzes the debate on sati, or widow burning, in colonial India. This book argues that the women who were burned were marginal to the debate and that the controversy was over definitions of Hindu tradition, the place of ritual in religious worship, the civilizing missions of colonialism and evangelism, and the proper role of the colonial state.Table of ContentsLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION 1 Equivocations in the Name of Tradition: The Official Debate on Widow Burning 2 Abstract Disquisitions: Bhadralok and the Normative Violence of Sati 3 Missionaries and Subalterns: Belaboring Tradition in the Marketplace 4 Traveling Texts: The Consolidation of Missionary Discourse on India 5 The Female Subject, the Colonial Gaze: Eyewitness Accounts of Sati AFTERWORD NOTES GLOSSARY BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
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University of California Press Western Music and Its Others
Book SynopsisThis collection of articles offers an overview of developments in cultural theory as applied to western music. The text examines a range of primarily 20th-century music and provides insights into how cultural identities and differences are constructed in music.Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION: On Difference, Representation, and Appropriation in Music I. Postcolonial Analysis and Music Studies (David Hesmondhalgh and Georgina Born) II. Musical Modernism, Postmodernism, and Others (Georgina Born) III. Othering, Hybridity, and Fusion in Transnational Popular Musics (David Hesmondhalgh and Georgina Born) IV. Music and the Representation/Articulation of Sociocultural Identities (Georgina Born) V. Techniques of the Musical Imaginary (Georgina Born) CHAPTERS 1. Musical Belongings: Western Music and Its Low-Other (Richard Middleton) 2. Race, Orientalism, and Distinction in the Wake of the "Yellow Peril" (Jann Pasler) 3. Bartok, the Gypsies, and Hybridity in Music (Julie Brown) 4. Modernism, Deception, and Musical Others: Los Angeles circa 1940 (Peter Franklin) 5. Experimental Oriental: New Music and Other Others (John Corbett) 6. Composing the Cantorate: Westernizing Europe's Other Within (Philip V. Bohlman) 7. East, West, and Arabesk (Martin Stokes) 8. Scoring the Indian: Music in the Liberal Western (Claudia Gorbman) 9. The Poetics and Politics of Pygmy Pop (Steven Feld) 10. International Times: Fusions, Exoticism, and Antiracism in Electronic Dance Music (David Hesmondhalgh) 11. The Discourse of World Music (Simon Frith)
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University of California Press Storied Land
Book SynopsisThis text examines the historical formation of community in Monterey. It is also an investigation of how historical narratives are produced, looking at competing accounts of civilizing the Native Americans, Yankee progress, ethnical diversity and environmental protection among other issues.Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures Preface 1. Introduction 2. Spain's Far Frontier 3. Revolutionary California 4. American Property 5. Industry and Community 6. The Historical Present 7. Conclusion: Action, Narrative, History Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press The Transnational Villagers
Book SynopsisIncreasing numbers of migrants continue to participate in the political, social, and economic lives of their countries of origin even as they put down roots in the USA. This work offers an account of how ordinary people keep their feet in two worlds and create communities that span borders.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction PART ONE 1. The Historical Context 2. Social Remittances PART TWO 3. Reshaping the Stages of the Life Cycle 4. Making Values from Two Worlds Fit PART THREE 5. When Domestic Politics Becomes Transnational 6. "God Is Everywhere": Religious Life Across Borders 7. Transnationalizing Community Development Conclusion Appendix: Methodology Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Legacies
Book SynopsisOne out of five Americans, more than 55 million people, are first-or second-generation immigrants. This study provides a close look at this rising second generation, including their patterns of acculturation, family and school life, language, identity, experiences of discrimination, self-esteem, ambition, and achievement.Trade Review"If Marx, Weber, and Durkheim were alive at the dawn of the 21st century, Legacies is the first book they would have to read to understand just what is at stake in the new immigration. This elegant book - theoretically precise, empirically robust, and analytically savvy - will become the standard by which all subsequent scholarship on the sociology of immigration will be measured. I am buying an extra copy today to send to the new president of the United States." -Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco, Professor and Codirector, The Harvard Immigration Projects, Harvard University"Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures Preface Acknowledgments 1. Twelve Stories Miami Stories MarIa de los Angeles and Yvette Santana: August 1993 Melanie Fernandez-Rey: September 1993 Aristide Maillol: August 1993 Armando and Luis Hern*ndez: July 1995 Mary Patterson: February 1995 EfrEn Montejo: May 1994 San Diego Stories Jorge, Olga, Miguel Angel, and Estela Cardozo: January 1994 Quy Nguyen: December 1987 Bennie and Jennifer Montoya: October 1995 Sophy Keng: November 1987 - June 1988 Yolanda and Carlos Munoz: March 1994 Boua Cha: 1988 - 1990 2. The New Americans: An Overview Immigration Yesterday and Today The Size and Concentration of the Second Generation Studying the New Second Generation: The Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study The New Second Generation at a Glance Census Results CILS Results 3. Not Everyone Is Chosen: Segmented Assimilation and Its Determinants How Immigrants Are Received: Modes of Incorporation and Their Consequences Acculturation and Role Reversal Where They Grow Up: Challenges to Second-Generation Adaptation Race Labor Markets Countercultures Confronting the Challenge: Immigrant Social Capital Parental Status, Family Structure, and Gender The Immigrant Community Conclusion 4. Making It in America Early Adaptation and Achievement General Trends Nationality and Achievement Determinants of Parental Economic Achievement Interaction Effects Nationality and Family Composition Conclusion 5. In Their Own Eyes: Immigrant Outlooks on America Aura Lila MarIn, Cuban, 53, Single Mother (1994) Pao Yang, Laotian Hmong, 57, Father (1995) Optimism Permissiveness Ambition Community and Pride Conclusion 6. Lost in Translation: Language and the New Second Generation Bilingualism: Yesterday and Today Shadow Boxing: Myth and Reality of Language Acculturation General Trends National Differences Forced-March Acculturation What Makes a Bilingual? A Game of Mirrors: Language Instruction and Types of Acculturation 7. Defining the Situation: The Ethnic Identities of Children of Immigrants Sites of Belonging: The Complex Allegiances of Children of Immigrants Developing a Self Past Research Who Am I? Patterns of Ethnic Self-Identification Ethnic Identity Shifts Stability and Salience Ethnic Self-Identities by National Origin Where Do I Come From? Nation, Family, and Identity Correlates of Self-Identities Family Status, Composition, and Language The Influence of Parental Self-Identities Region, Schools, and Discrimination The Race Question Determinants of Ethnic and Racial Identities Conclusion: From Translation Artists to Living Paradoxes 8. The Crucible Within: Family, Schools, and the Psychology of the Second Generation San Diego Families Family Cohesion, Conflict, and Change School Environments and Peer Groups Psychological Well-Being: Self-Esteem and Depressive Affect School Engagement and Effort Educational Expectations Determinants of Psychosocial Outcomes Self-Esteem and Depression Ambition Conclusion 9. School Achievement and Failure Early Educational Achievement Preliminary Results Determinants of Early Achievement Educational Achievement in Late Adolescence Grades in Senior High School Change over Time Dropping Out of School Two Achievement Paradoxes Southeast Asians Cuban Americans Conclusion 10. Conclusion: Mainstream Ideologies and the Long-Term Prospects of Immigrant Communities Two Mainstream Ideologies A Third Way: Selective Acculturation and Bilingualism The Mexican Case Theoretical Reprise Time and Acculturation Reactive Ethnicity and Its Aftermath Appendix A. Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study: Follow-up Questionnaire Appendix B. Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study: Parental Questionnaire Appendix C. Variables Used in Multivariate Analyses: Chapters 6 to 9 Notes References Index
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University of California Press Merovingian Mortuary Archaeology and the Making
Book SynopsisContributes to the study of death and burial in late antique and early medieval society. Tracing the history of Merovingian archaeology, this book exposes biases and prejudices that have colored previous interpretations of these burial sites and assesses what contemporary archaeology can tell us about the Frankish kingdoms.
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University of California Press When a Jew Dies
Book SynopsisAn account of the traditional customs that are put into practice when a Jewish person dies. It provides both an informative anthropological perspective on Jewish rites of mourning and a chronicle of the loss of the author's father.Trade Review"A work filled with textured descriptions of Jewish practice."-New York Jewish Week "Insightfully examines a traumatic time in all our lives."-BooklistTable of ContentsIntroduction Gosess and Petira: Near Death and the End of Life Onen: Freshly Bereaved Tahara: Purifying the Dead Leveiya: The Funeral and Its Accompaniment Shivah: Seven Days of Mourning Shloshim and Kaddish: The First Month and After The Twelve Months and Yahrzeit: Anniversary Beit Olam and Yizkor: Forever Final Thoughts Notes Glossary Index
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University of California Press What Is Sexual Harassment
Book SynopsisIn France, a common notion is that the shared interests of graduate students and their professors could lead to intimate sexual relations, and that regulations curtailing those relationships would be both futile and counterproductive. This title explores nthe social problem of sexual harassment.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: The Making of a Concept 1. Sexual Harassment Law on the Books: Opportunity Loss v. Violence 2. Sexual Harassment Law in Action: Legitimacy and Liability 3. Sexual Harassment in the Press: National Scandal, Pride, or Superiority? 4. Discrimination, Violence, Professionalism, and the Bottom Line: How Interview Respondents Frame Sexual Harassment Conclusion: Institutions, Framing, and Political Power Epilogue: Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose Appendix: Methodological Details Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Why Americas Top Pundits Are Wrong
Book SynopsisIn this fresh, literate, and biting critique of current thinking on some of today's most important and controversial topics, leading anthropologists take on some of America's top pundits. This absorbing collection of essays subjects such popular commentators as Thomas Friedman, Samuel Huntington, Robert Kaplan, and Dinesh D'Souza to cold, hard scrutiny and finds that their writing is often misleadingly simplistic, culturally ill-informed, and politically dangerous. Mixing critical reflection with insights from their own fieldwork, twelve distinguished anthropologists respond by offering fresh perspectives on globalization, ethnic violence, social justice, and the biological roots of behavior. They take on such topics as the collapse of Yugoslavia, the consumer practices of the American poor, American foreign policy in the Balkans, and contemporary debates over race, welfare, and violence against women. In the clear, vigorous prose of the pundits themselves, these contributors reveal tTrade Review"The punditocracy are our modern day mythmakers. The anthropologists assembled in this collection deftly debunk their myths and make a passionate case for the importance of anthropology to public debate. The authors present sustained, intelligent, and often biting and humorous criticisms of some of the most influential recent popular writings on social science and international relations. This is a very important book." - Bill Maurer, author of Recharting the Caribbean; "From an anthropological standpoint, the world increasingly looks as if it is led by glib, but uninformed, insensitive dolts. In this volume, the authors fight back against the pundits whose influential publications presume the same expertise as anthropologists. They underscore the overgeneralizations, prejudices, false reasoning, and inaccuracies of these popular authors and in doing so provide a useful corrective." - William Beeman, author of The Study of Culture at a Distance"Table of Contents1. Introduction Hugh Gusterson and Catherine Besteman 2. The Seven Deadly Sins of Samuel Huntington Hugh Gusterson 3. Samuel Huntington, Meet the Nuer: Kinship, Local Knowledge, and the Clash of Civilizations Keith Brown 4. Haunted by the Imaginations of the Past: Robert Kaplan's Balkan Ghosts Tone Bringa 5. Why I Disagree with Robert Kaplan Catherine Besteman 6. Globalization and Thomas Friedman Angelique Haugerud 7. On The Lexus and the Olive Tree, by Thomas L. Friedman Ellen Hertz and Laura Nader 8. Extrastate Globalization of the Illicit Carolyn Nordstrom 9. Class Politics and Scavenger Anthropology in Dinesh D'Souza's Virtue of Prosperity Kath Weston 10. Sex on the Brain: A Natural History of Rape and the Dubious Doctrines of Evolutionary Psychology Stefan Helmreich and Heather Paxson 11. Anthropology and The Bell Curve Jonathan Marks Notes Suggested Further Reading List of Contributors Acknowledgments Index
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University of California Press Sexual Inequalities and Social Justice
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University of California Press The Farmworkers Journey
Book SynopsisIlluminating the dark side of economic globalization, this book gives an insider's view of the migrant farmworkers' binational circuit that stretches from the west central Mexico countryside to central California. Useful for all Americans, The Farmworkers' Journey traces the human consequences of our policy decisions.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments 1. The Farmworkers' Journey 2. Mexico's Historical Farming Practices 3. Aspects of Mexico's Agricultural Political Economy 4. Migration Northward to Central California 5. Immigration Experiences 6. California's Corporate Agribusiness 7. Farmworkers in Central California's Corporate Agribusiness 8. An Impoverished, Endangered, and Overworked People in the Land of Plenty 9. Farmworker Household Survival in Central California 10. Meanwhile, Back on the Farm 11. Transnational Corporations and the U.S. Legacy in West-Central Mexico 12. Endangered Mexican Farmers 13. Institutional Oppression in the West-Central Mexico Countryside 14. Toward an Enlightened Perception of California's Mexican Agricultural Immigrants Epilogue Appendix A: Agrochemical Inventories and Classifications Appendix B: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights References Index
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University of California Press The Veil
Book SynopsisVeiling is a globally polarizing issue, a locus for the struggle between Islam and the West and between contemporary and traditional interpretations of Islam. This book examines the vastly misunderstood and multi-layered world of the veil. It explores and analyzes the cultures, politics, and histories of veiling.Trade Review"A refreshingly three-dimensional portrait of the veil in history and in our contemporary world. This collection of essays turns the veil into a mirror, reflecting back upon us our own presumptions and prejudices. You will learn something about yourself in these pages." - Asifa Quraishi"Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction I 1. From Her Royal Body the Robe Was Removed: The Blessings of the Veil and the Trauma of Forced Unveilings in the Middle East Mohja Kahf 2. Shattered Vessels That Contain Divine Sparks: Unveiling Hasidic Women's Dress Code Barbara Goldman Carrel 3. Going the Whole Nine Yards: Vignettes of the Veil in India Roxanne Kamayani Gupta 4. Out of the Cloister: Unveiling to Better Serve the Gospel Laurene M. Lafontaine 5. The Amish Veil: Symbol of Separation and Community Jana Hawley 6. "What is subordinated, dominates": Mourning, Magic, Masks, and Male Veiling Jennifer Heath 7. I Just Want to Be Me: Issues in Identity for One American Muslim Woman Pamela K. Taylor II 8. "She freed and floated on the air": Salome and Her Dance of the Seven Veils Shireen Malik 9. "He hath couerd my soule inwarde": Veiling in Medieval Europe and the Early Church Desiree G. Koslin 10. Nubo: The Wedding Veil Sarah C. Bell 11. After Eden: The Veil as a Conduit to the Internal Eve Grubin 12. Virtue and Sin: An Arab Christian Woman's Perspective Rita Stephan 13. Drawing the Line at Modesty: My Place in the Order of Things Michelle Auerbach 14. On the Road: Travels with My Hijab Maliha Masood III 15. Purdah, Patriarchy, and the Tropical Sun: Womanhood in India Jasbir Jain 16. The Veil: From Persepolis Marjane Satrapi 17. Concealing and Revealing Female Hair: Veiling Dynamics in Contemporary Iran Ashraf Zahedi 18. That (Afghan) Girl! Ideology Unveiled in National Geographic Dinah Zeiger 19. Burqas and Bikinis: Islamic Dress in Newspaper Cartoons Kecia Ali 20. Dress Codes and Modes: How Islamic Is the Veil? Aisha Shaheed 21. From Veil to Veil: "What's in a woman's head is more important than what's on it" Sherifa Zuhur Epilogue About the Contributors Index
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University of California Press Converting Words
Book SynopsisDocuments the crucial role played by language in cultural conquest: how colonial Mayan emerged in the age of the cross, how it was taken up by native writers to become the language of indigenous literature, and how it ultimately became the language of rebellion against the system that produced it.Trade Review"Anthropologist William Hanks has given us a remarkable piece of scholarly work..." Missiology "This book is a true landmark." -- Frauke Sachse Anthropos RedaktionTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Preface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: The Field of Discourse Production The Making of a Translanguage * The Body as Totality * A Shifting Voice for Indian Authors Part I. The Scope of Reduccion 2. Perpetual Reduccion in a Land of Frontiers Notes on the Political Geography of Post-Mayapan Yucatan * Lopez Medel and the Spirit of the Laws * Reduccion in a Regional Perspective * A Land of Frontiers 3. To Make Themselves New Men Governance of the Guardiania * Disciplining the Senses * Bishop Toral's Vision * Cogolludo's Landscape * Guardiania and Cofradia * Cabildos in the Mission Towns Part II. Converting Words 4. From Field to Genre and Habitus Metalinguistic Labeling * Production Format and Author Position * I ndexical Centering in the Deictic Field * Stylistic Differentiation of Genres * Multimodality: Speech, Animation, Inscription * Iteration 5. First Words: From Spanish into Maya Dictionaries and the Problem of Authorship * The Thematic Scope of the Dictionaries * From Spanish into Maya * First Principles * R eligious Practices * Pedagogy * Language and Signs * G overnance * Marginal Practices 6. Commensuration: Maya as a Matrix Language Commensuration and Translingual Meaning * Fray Antonio de Ciudad Real, Exemplary Lengua 7. The Grammar of Reduccion and the Art of Speaking What Is an Arte? * The Shadow of Nebrija * Fray Juan Coronel, Arte en lengua de maya (1620) * G abriel de San Buenaventura, Arte de la lengua maya (1684) * Fray Pedro Beltran de Santa Rosa Maria, Arte de el Idioma Maya (1746) * Missionary Linguistics as a Hybrid System 8. The Canonical Word The Maya Doctrinas * What Is a Doctrina Menor? praying in maya / doctrinal dialogues / sermons Part III. Into the Breach: The Dispersion of Maya reducido 9. The Scripted Landscape What Is a Notarial Document? * L andscape as Text * Early Chronicles * The Titles of Ebtun * Bills of Sale 10. Petitions as Prayers in the Field of Reduccion Letters of the Caciques to the Crown, February 11, 1567 * L etter of the Batabs to the Crown, March 19, 1567 * Petition from Dzaptun, July 20, 1605 * Petitions from Numkini and Xecelchakan, November 1669 11. Cross Talk in the Books of Chilam Balam Doctrinal Language in the Books of Chilam Balam * True God Comes to Yucatan * The Sadness of the Christians * The Words of the Prophet Epilogue: Full Circle Notes References Cited Index
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University of California Press Converting Words
Book SynopsisDocuments the crucial role played by language in cultural conquest - how colonial Mayan emerged in the age of the cross, how it was taken up by native writers to become the language of indigenous literature, and how it ultimately became the language of rebellion against the system that produced it.Trade Review"Anthropologist William Hanks has given us a remarkable piece of scholarly work..." Missiology "This book is a true landmark." -- Frauke Sachse Anthropos RedaktionTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Preface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: The Field of Discourse Production The Making of a Translanguage * The Body as Totality * A Shifting Voice for Indian Authors Part I. The Scope of Reduccion 2. Perpetual Reduccion in a Land of Frontiers Notes on the Political Geography of Post-Mayapan Yucatan * Lopez Medel and the Spirit of the Laws * Reduccion in a Regional Perspective * A Land of Frontiers 3. To Make Themselves New Men Governance of the Guardiania * Disciplining the Senses * Bishop Toral's Vision * Cogolludo's Landscape * Guardiania and Cofradia * Cabildos in the Mission Towns Part II. Converting Words 4. From Field to Genre and Habitus Metalinguistic Labeling * Production Format and Author Position * I ndexical Centering in the Deictic Field * Stylistic Differentiation of Genres * Multimodality: Speech, Animation, Inscription * Iteration 5. First Words: From Spanish into Maya Dictionaries and the Problem of Authorship * The Thematic Scope of the Dictionaries * From Spanish into Maya * First Principles * R eligious Practices * Pedagogy * Language and Signs * G overnance * Marginal Practices 6. Commensuration: Maya as a Matrix Language Commensuration and Translingual Meaning * Fray Antonio de Ciudad Real, Exemplary Lengua 7. The Grammar of Reduccion and the Art of Speaking What Is an Arte? * The Shadow of Nebrija * Fray Juan Coronel, Arte en lengua de maya (1620) * G abriel de San Buenaventura, Arte de la lengua maya (1684) * Fray Pedro Beltran de Santa Rosa Maria, Arte de el Idioma Maya (1746) * Missionary Linguistics as a Hybrid System 8. The Canonical Word The Maya Doctrinas * What Is a Doctrina Menor? praying in maya / doctrinal dialogues / sermons Part III. Into the Breach: The Dispersion of Maya reducido 9. The Scripted Landscape What Is a Notarial Document? * L andscape as Text * Early Chronicles * The Titles of Ebtun * Bills of Sale 10. Petitions as Prayers in the Field of Reduccion Letters of the Caciques to the Crown, February 11, 1567 * L etter of the Batabs to the Crown, March 19, 1567 * Petition from Dzaptun, July 20, 1605 * Petitions from Numkini and Xecelchakan, November 1669 11. Cross Talk in the Books of Chilam Balam Doctrinal Language in the Books of Chilam Balam * True God Comes to Yucatan * The Sadness of the Christians * The Words of the Prophet Epilogue: Full Circle Notes References Cited Index
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University of California Press The Insecure American
Book SynopsisDraws on different facets of American life to map the impact of the new economy, the 'war on terror', the 'war on drugs', racial resentments, a fraying safety net, undocumented immigration, a health care system in crisis, and more.Trade Review"Highly recommended." -- A. C. Moblety ChoiceTable of ContentsForeword by Barbara Ehrenreich Acknowledgments Introduction Catherine Besteman and Hugh Gusterson Part One Fortress America 1. A nation of Gated Communities Setha M. Low 2.Warmaking as the AmericanWay of life Catherine Lutz 3. Republic of fear: The rise of Punitive Governance in America Roger N. Lancaster Part Two The New Economy 4. Neoliberalism, or The Bureaucratization of the World David Graeber 5.The Age of Wal-Mart Jane L. Collins 6. Deindustrializing Chicago: A Daughter's story Christine J.Walley 7. Racism, risk, and the new Color of Dirty Jobs Lee D. Baker Part Three Insecurity as a Profit Center 8. Normal Insecurities, Healthy Insecurities Joseph Dumit 9. Cultivating Insecurity: How Marketers Are Commercializing Childhood Juliet B. Schor Part Four The Most Vulnerable 10. Uneasy street T.M. Luhrmann 11. Body and soul: Profits from Poverty BrettWilliams 12. Useless suffering: The War on Homeless Drug Addicts Philippe Bourgois 13.Walling out Immigrants Peter Kwong Part Five Insecurity and Terror 14. Compounding Insecurity:What the neocon Core reveals about America today Janine R.Wedel 15. Deploying law as aWeapon in America'sWar on terror Susan F. Hirsch Part Six Insecurities of Body and Spirit 16. Death and Dying in Anxious America Nancy Scheper-Hughes 17. Get religion Susan Harding Notes List of Contributors Index
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University of California Press Theater in a Crowded Fire
Book SynopsisEvery summer, thousands gather from around the world in the heat of Nevada's Black Rock Desert for the seven-day celebration of art, community, and fire known as Burning Man. This ethnography of the Burning Man phenomenon explores why 'burners' come in vast numbers to transform a temporary gathering of strangers into an enduring community.Trade Review"Gimore simply nails it... the book is a model of academic writing--intelligent, concise and readable. I'll recommend this book to anyone who wants a deeper understanding of what the hell they're doing up there on the desert on Labor Day weekend." Reno News & Review "A valuable piece of original research." -- Vaughan S. Roberts Anglican Theological Review "A very engaging work." Journal Royal Anthro Inst "Containing rich descriptions of Burning Man, the book provides a clearer image of the ritual and spiritual aspect of the event." -- Beth Dougherty Oxford Journal "Worthwhile... Honest" -- Robert Furey Psycinfo/ Psyccritiques (3) "Theoretically diverse, the book explores the intersection of religion and spirituality from an innovative angle." -- Beth Dougherty Sociology Of ReligionTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Into the Zone Chapter 2. "Spiritual, but Not Religious"? Chapter 3. Ritual without Dogma Chapter 4. Desert Pilgrimage Chapter 5. Media Mecca Chapter 6. Burn-a-lujah! Appendix 1. Demography: The Face of the Festival Appendix 2. On-Line Survey Design Appendix 3. Burning Man Organization Mission Statement Notes Bibliography DVD Contents Credits Index
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University of California Press The Secret World of Doing Nothing
Book SynopsisSifting through a wide range of examples drawn from literature, published ethnographies, and firsthand research, this title probes the unobserved moments in our daily lives - waiting for a bus, daydreaming by the window, performing a routine task - and illuminates these 'empty' times as full of significance.Trade Review"[The authors] inspire readers to assess the potential mental value associated with commuting, daydreaming, completing routines, performing rituals, and more." Foreword This Week "The book provides us with timely material that may encourage us to continue to try to join up some of the dots in contemporary politics." -- Mary Evans Times Higher EducationTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Waiting Chapter 2. Routines Chapter 3. Daydreaming Chapter 4. In the Backyards of Modernity? Appendix: Doing an Ethnography of “Non-events” Notes References Index
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University of California Press The Powerful Ephemeral
Book SynopsisThe violent partitioning of British India along religious lines and communalist aggression have compelled Indian citizens to contend with the notion that an exclusive, fixed religious identity is fundamental to selfhood. This title traces the long-term healing processes of Muslim and Hindu devotees of a complex of dargahs in northwestern India.Trade Review"One of the best books on possession healing to appear, [and] on the construction of local religious culture in India." -- Frederick M. Smith, University of Iowa Religious Studies Review
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University of California Press Different Drummers
Book SynopsisFocusing on rhythm, this book offers examination of diverse black cultures across the New World. It traces the central - and contested - role of music in shaping identities, politics, social history, and artistic expression.Trade Review"A compelling interdisciplinary exploration of rhythm and sound in the circum-Caribbean." -- Kaima L. Glover Oxford Journal 20120703 "Examining Black music in the western hemisphere since slavery, this book makes clear the essential role it has played in culture, politics and social change." B.l.a.c. 20100801Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Introduction: Slaves to the Rhythm 1. Beating Back Darkness: Rhythm and Revolution in Haiti 2. Rhythm, Creolization, and Conflict in Trinidad 3. Rhythm, Music, and Literature in the French Caribbean 4. James Brown, Rhythm, and Black Power Conclusion: Listening to New World History Notes References Index
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University of California Press Manners and Mischief
Book SynopsisOffering a snapshot of Japanese society, this title examines etiquette guides, advice literature, and other such instruction for behavior from the early modern period to the present day and discovers how manners do in fact make the nation.Trade Review"With Manners and Mischief, as with their previous work, Bardsley and Miller demonstrate what commitment to serious fun can look like." -- Christine R. Yano Monumenta Nipponica "Manners and Mischief disdains frivolity and stands firm as an academic text for students serious about extending their anthropological knowledge of Japan." -- Kris Kosaka Japan Times
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University of California Press Deep China
Book SynopsisInvestigates the emotional and moral lives of the Chinese people as they adjust to the challenges of modernity. Sharing a medical anthropology and cultural psychiatry perspective, this title delves into intimate and sometimes hidden areas of personal life and social practice to observe and narrate the drama of Chinese individualization.Trade Review"Essential... This is one of the most important books on China to be published in recent years." -- Susan D. Blum, The University of Notre Dame The China Journal "This book should be highly praised... Good reading for anyone interested in Sinology, politics, economics, anthropology, sociology and mental health." -- Diana Soeiro Metapsychology Online Review "Fascinating... Deep China seeks to explore through the lenses of psychiatry and sociology the effects on the individual." -- Rui Zheng British Journal Of PsychiatryTable of ContentsPreface Introduction: Remaking the Moral Person in a New China 1. The Changing Moral Landscape Yunxiang Yan 2. From Commodity of Death to Gift of Life Jing Jun 3. China's Sexual Revolution Everett Yuehong Zhang 4. Place Attachment, Communal Memory, and the Moral Underpinnings of Gentrification in Postreform Shanghai Pan Tianshu 5. Depression: Coming of Age in China Sing Lee 6. Suicide, a Modern Problem in China Wu Fei 7. Stigma: HIV/AIDS, Mental Illness, and China's Nonpersons Guo Jinhua and Arthur Kleinman 8. Quests for Meaning Arthur Kleinman Glossary of Chinese Terms and Names Notes on Contributors Index
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University of California Press Free for All
Book SynopsisTaking us on a journey into the nation's school kitchens, this book provides a comprehensive assessment of school food in the United States. It explores the politics of food provision from multiple perspectives - history, policy, nutrition, environmental sustainability, taste, and more.Trade Review"Meticulously researched, patiently explicated, potentially groundbreaking... Should be required reading for everyone who eats food, buys food, has kids, or cares about nutrition." Bookforum "Sophisticated and nuanced." -- Michael O'Donnell The Washington Monthly "[An] excellent, informative book... Poppendieck's research is extensive and meaningful." -- Lisa Sasson Gastronomica "A masterful work of public sociology that is likely to play an important role." -- Heather Sullivan-Caitlin Teaching SociologyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: In Search of School Food 1. School Food 101 2. Food Fights: A Brief History 3. Penny Wise, Pound Foolish: What's Driving the Menu? 4. How Nutritious Are School Meals? 5. The Missing Millions: Problems of Participation 6. Hunger in the Classroom: Problems of Access 7. Free, Reduced Price, Paid: Unintended Consequences 8. Local Heroes: Fixing School Food at the Community Level Conclusion: School Food at the Crossroads Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Voicing Subjects
Book SynopsisTraces the relation between public speech and notions of personal interiority in Kathmandu. This book explores two seemingly distinct formations of voice that have emerged in the midst of the country's recent political and economic upheavals.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Author's Note on Transliteration and Pseudonyms Introduction: Public Intimacy and Voicing Subjects in Kathmandu 1. Intimate Callings and Voices of Reform: Law, Property, and Familial Love 2. Seeing Face and Hearing Voice: Tactile Vision and Signs of Presence 3. Making Waves: The Social and Political Context of FM Radio 4. Mero Katha, Mero Git: Affective Publics, Public Intimacy, and Voiced Writing 5. Diasporic Voices: Sounds of the Diaspora in Kathmandu Epilogue: Royal Victims, Voicing Subjects Notes References Index
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University of California Press Darkness before Daybreak
Book SynopsisChronicles the lives of a group of fishermen from Ghana who took the long and dangerous journey to Southern Italy in search of work in a cutthroat underground economy. Illuminating the nature of high-risk migration around the world, this title reveals the challenges and experiences of these international migrants.Trade Review"A compelling text, containing both pwerful narrative and thoughtful theoretical analyses." -- Alice Elliot * Anthropological Quarterly *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Part I. Losses and Gains in Naples 1. Clandestino 2. Migrant Work Situations 3. Suffering in a Globalized World Part II. The Journey to Europe 4. The Mediterranean Passage 5. The Maghreb Connection: Libya and a Desert to Cross Part III. In the Village of the Lost Captains 6. The Guan of Senya Beraku 7. The Body Stays, but the Soul Returns Conclusion Epilogue: Living on the Moon References
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University of California Press Blue Jeans
Book SynopsisFocuses on an everyday item - blue jeans - to learn what one simple article of clothing can tell us about our individual and social lives and challenging, by extension, the foundational anthropological presumption of the normative.Trade Review"Blue Jeans provides a useful introduction to sociological theories and methodologies; it would be an ideal text for students." -- Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell OrnamentTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Life 2. Relationships 3. Fashion 4. Comfortable 5. Ordinary 6. The Struggle for Ordinary 7. Anthropology: From Normative to Ordinary 8. Sociology: The Ordinary and the Routine Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Taiko Boom
Book SynopsisWith its thunderous sounds and dazzling choreography, Japanese taiko drumming has captivated audiences in Japan and across the world, making it one of the most successful performing arts to emerge from Japan in the past century. This book explores the origins of taiko in the early postwar period and its popularization over the following decades.Trade Review"Destined to be a classic text... Those who really want to know Japanese drumming will find this book essential." -- Stan Shikuma International Examiner "Thorough... Recommended." -- D.J. Schmalenberger, McNally Smith College of Music Choice "Well researched, immensely detailed, this may well be the last word, or sound, on the subject for a long time." Japan TimesTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Note on Translation, Japanese Names, and Romanization Introduction Part One. The Emergence and Popularization of Taiko 1. Taiko Drums and Taiko Drum Makers 2. Genealogies of Taiko I: Osuwa Daiko, Sukeroku Daiko, Ondekoza 3. Genealogies of Taiko II: Ondekoza to Kodo 4. Placing Ensemble Taiko in Japan: Festival Creation and the Taiko Boom Part Two. Discourses of Contemporary Taiko 5. (Dis)Locating Drumming: Taiko Training, Embodiment, and the Aesthetics of Race and Place 6. Woman Unbound? Body and Gender in Japanese Taiko 7. The Sound of Militarism? New Texts, Old Nationalism, and the Disembodiment of Taiko Technique Epilogue: Taiko at Home and Abroad Notes References Index
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University of California Press Royal Fever
Book SynopsisExplores how and why consumers around the world leverage a wide range of products, services, and experiences to satisfy their fascination with the British Royal Family brand. This book focuses on the important role the Royal Family continues to play in many people's lives and its ongoing contribution as a pillar of iconic British culture.Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Preface Acknowledgments Proclaimed English/British Monarchs:1066-Present Key Events in the British Royal Family since 1981 Introduction: The Politics and Business of Monarchy 1 * The Magnetism of the Monarchy 2 * The Roots of Royal Fever 3 * "A Head Full of Royal": Margaret Tyler's Majestic World 4 * The Face on the Tea Towels: The Global Quest for Diana 5 * Pomp and Popcorn: The British Royal Family on Stage and Screen 6 * Marketing the Monarchy 7 * Storying the Monarchy: Royal Tourism and Historic Royal Palaces 8 * Weekends in Windsor: Castles, China, and Corgis
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University of California Press Rifle Reports
Book SynopsisOn August 17, 1945, Indonesia proclaimed its independence from Dutch colonial rule. Five years later, the Republic of Indonesia was recognized as a unified, sovereign state. This title traces the variously tangled and perhaps incompletely understood ways that Karo women and men contributed to the founding of the Indonesian nation.Trade Review"Fascinating ... Mary Steedly moves away from the conventional narrative histories of the period, which have generally reflected the perspective of male revolutionaries and leaders, to a more deeply textured portrayal of the experiences of ordinary people during the independence struggle." -- Audrey Kahin IndonesiaTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Technical Notes Introduction: The Outskirts of the Nation 1. The Golden Bridge 2. Buried Guns 3. Imagining Independence 4. Eager Girls 5. Sea of Fire 6. Letting Loose the Water Buffaloes 7. The Memory Artist Conclusion: The Sense of an Ending Appendix 1: List of Informants Appendix 2: Glossary and Abbreviations Appendix 3: Time Line Notes References Index of Informants General Index
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University of California Press Environmental Winds
Book SynopsisChallenges the notion that globalized social formations emerged solely in the Global North prior to impacting the Global South. This book brings the reader into the lives of Chinese scientists, officials, villagers, and expatriate conservationists who were caught up in environmental trends over the past years.Trade Review"A well-crafted and lucidly written book... Its delightful ethnographic insights and sharp concepts will be of great value in introducing ... new ways of thinking about China." Journal of Historical Geography "Theoretically nuanced, empirically grounded, and written in accessible prose." The China QuarterlyTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Chapter One: Environmental Winds Chapter Two: Fleeting Intersections and Transnational Work Chapter Three: The Art of Engagement Chapter Four: Making an Indigenous Space Chapter Five: On the Backs of Elephants Conclusion Notes Glossary Bibliography
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University of California Press Poverty in America
Book SynopsisThe United States is among the most affluent nations in the world and has its largest economy; nevertheless, it has more poverty than most countries with similar standards of living. This title includes discussions of poverty in the context of the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street movements and chapters on the Great Recession and global poverty.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Early Views of Poverty in America 2. Methods of Measuring Poverty 3. Characteristics of the Poverty Population 4. Global Poverty 5. Causes of Poverty 6. The Great Recession 7. Poverty and Policy Conclusion Notes References Index
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University of California Press Malignant
Book SynopsisCancer can kill: this fact makes it concrete. Still, it's a devious knave. Nearly every American will experience it up-close and all too personally, wondering why the billions of research dollars thrown at the word haven't exterminated it from the English language. This title deals with this cancer.Trade Review"Brilliant." -- Barbara Kiser Nature "A whip-smart read." -- Becky Lang Discover "A dark journey into cancer as it is understood, diagnosed and treated in America today." Kirkus "The book effortlessly combines the author's roles as a first-person participant in cancer diagnosis and an anthropological authority on why we Americans tolerate high rates of cancer." http://www.publicbooks.org/nonfiction/cancers-poison-gift Public Books "Malignant is a wonderful book... In this candid and critical analysis, [Jain]... eloquently captures the ambiguity and uncertainty that undergird every aspect of cancer." Journal of Anthropological ResearchTable of ContentsIntroduction: We Just Don't Know It Yet 1. Living in Prognosis: The Firing Squad of Statistics 2. Poker Face: Gaming a Lifespan 3. Cancer Butch: Trip Up the Fast Lane 4. Lost Chance: Medical Mistakes 5. The Mortality Effect: The Future in Cancer Trials 6. Inconceivable: Where IVF Goes Bad 7. Can Sir: What Screening Doesn't Do 8. Fallout: Minuets in the Key of Fear 9. Rubble: Bakelite Bodies Conclusion: Shameless Acknowledgments Notes Index
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University of California Press Migrants in Translation
Book SynopsisPresents an ethnographic reflection on foreign migration, mental health, and cultural translation in Italy. This book addresses the legal, therapeutic, and moral techniques of recognition and cultural translation that emerge in response to these social uncertainties.Trade Review"Pleasant reading and a useful piece of research." -- Marco Santello H-Net "Stimulating and insightful ... a rich ethnography; [and] an important scholarly contribution." -- Staff Allegra Lab "A fundamental contribution to uncovering the moral logics of conditional inclusion that use "recognition" as a tool to define, and prescribe, the right place for immigrants in society." -- Francesco Vacchiano Transcultural Psychiatry This book is an original and important contribution to our understanding of the politics of humanitarianism, citizenship, and cultural difference in contemporary Italy... a must read. Migration StudiesTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction ONE. ENTERING THE SCENE: THE WALLS 1. On the Tightrope of Culture 2. Decolonizing Treatment in Psychiatry TWO. ENTERING THE SCENE: THE IMMIGRATION OFFICE 3. Ambivalent Inclusion: Psychiatrists, Nuns, and Bureaucrats in Conversation THREE. ENTERING THE SCENE: THE POLICE OFFICE 4. Denuncia: The Subject Verbalized FOUR. ENTERING THE SCENE: THE SHELTER 5. Paradoxes of Redemption: Translating Selves and Experimenting with Conversion FIVE. REENTERING THE SCENE: THE CLINIC 6. Tragic Translations: "I am afraid of falling. Speak well of me, speak well for me" EPILOGUE: OTHER SCENES Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Technology as Human Social Tradition
Book SynopsisOutlines a novel approach to studying variability and cumulative change in human technology prominent research themes in both archaeology and anthropology. This book argues that human material culture is best understood as an expression of social tradition.Trade Review"Peter Jordan has written what I believe will come to be recognised as one of the most influential books in evolutionary anthropology and archaeology of this decade. It is important as it nimbly engages with what is arguably the fundamental concern of a significant number of social anthropologists and archaeologists, that of how the complex interactions between social structure and human agency contribute to the development of cultural traditions." AntiquityTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Note on Data Sets 1. Introduction 2. Methodology 3. Northwest Siberia 4. Pacific Northwest Coast 5. Northern California 6. Conclusions Appendix: Mantel Matrix Correlations References Index
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University of California Press Technology as Human Social Tradition
Book SynopsisOutlines a novel approach to studying variability and cumulative change in human technology prominent research themes in both archaeology and anthropology. This book argues that human material culture is best understood as an expression of social tradition.Trade Review"Peter Jordan has written what I believe will come to be recognised as one of the most influential books in evolutionary anthropology and archaeology of this decade. It is important as it nimbly engages with what is arguably the fundamental concern of a significant number of social anthropologists and archaeologists, that of how the complex interactions between social structure and human agency contribute to the development of cultural traditions." AntiquityTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Note on Data Sets 1. Introduction 2. Methodology 3. Northwest Siberia 4. Pacific Northwest Coast 5. Northern California 6. Conclusions Appendix: Mantel Matrix Correlations References Index
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University of California Press Global Latin America
Book SynopsisLatin America is home to emerging global powers such as Brazil and Mexico and has important links to other titans including China, India, and Africa. This book examines a range of historical events and cultural forms in Latin America that continue to influence peoples' lives far outside the region.Table of ContentsList of Figures INTRODUCING THE GLOBAL SQUARE BOOK SERIES Matthew Gutmann and Jeffrey Lesser Acknowledgments Chasing Che: Introduction to Global Latin America Jeffrey Lesser and Matthew Gutmann PART ONE: THE LATIN AMERICAN PAST IN THE GLOBAL PRESENT Introduction 1 • Looking at the Past and the Future without Fear: An Interview with Ricardo Lagos Matthew Gutmann 2 • The Conversion of Francis: The First Latin American Pope and the Women He Needs Nancy Scheper-Hughes and Jennifer Scheper Hughes 3 • Fidel Castro: The First Superdelegate Greg Grandin Poem: “Cruces de fronteras / Border Crossings” Renato Rosaldo 4 • From Illustrating Problems to Offering Solutions: Latin America as a Global Source of Social Innovation Gabriel Hetland and Peter Evans Manga: “Che Guevara” Kiyoshi Konno and Chie Shimano PART TWO: TONGUES AND FEET Introduction 5 • Borges’s Library: Latin America, Language, and the World Paja Faudree and Daniel Suslak 6 • Love, Protest, Dance, Remix Michelle Bigenho Poem: “Lo prohibido” Renato Rosaldo 7 • Breaking the Machine: South American Fútbol Brenda Elsey 8 • Roy Choi, Ricardo Zárate, and Pacific Fusion Cuisine in Los Angeles Sarah Portnoy and Jeffrey M. Pilcher PART THREE: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND HEALTH Introduction 9 • The Rise of Brazil’s Globally Connected Amazon Soybean Agriculture Christopher Neill and Marcia N. Macedo 10 • Constructing Parallels: Brazilian Experts in Mozambique Wendy Wolford and Ryan Nehring Poem: “Perfecto Flores” Renato Rosaldo 11 • A Long Strange Trip: Latin America’s Contribution to World Drug Culture Paul Gootenberg PART FOUR: COMMUNITIES Introduction Introduction to Rigoberta Menchú Tum 12 • Nobel Lecture Rigoberta Menchú Tum 13 • Sex Worker Activism and Labor Denise Brennan Poem: “Ajustes familiares / Family Adjustments” Renato Rosaldo 14 • Latin American Travel: The Other Side of Tourism Encounters Florence E. Babb 15 • Brazil Circles the Globe Ruben George Oliven PART FIVE: ART MOVES THE WORLD Introduction 16 • The Latin American Novel as International Merchandise Ilan Stavans 17 • Traveling Melodrama: Telenovelas and Exporting Southern Moralities; or, How Can Something So Bad Still Be So Good? O. Hugo Benavides Poem: “Los invisibles / Invisibility” Renato Rosaldo 18 • The Girl from Shinjuku: How a Japanese Brazilian Diva Keeps Bossa Nova Alive in China Fabiano Maisonnave 19 • “More than a Nationality”: An Interview with Gael García Bernal about Latin American Cinema and the World Alma Guillermoprieto About the Editors and Contributors Index
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University of California Press Driving After Class
Book SynopsisSet in a New Jersey suburb outside New York City, the author takes us into people's homes; their community meetings, where they debate security gates and school redistricting; and even their cars, to offer an intimate view of the tensions and uncertainties of being middle class at that time.Trade Review"Rachel Heiman displays great talent for squeezing ingenious and often compelling meanings out of everyday events. This, of course, is precisely the stuff of anthropology, the study of the ordinary... Heiman has done signal service by showing us how neoliberal sensibilities are inculcated and enacted in the banalities of daily life, an analysis that can give us clues about where to work for change." American Ethnologist "There is much to like about this book. What Heiman does particularly well is write with compassion and respect while maintaining her critical voice... Heiman takes the worries of the people of Danboro seriously and shows us their world as they see it. The book is better for it." American Journal of Sociology "Historically informed and attentive to local specificity, Heiman's book stands as a valuable exemplar of what native ethnography can look like and illustrates the value of turning the anthropological lens on a population often regarded as normative or against which others are created." North American Dialogue "We want these voices to matter because Heiman has engaged the most recent iteration of a central debate in U.S. history" Journal of the American Ethnological Society "One of the strengths of Driving after Class is Heiman's development of the vivid term "rugged entitlement." In many ways, rugged entitlement is the classed extension of the "American spirit," a structure of feeling that is pervasive in middle-class suburbs like Danboro." Contemporary Sociology "Clearly written and argued, this ethnography explores what it was like to be a middle-class American in the 1990s." Anthropologica "Heiman adopts a unique approach: she seeks to unearth the middle-class subjectivities produced out of, and fueling, these competing trends." American Sociological AssociationTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xv 1. Introduction: Common Sense in Anxious Times 1 2. Being Post-Brooklyn 33 3. Gate Expectations 70 4. Driving after Class 104 5. Vehicles for Rugged Entitlement 141 6. From White Flight to Community Might 171 7. A Conclusion, or Rather, a Commencement 219 Notes 233 References 233 Index 275
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University of California Press Beyond Bioethics
Book SynopsisFor decades, the field of bioethics has shaped the way we think about ethical problems in science, technology, and medicine. But its traditional emphasis on individual interests such as doctor-patient relationships, informed consent, and personal autonomy is minimally helpful in confronting the social and political challenges posed by new human biotechnologies such as assisted reproduction, human genetic modification, and DNA forensics.Beyond Bioethicsaddresses these provocative issues from an emerging standpoint that is attentive to race, gender, class, disability, privacy, and notions of democracya new biopolitics. This authoritative volume provides an overview for those grappling with the profound dilemmas posed by these developments. It brings together the work of cutting-edge thinkers from diverse fields of study and public engagement, all of them committed to this new perspective grounded in social justice and public interest values.Trade Review"A useful contribution. Gives both a name and a direction to a more socially conscious ethical and political framework to the controversial issues posed by developments in genomics." * Metapsychology Online Reviews *"With the rapid development of new biotechnologies like CRISPR, Beyond Bioethics makes a timely call for a novel take on bioethics capable of addressing the significant sociopolitical implications of these technologies. . . . Bridging together thinkers across the humanities and sciences divide, Beyond Bioethics models a progressive, interdisciplinary approach to bioethics that extends beyond a focus on the individual toward a 'new biopolitics' of the global, the collective." * Somatosphere *"As an argument for a particular focus in bioethics, with each chapter serving as a case providing an example of this focus, Beyond Bioethics is convincing. . . . covers a lot of theoretical ground, and is clear and enjoyable to read without sacrificing intelligence. It will certainly spark both scholarly discussion and student interest." * Quarterly Review of Biology *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword by Troy Duster Acknowledgments Note to Readers Introduction - Osagie K. Obasogie and Marcy Darnovsky Part I. The Biopolitical Critique of Bioethics: Historical Context 1. The Biological Inferiority of the Undeserving Poor - Michael B. Katz 2. Making Better Babies: Public Health and Race Betterment in Indiana, 1920–1935 - Alexandra Minna Stern 3. Eugenics and the Nazis: The California Connection - Edwin Black 4. Why the Nazis Studied American Race Law for Inspiration - James Q. Whitman 5. Constructing Normalcy: The Bell Curve, the Novel, and the Invention of the Disabled Body in the Nineteenth Century - Lennard J. Davis 6. The Eugenics Legacy of the Nobelist Who Fathered IVF - Osagie K. Obasogie Part II. Bioethics and its Discontents 7. A Sociological Account of the Growth of Principlism - John H. Evans 8. Why a Feminist Approach to Bioethics? - Margaret Olivia Little 9. Disability Rights Approach toward Bioethics? - Gregor Wolbring 10. Differences from Somewhere: The Normativity of Whiteness in Bioethics in the United States - Catherine Myser 11. Bioethical Silence and Black Lives - Derek Ayeh 12. The Ethicists - Carl Elliott Part II. Emerging Biotechnologies, Extreme Ideologies: The Recent Past and Near Future 13. The Genome as Commons - Tom Athanasiou and Marcy Darnovsky 14. Yuppie Eugenics - Ruth Hubbard and Stuart Newman 15. Brave New Genome - Eric S. Lander 16. Can We Cure Genetic Diseases without Slipping into Eugenics? - Nathaniel Comfort 17. Cyborg Soothsayers of the High-Tech Hogwash Emporia: In Amsterdam with the Singularity - Corey Pein Part IV. Markets, Property, and The Body 18. Flacking for Big Pharma - Harriet A. Washington 19. Your Body, Their Property - Osagie K. Obasogie 20. Where Babies Come From: Supply and Demand in an Infant Marketplace - Debora Spar 21. Dear Facebook, Please Don’t Tell Women to Lean In to Egg Freezing - Jessica Cussins 22. The Miracle Woman - Rebecca Skloot Part V. Patients As Consumers in The Gene Age 23. What Is Your DNA Worth? - David Dobbs 24. Should Patients Understand That They Are Research Subjects? - Jenny Reardon 25. Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Tests Should Come with a Health Warning - Jessica Cussins 26. Genetic Testing for All Women? Not a Solution to the Breast Cancer Epidemic - Karuna Jaggar 27. Welcome, Freshmen: DNA Swabs, Please - Troy Duster 28. Me Medicine - Donna Dickenson 29. Public Health in the Precision-Medicine Era - Ronald Bayer and Sandro Galea Part VI. Seeking Humanity in Human Subjects Research 30. Medical Exploitation: Inmates Must Not Become Guinea Pigs Again - Allen M. Hornblum and Osagie K. Obasogie 31. The Body Hunters - Marcia Angell 32. Guinea-Pigging - Carl Elliott 33. Human Enhancement and Experimental Research in the Military - Efthimios Parasidis 34. Non-Consenting Adults - Harriet A. Washington Part VII. Baby-Making in The Biotech Age 35. Generation I.V.F.: Making a Baby in the Lab—10 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me - Miriam Zoll 36. Queering the Fertility Clinic - Laura Mamo 37. Reproductive Tourism: Equality Concerns in the Global Market for Fertility Services - Lisa Chiyemi Ikemoto 38. Make Me a Baby as Fast as You Can - Douglas Pet 39. Let’s Get Rid of the Secrecy in Donor-Conceived Families - Naomi Cahn and Wendy Kramer Part VIII. Selecting Traits, Selecting Children 40. Disability Equality and Prenatal Testing: Contradictory or Compatible? - Adrienne Asch 41. The Bleak New World of Prenatal Genetics - Marcy Darnovsky and Alexandra Minna Stern 42. Have New Prenatal Tests Been Dangerously Oversold? - Beth Daley 43. Sex Selection and the Abortion Trap - Mara Hvistendahl 44. A Baby, Please: Blond, Freckles—Hold the Colic - Gautam Naik Part IX. Reinventing Race in The Gene Age 45. Straw Men and Their Followers: The Return of Biological Race - Evelynn M. Hammonds 46. The Problem with Race-Based Medicine - Dorothy Roberts 47. Race in a Bottle - Jonathan Kahn 48. The Science and Business of Genetic Ancestry Testing - Deborah A. Bolnick et al. 49. All That Glitters Isn’t Gold - Osagie K. Obasogie and Troy Duster 50. High-Tech, High-Risk Forensics - Osagie K. Obasogie Part X. Biopolitics and The Future 51. Die, Selfish Gene, Diem - David Dobbs 52. Toward Race Impact Assessments - Osagie K. Obasogie 53. Human Genetic Engineering Demands More Than a Moratorium - Sheila Jasanoff, J. Benjamin Hurlbut, and Krishanu Saha 54. “Moral Meanings of an Altogether Different Kind”: Progressive Politics in the Biotech Age - Marcy DarnovskyAfterword by Patricia J. Williams List of Contributors Index
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University of California Press Hiding in Plain Sight
Book SynopsisTells the story of the global effort to apprehend the world's most wanted fugitives. This book explores the range of diplomatic and military strategies-both successful and unsuccessful - that states and international courts have adopted to pursue and capture war crimes suspects.Trade Review"In Hiding in Plain Sight: The Pursuit of War Criminals from Nuremberg to the War on Terror, Eric Stover, Victor Peskin and Alexa Koenig combine meticulous historical and legal research to trace the global search for war criminals from Adolf Eichmann to Ratko Mladic, Saddam Hussein to Osama bin Laden. Beginning by detailing the legal and humanitarian precedents set by the Nuremberg Trials and the Geneva Convention, and ending with a critique of the United States' moral negation during the so-called 'War on Terror', this book is essential for readers looking to understand why crimes against humanity so frequently go unpunished." -- Esther Adaire LSE Review of BooksTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Introduction: The Promise of International Justice Part One 2. To Nuremberg and Beyond 3. The Hunters and the Hunted 4. Pursuing the Last Nazi War Criminals Part Two 5. Balkan Fugitives, International Prosecutors 6. Tracking Rwanda's Genocidaires 7. Hybrid Tribunals: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally Part Three 8. International Criminal Court: At the Mercy of States 9. The "War on Terror" and Its Legacy 10. Epilogue: The Future of Global Justice Notes Selected Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Haunting Images
Book SynopsisBased on years of careful ethnographic fieldwork in Hanoi, this book offers an account of the moral quandaries that accompany innovations in biomedical technology. Arguing for more sustained anthropological attention to human quests for belonging, it addresses existential questions of love and loss that concern us all.Trade Review"This deft and often moving volume makes a signature contribution to the growing anthropological literature on Vietnam ... Keenly observed and compellingly written." -- Martha Lincoln Medicine Anthropology Theory "Beautifully written ... of interest to scholar's in Asian, women's, and gender studies and anthropology, reproductive health, and disability studies." CHOICE "This is a powerful, haunting cultural account of selective reproduction in Vietnam. I encourage each reader to think through what this means and what this tells us about pregnancy management throughout the world." -- Barbara Katz Rothman Sociology of Health & Illness "This is a moving ethnography that 'haunts' the reader long thereafter... Daring and promising." -- Catalina Tesar Social Anthropology "Powerful, heart-wrenching, and beautifully written ... As anthropology, the book is also a fine example of the ethnographer's craft... Highly recommended." -- Erik Harms Journal of Southeast Asian Studies "Fascinating and powerful ... Haunting Images is an outstanding piece of scholarship that brings new dimensions to thinking about key themes in social theory." -- Tsipy Ivry Medical Antrhopology Quarterly "Beautifully written ... a must read." -- Ann Marie Leshkowich American EthnologistTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Prologue: Haunting Decisions Introduction: Choice as Belonging 1. Sonographic Imaging and Selective Reproduction in Hanoi 2. A Collectivizing Biopolitics 3. Precarious Maternal Belonging 4. "Like a Loving Mother": Moral Engagements in Medical Worlds 5. "How Have We Lived?" Accounting for Reproductive Misfortune 6. Beyond Knowledge: Everyday Encounters with Disability 7. Questions of Conscience Conclusion: Toward an Anthropology of Belonging Appendix: Core Cases Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Thinking Globally
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPREFACE: A Friendly Introduction to Global Studies A. INTRODUCTION 1. THINKING GLOBALLY What is globalization and how do we make sense of it? Manfred Steger, "Globalization: A Contested Concept," from Globalization: A Very Short Introduction Thomas Friedman, "The World is Ten Years Old," from The Lexus and the Olive Tree Paul James, "Approaches to Globalization," Encyclopedia of Global Studies Steven Weber, "How Globalization Went Bad," from Foreign Policy 2. GLOBALIZATION OVER TIME Globalization has a history--the current global era is prefaced by periods of economic interaction, social expansion, and intense cultural encounters. William McNeill, "Globalization: Long-Term Process or New Era in Human Affairs?" in New Global Studies Jane Burbank and Frederick Cooper, "Imperial Trajectories," in Empires in World History Immanuel Wallerstein, "On the Study of Social Change," in The Modern World System Dominic Sachsenmeier, "Movements and Patterns: Environments of Global History" in Global Perspectives on Global History B. THE MARCH OF GLOBALIZATION--BY REGIONS 3. AFRICA: THE RISE OF ETHNIC POLITICS IN A GLOBAL WORLD The impact of the slave trade and colonialization on Africa, influence of African culture on the Americas, and African aspects of the global rise of ethnic politics. Nayan Chanda, "The African Beginning," in Bound Together Dilip Hiro, "Slavery," in Encyclopedia of Global Studies Jeffrey Haynes, "Africa Diaspora Religions," from Encyclopedia of Global Studies Jacob Olupona, from "Thinking Globally About African Religion," in The Oxford Handbook of Global Religion Okwudiba Nnoli, "The Cycle of 'State-Ethnicity-State' in African Politics," from MOST Ethno-Net Africa 4. THE MIDDLE EAST: RELIGIOUS POLITICS AND ANTI-GLOBALIZATION The rise of global religious cultures from the Middle East, and current religious politics as part of a global challenge to secularism. Mohammed Bamyeh, "The Ideology of the Horizons" in The Social Origins of Islam Said Arjomand, "Thinking Globally About Islam," in Oxford Handbook of Global Religion Jonathan Fox, "Are Middle East Conflicts More Religious?" in Middle East Quarterly Barah Mikail, "Religion and Politics in Arab Transitions," FRIDE policy brief 5. SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA: THE FLOW OF TRADE AND CULTURE The spread of Asian cultures from India and Central Asia via trade routes; the role of South Asia in global trade and information technology. Richard Foltz, "The Silk Road and Its Travelers" in Religions of the Silk Road Morris Rossabi, "The Early Mongols," in Khublai Khan: His Life and Times Vasudha Narayanan, "Hinduism" in The Encyclopedia of Global Studies Barbara D. Metcalf and Thomas R. Metcalf, "Revolt, the Modern State, and Colonized Subjects 1848-1885" in A Concise History of India Carol Upadhya and A.R. Vasavi, "Outposts of the Global Information Economy" in In an Outpost of the Global Economy: Work and Workers in India's Technology Industry 6. EAST ASIA: GLOBAL ECONOMIC EMPIRES The role of East Asia in global economic history, and the rise of new economies in China, Japan, and South Korea based on global trade. Kenneth Pomeranz, "Exotic Goods and the Velocity of Fashion," in The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy Andre Gunder Frank, "The 21st Century Will Be Asian" from The Nikkei Weekly Steven Radelet, Jeffrey Sachs, and Jong-Wha Lee, "Economic Growth in Asia" in Emerging Asia Ho-fung Hung, "Is the Rise of China Sustainable?" China and the Transformation of Global Capitalism 7. SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC: THE EDGES OF GLOBALIZATION The emergence of Southeast Asia from colonial control; the rise of Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands on the edges of globalization. Georges Coedes, "Conclusion," in The Indianized States of Southeast Asia Benedict Anderson, "The Last Wave," in Imagined Communities Sucheng Chan, "Vietnam, 1945-2001: The Global Dimensions of Decolonization, War, Revolution, and Refugee Outflows." Celeste Lipow MacLeod, "Asian Connections," in Multiethnic Australia: Its History and Future Joel Robbins, "Pacific Islands Religious Communities, in Oxford Handbook of Global Religion 8. EUROPE AND RUSSIA: NATIONALISM AND TRANSNATIONALISM The role of Europe in creating the concept of the nation, transnational politics in the Soviet Union, and the rise of the European Union. Peter Stearns, "The 1850s as Turning Point: The Birth of Globalization?" in Globalization in World History Eric Hobsbawm, "The Nation as Novelty," from Nations and Nationalism since 1780 Seyla Benhabib, "Citizens, Residents, and Aliens in a Changing World" from The Postnational Self Odd Arne Wested, "The Empire of Justice: Soviet Ideology and Foreign Interventions" in The Global Cold War Jurgen Habermas, "Citizenship and National Identity: Some Reflections on the Future of Europe" in Praxis International 9: THE AMERICAS: DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES The European conquest of the Americas, the rise of new societies, and varying patterns of economic development within a global context. Charles C. Mann, "Prologue," 1493: Discovering the New World Columbus Created Tzvetan Todorov, "Conquest: The Reasons for the Victory," in The Conquest of America Francis Fukuyama, "Introduction" in Falling Behind: Explaining the Development Gap Between Latin America and the United States Denis Lynn Daly Heyck, "Introduction" in Surviving Globalization in Three Latin American Communities C. TRANSNATIONAL GLOBAL ISSUES 10. GLOBAL FORCES IN THE NEW WORLD ORDER Paradigms for thinking about the new world order (or disorder) in the post-Cold War global era. Benjamin Barber, "Introduction" from Jihad vs. McWorld Samuel Huntington, "The New Era in World Politics-A Multipolar, Multicivilizational World," from The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri, "Preface" to Empire Saskia Sassen, "Cities," Encyclopedia of Global Studies 11. THE EROSION OF THE NATION-STATE The fading strength of the nation-state and the rise of alternative conceptions of world order. Kenichi Ohmae, "The Cartographic Illusion" from The End of the Nation-State Susan Strange, "The Westfailure System" from Review of International Studies Zygmunt Bauman, "After the Nation-State, What?" in Globalization: The Human Consequences. William Robinson, "The Transnational State" from A Theory of Global Capitalism 12. RELIGIOUS POLITICS AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER The religious challenge to the secular state in new conceptions of political order. Monica Duffy Toft, Daniel Philpott, Timothy Samuel Shah, "The Twenty-First Century as God's Century," in God's Century: Resurgent Religion and Global Politics Mark Juergensmeyer, "Religion in the New Global Order" Olivier Roy, "Al Qaeda and the New Terrorists" from Globalized Islam: The Search for a New Ummah Richard Falk, "Gaining Perspectives on the Present," from Religion and Humane Global Governance 13. TRANSNATIONAL ECONOMY AND GLOBAL LABOR Economic globalization-- its relation to national economies, the growth of transnational corporations, and the changing role of labor. Richard P. Appelbaum, "Outsourcing," in The Encyclopedia of Global Studies Nelson Lichtenstein, "The Wal-Mart Template for Global Capitalism" in New Labor Forum Robert B. Reich, "Who is Us?" Jagdish Bhagwati, from "Two Critiques of Globalization," in In Defense of Globalization Joseph Stiglitz, from "The Way Ahead" in Globalization and its Discontents 14. GLOBAL FINANCE AND FINANCIAL INEQUALITY Changes in the concept of money and international financial markets. Benjamin J. Cohen, "Money in International Affairs" from The Geography of Money Stephen J. Kobrin, "Electronic Cash and the End of National Markets" from USIA Electronic Journal Glenn Firebaugh, "Massive Global Income Inequality," in The New Geography of Global Income Inequality Dani Rodrik, "Globalization for Whom?" Harvard Magazine 15. DEVELOPMENT AND THE ROLE OF WOMEN Competing views of development and the role of women in the global economy. Alvin Y. So, "Conclusion" from Social Change and Development Mayra Buvinic, "Women in Poverty: A New Global Underclass" from Foreign Policy pop Kum Kum Bhavnani, John Foran, Priya Kuriyan, Debashish Munshi, "From the Edges of Development" from On the Edges of Development: Cultural Interventions 16. THE HIDDEN GLOBAL ECONOMY OF SEX AND DRUGS Illegal traffic in people and drugs, and the global attempts to control them. David Shirk, "Introduction," The Drug War in Mexico: Confronting a Common Threat Eduardo Porter, "Numbers Tell of Failure in Drug War," New York Times Kevin Bales, from "The New Slavery," in Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy Barbara Ehrenreich and Arlie Russell Hochschild, "Introduction" Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the Global Economy 17. GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH CRISES The principal environmental and health problems that transcend national boundaries and global attempts to alleviate them. Catherine Gautier, "Climate Change," Encyclopedia of Global Studies Ron Fujita, "Turning the Tide," in Heal the Ocean: Solutions for Saving our Seas Hakan Seckinelgin, "HIV/AIDS" in Encyclopedia of Global Studies 18. GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA The role of new media--video, internet, social networking--on global culture and organization. Yudhishthir Raj Isar, "Global Culture and Media," from The Encyclopedia of Global Studies Michael Curtin, "Media Capital in Chinese Film and Television" in Playing to the World's Biggest Audience: The Globalization of Chinese Film and TV Natana DeLong-Bas, "The New Social Media and the Arab Spring," Oxford Islamic Studies Online Pippa Norris, "The Worldwide Digital Divide," Harvard University Kennedy School of Government 19. THE GLOBAL MOVEMENT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS Transnational networks supporting human rights and legal protection for all. Micheline Ishay, "Globalization and Its Impact," The History of Human Rights: From Ancient Times to the Globalization Era Alison Brysk, "Transnational Threats and Opportunities," in Globalization and Human Rights Eve Darian-Smith , "Human Rights as an Ethic of Progress," in Laws and Societies in Global Contexts: Contemporary Approaches David Held, "Changing Forms of Global Order," Cosmopolitanism 20. THE FUTURE OF GLOBAL CIVIL SOCIETY The emerging sense of global citizenship, and nongovernmental organizations and movements comprising a new "global civil society"--is this the global future? Mary Kaldor, "Social Movements, NGOs and Networks" from Global Civil Society Jan Nederveen Pieterse, "Shaping Globalization" in Global Futures Giles Gunn, "Being Other-Wise" from Ideas to Die for: Cosmopolitanism in a Global Era Kwame Anthony Appiah, "Making Conversation" from Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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University of California Press Secure the Soul
Book SynopsisShuttles between the life of Mateo, a born-again, ex-gang member in Guatemala and the gang prevention programs that work so hard to keep him alive. This book uncovers the Christian underpinnings of Central American security.Trade Review"Extensively researched." Books & Culture "O'Neill's field work ... throughout the book, is impressive.; [Secure the Soul] opens up a range of important conversations." -- Jill DeTemple Marginalia - LA Review of Books "A deeply sensitive ethnography ... a watershed moment not only for students of Guatemala, but also for Latin Americanists, scholars of Evangelical Christianity, and critics of the national security state." -- Chris Garces Journal of Latin American and Caribbean AnthropologyTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Prologue Introduction Forgiveness 1. Insecurities Hamsters 2. Reality Pangs 3. A Calling Service 4. Left Behind Captivity 5. Forsaken Adrift Epilogue Acknowledgments Appendix: Notes on Research Notes Reference List Index
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University of California Press Gods Agents
Book SynopsisThe British and Foreign Bible Society is one of the most illustrious Christian charities in the United Kingdom. This title offers a study of how religion goes public in today's world. It traces how a small group of socially committed Christians tackle the challenge of publicity within (what they understand to be) a largely secular culture.Trade Review"...The book thoroughly whets the appetites of those deeply interested in political theology and the place of reason in its public outworking." -- Brian Auten The Calvinist International "Excellent... God's Agents can be read as something of a sequel to Engelke's first book, no matter how different contemporary England may seem to be in comparison with Zimbabwe." Anthropological QuarterlyTable of ContentsA NOTE TO THE READER ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PREFACE INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE. Angels in Swindon: On the Production of Ambient Faith CHAPTER TWO. The Semiotics of Relevance: Campaigning to Culture CHAPTER THREE. Kingdom and Christendom CHAPTER FOUR. Doing God: Theos and Public Theology CHAPTER FIVE. Good Trouble and Good Timing: The Theology of Publicity CHAPTER SIX. Reasonable Religion CONCLUSION REFERENCES
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University of California Press Becoming Salmon
Book SynopsisExplores how the growth of marine domestication has blurred traditional distinctions between fish and animals, recasting farmed fish as sentient beings, capable of feeling pain and subject to animal-welfare legislation. This book focuses on the fragile and contingent relational practices that constitute salmon aquaculture.Trade Review"The book is both a keenly insightful exploration of the mutual effect of salmon and the people who raise them, and an engaging love letter to ethnography, which illuminates the ways in which such work can expand the boundaries of how we think about vexing issues of science and society... Here is anthropology that speaks to all of us about our food systems and the animals caught up in them, and about the inevitability of uncertainty, offered with no closure and with a masterly voice." Times Literary Supplement "A timely contribution... Overall, Becoming Salmon is a detailed and illuminating study of a rapidly growing industry, offering key insights into the practices of care that literally bring fish as food animals to, and through, life." Anthropology of Work Review
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University of California Press Email from Ngeti
Book SynopsisWhen the anthropologist returns to Kenya to begin fieldwork for a new research project, he meets a young man from the Taita Hills who is as interested in the United States as Smith is in Taita. This book tells the story of sorcery, redemption, and transnational friendship in the globalized twenty-first century.Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments ix 1 Emails from the Field: An Introduction 2 English Makes You See Far 3 God Helps Those That Help Themselves 4 Good Ants, Bad Milk, and Ugly Deeds 5 The Power of Prayer 6 Works and Days 7 A Confrontation 8 Reflections Appendix: Members of Ngeti's Family Notes Bibliography
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University of California Press Email from Ngeti
Book SynopsisWhen the anthropologist returns to Kenya to begin fieldwork for a new research project, he meets a young man from the Taita Hills who is as interested in the United States as Smith is in Taita. This book tells the story of sorcery, redemption, and transnational friendship in the globalized twenty-first century.Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments ix 1 Emails from the Field: An Introduction 2 English Makes You See Far 3 God Helps Those That Help Themselves 4 Good Ants, Bad Milk, and Ugly Deeds 5 The Power of Prayer 6 Works and Days 7 A Confrontation 8 Reflections Appendix: Members of Ngeti's Family Notes Bibliography
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University of California Press Islam After Communism Religion and Politics in
Book SynopsisHow do Muslims relate to Islam in societies that experienced seventy years of Soviet rule? How did the utopian Bolshevik project of remaking the world by extirpating religion from it affect Central Asia? This title combines insights from the study of both Islam and Soviet history to answer these questions.Trade Review"Thoughtful, insightful, and reflective." -- Ruqaiyah Hibell The Muslim World Book ReviewTable of ContentsList of Maps and Tables Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Islam in Central Asia 2. Empire and the Challenge of Modernity 3. The Soviet Assault on Islam 4. Islam as National Heritage 5. The Revival of Islam 6. Islam in Opposition 7. The Politics of Antiterrorism Conclusion: Andijan and Beyond Afterword Glossary Notes Select Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Mosquito Trails
Book SynopsisDrawing on two years of ethnographic research in urban Nicaragua and challenging global health approaches to animal-borne illness, this title tells the story of a group of community health workers who struggle to come to terms with dengue epidemics amid poverty, political change, and economic upheaval.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Guide to Acronyms Introduction: Dengue in the Landscape Part One: Infrastructure Chapter 1: City of Emergencies Chapter 2: Patrons, Clients, and Parasites Part Two: Bodies Chapter 3: Householding and Evangelical Ecology Chapter 4: Mosquitos, Madres, y Moradores Part Three: Knowledge Chapter 5: Stories of Surveillance and Participation Chapter 6: Dengue Season in the City of Emergencies Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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