Social and cultural anthropology Books

Book SynopsisMichael Urban chronicles the advent of blues music in Russia and explores the significance of the genre in the turbulent, postcommunist society. Russians, he explains, have taken a music originating in the "low" culture of the American South and...Trade ReviewAn elegant, accessible seven-chapter volume that invites the reader to explore the key personae and paradoxes that comprise Russia's world of blues.... Urban blends an analysis of the role of Soviet cultural elites with the hard times that these very elites have recently encountered as nouveaux riches capitalists have altered the supply and demand of art, literature and music to suit their hardly refined tastes. As they strive to remain true to the original, throughout the book blues performers reiterate their goal of educating the public about the universal appeal of a genre that, in its unrestrained expressions of plain and passion, eschews commercialism and celebrates freedom. -- Fran Markowitz * Soyuz: The Research Network for Postsocialist Studies *This fascinating study clearly shows the previously unacknowledged edged role of blues to offer solace and hope in the turbulence of post-communist Russia. -- Pamela Margles * WholeNote *In a book of comparatively short length, Urban and his collaborator Andrei Endikimov... not only trace the history of the blues in Russia, but place them in their historical, political, economic, and sociocultural context. -- Neil Edmunds * Russian Review *

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis superb study of Japanese society portrays it as a balance between tradition and modernity, culture and person, and authority and emotion. Defying the bounds of traditional social science concepts that obliterate the individual, the book brings out 'real people' in situations where they will act and feel. A work of sociology that truly reads like a novel. * Virginia Quarterly Review *In an America of lonely careerists and fragmented families, do we have something to learn from the tightly knit Japanese? Or does Japanese culture confine singular people in a straitjacket? Hamabata... essentially answers 'yes' to both questions in Crested Kimono, a book with case studies as emotionally charged as Kabuki drama. * Los Angeles Times Book Review *

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Book SynopsisThis revised edition of Casson's engaging work, originally published in 1975 as Daily Life in Ancient Rome, includes two new chapters as well as full documentation of the sources.Trade ReviewA series of concise sketches of key phases of life in the Roman world during its greatest period, the era of peace and prosperity in the first and second centuries A.D. Of Ages Past Magazine I was reading one of Casson's books [ Everyday Life in Ancient Rome] while waiting for [my daughter]... She was late, which would ordinarily have thrown me into a fever of apprehension, but on this occasion I was so wrapped up in the book, I didn't notice. In fact, when she did come back, quite late, I was annoyed because she had interrupted me before I had finished the book. I told Casson this, and he was infinitely pleased. -- Isaac Asimov I. Asimov: A MemoirTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsPrefaceChapter 1. The TimesChapter 2. The Family Chapter 3. On The FarmChapter 4. In The CityChapter 5. A Roman GentlemanChapter 6. The SlaveChapter 7. Two Resurrected CitiesChapter 8. The SoldierChapter 9. Many GodsChapter 10. Fun and GamesChapter 11. On The roadChapter 12. The EngineerChapter 13. The EmperorAppendix: Table of Roman EmperorsAbbreviationsNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisFocuses on key business issues facing East Asia that corporations and governments should understand, including regionalization initiatives, obstacles to continued rapid growth in China, aging and pension reform, and the changing security environment.Table of Contents* Preface*Do institutions matter for growth? - A.E. Safarian and Wendy Dobson*East Asia: A new regional player in the world economy? - Wendy Dobson*What ails China?: A long run perspective on growth and inflation (or deflation) in China - Loren Brandt and Xiadong Zhu*East Asia's ageing populations: Pension reform and its implications - Walid Hejazi and Pauline Shum*The challenges of attaining security in the Asia Pacific - Brian L. Job*Canadian business in East Asia: Better than expected - Keith Head and John Ries

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Book SynopsisThese three works, displaying marked differences in purpose, tone, and effect, are all classics of Canadian literary and cultural criticism.John George Bourinot was a man of letters, an Imperialist, and a biculturalist, who was confident of his knowledge of the Canadian identity and felt it to be his public mission to align reality with his own personal vision. Writing in 1893 to the élite represented by the members of the Royal Society, he described his work as ‘a monograph on the intellectual development of the Dominion,’ describing ‘the progress of culture in a country still struggling with the difficulties of the material development of half a continent.’Two decades later, Thomas Guthrie Marquis and Camille Roy wrote what were, in contrast, specialized assignments, contributions to the compendium history, Canada and Its Provinces (1913). Addressing a far larger audience, and treating a vastly enlarged body of Canadian literat

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Book SynopsisHaworth's concerns are urgent. Modern society, he argues, threatens to collapse under the burden of mindless growth. Its demands have begun to exhaust the world's resources. The pursuit of growth has hollowed out our social foundations. Advanced technology has emancipated us from toil but condemned us to work that is perceived as meaningless. The dissolution of traditional communities has resulted in a society which has no sense of common concern or public purpose. Most people live largely in private spheres, and value the public sphere only for its capacity to improve their private lives, a function which is exercised unevenly and is largely incidental to its purpose. Modern urban society is characterized by its 'decadence,' a pervasive lack of inspiring vision.In this book Haworth concerns himself with the conceptual foundations of social order and the options for a future society. He analyses two sharply contrasting systems, the one committed to individual satisfaction and

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Book SynopsisTo no group subject to sociological and political analysis has honour seemed to matter more than to the military. Their idea of it has commonly been accepted as the most superior, open to emulation to the limited extent that different circumstances and purposes in non-military life permit.The degeneration of this concept and of the public realm in which honour’s obligations have to be observed is the subject of this book, based on the 1981 Joanne Goodman Lectures at the University of Western Ontario.Best begins with the discovery, in the age of the American and French revolutions, of the nation as the supreme object of honourable service. He discusses how nationalism and democracy marched together through the nineteenth century to harden this creed and broaden its base, so that what had previously been a code for noblemen became a popular code for patriots.He finds that, in spite of the historical naturalness, even inevitability, of nationalism, its ensuin

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Book SynopsisThis collection examines the changing roles of race and place in the politics of defining Indigenous identities in the Americas.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: "Who Is an Indian?" The Cultural Politics of a Bad Question Maximilian C. Forte (Concordia University, Sociology and Anthropology) Chapter One Inuitness and Territoriality in Canada Donna Patrick (Carleton University, Sociology and Anthropology and the School of Canadian Studies) Chapter Two Federally-Unrecognized Indigenous Communities in Canadian Contexts Bonita Lawrence (York University, Equity Studies) Chapter Three The Canary in the Coalmine: What Sociology Can Learn from Ethnic Identity Debates among American Indians Eva Marie Garroutte (Boston College, Sociology) and C. Matthew Snipp (Stanford University, Sociology) Chapter Four "This Sovereignty Thing": Nationality, Blood, and the Cherokee Resurgence Julia Coates (University of California Davis, Native American Studies) Chapter Five Locating Identity: The Role of Place in Costa Rican Chorotega Identity Karen Stocker (California State University, Anthropology) Chapter Six Carib Identity, Racial Politics, and the Problem of Indigenous Recognition in Trinidad and Tobago Maximilian C. Forte (Concordia University, Anthropology) Chapter Seven Encountering Indigeneity: The International Funding of Indigeneity in Peru Jose Antonio Lucero (University of Washington, The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies) Chapter Eight The Color of Race: Indians and Progress in a Center-Left Brazil Jonathan Warren (University of Washington, International Studies, Chair of Latin American Studies) Conclusion Seeing Beyond the State and Thinking beyond the State of Sight Maximilian C. Forte (Concordia University, Sociology and Anthropology) Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisAn interdisciplinary collection of essays that assesses the ideas about race, imperialism, and Western civilization manifested in the 1904 World's Fair and Olympic Games and shows how they are still relevant.Trade Review"In this edited volume, sports anthropologist Brownell leads an exploration of a forgotten moment in premodern anthropology. . . . A very successful project of intellectual history."—J. Marks, CHOICE"The multidisciplinary approach offered by this collection succeeds in exposing the relationships between anthropology, physical culture, the Olympic movement, and imperialism in revelatory ways."—John W. Troutman, Western Historical Quarterly"The authors provide not only a window into the history of a sporting event but also an important story about sports as a system of representation. This volume is a fine collection that recalls a past event that is still relevant to the present."—John Bloom, American Historical Review"Through their analyses of the 1904 Games, the authors convincingly interrogate—and connect—categories of science, sport, race, and nation at the turn of the 20th century. . . . The book will appeal to a number of audiences, including scholars interested in the histories of anthropology, museums as well as world's fairs and other forms of display, science, sport, colonialism, imperialism, and national and international movements."—Andi Johnson, Museum Anthropology Review"This is a well-conceived volume that will be of wide interest to many scholars."—Barbara Keys, Journal of American Ethnic History"The connection between the histories of the Olympics and anthropology provides a unique perspective on the history of sport. . . . The 1904 Anthropology Days and Olympic Games would make an excellent addition to the library of any scholar interested in the history of the Olympics or the history of anthropology."—Colleen English, International Journal of the History of SportsTable of ContentsIntroduction: Bodies before Boas, Sport before the Laughter Left (Susan Brownell)1. A “Special Olympics”: Testing Racial Strength and Endurance at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition (Nancy J. Parezo)2. The “Physical Value” of Races and Nations: Anthropology and Athletics at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (Mark Dyreson)3. Pierre de Coubertin’s Concepts of Race, Nation, and Civilization (Otto J. Schantz)4. Anthropology Days, the Construction of Whiteness and American Imperialism in the Philippines (Gerald R. Gems)5. “From Savagery to Civic Organization”: The Non-Participation of Canadian “Indians” in the “Anthropology Days” of the 1904 St. Louis Olympic Games (Christine M. O’Bonsawin)6. “Leav[ing] the White[s] . . . Far Behind Them”: The Girls from Fort Shaw (Montana) Indian School, Basketball Champions of the 1904 World’s Fair (Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith)7. Germans and Others at the “American Games”: Problems of National and International Representation at the 1904 Olympics (Suzuko Mousel Knott)8. Greece and the 1904 “American” Olympics (Alexander Kitroeff)9. From the Anthropology Days to the Anthropological Olympics (John Bale)10. Olympic Anthropology Days and the Progress of Exclusion: Towards an Anthropology of Democracy (Henning Eichberg)11. The Growth of Scientific Standards from “Anthropology Days” to Present Days (Jonathan Marks)Afterword: Back to the Future (Susan Brownell)

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Book SynopsisSituates the discussion of the Amazon and its inhabitants at the intersections of identity politics, debates about socioeconomic sovereignty, and processes of place making. Editing Eden focuses on case studies from Amazonian Brazil, Colombia, and Ecuador regarding the themes of indigeneity, community making, development politics, and the transcendence of indigenous/nonindigenous divides.Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction Frank Hutchins and Patrick C. WilsonPart 1. Myth, Meaning, Modernity, and Representation1. Indigenous Capitalisms: Ecotourism, Cultural Reproduction, and the Logic of Capital in Ecuador's Upper Amazon Frank Hutchins2. Fractal Subjectivities: An Amazonian-Inspired Critique of Globalization Theory Michael A. Uzendoski3. The Portrayal of Colombian Indigenous Amazonian Peoples by the National Press, 19882006 Jean E. Jackson4. Cannibal Tourists and Savvy Savages: Understanding Amazonian Modernities Neil L. WhiteheadPart 2. Ethnopolitics, Territory, and Notions of Community5. For Love or Money? Indigenous Materialism and Humanitarian Agendas Beth A. Conklin6. Alternative Development in Putumayo, Colombia: Bringing Back the State through the Creation of Community and "Productive Social Capital"? María Clemencia Ramírez7. Normative Views, Strategic Views: The Geopolitical Maps in the Ethnic Territorialities of Putumayo Margarita Chaves8. Indigenous Leadership and the Shifting Politics of Development in Ecuador's Amazon Patrick C. Wilson9. Worlds at Cross-Purposes Alcida Rita RamosContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisAnthropologists have long sought to extricate their work from the policies and agendas of those who dominateand often oppresstheir native subjects. Looking through Taiwan is an uncompromising look at a troubling chapter in American anthropology that reveals what happens when anthropologists fail to make fundamental ethnic and political distinctions in their work. Keelung Hong and Stephen O. Murray examine how Taiwanese realities have been representedand misrepresentedin American social science literature, especially anthropology, in the postWorld War II period. They trace anthropologists' complicity in the domination of a Taiwanese majority by a Chinese minority and in its obfuscation of social realities.At the base of these distortions, the authors argue, were the mutual interests of the Republic of China's military government and American social scientists in mischaracterizing Taiwan as representative of traditional Chinese culture. American anthropoTrade Review“The authors make several good cases against anthropological studies of Taiwan. . . . They also show the earlier anthropologists’ inability or failure to differentiate between legacy of the colonial Japanese, Taiwanese tradition, and KMT policy. . . . They also give credit where credit is due.”—Sylvia Li-chun Lin, China Review International

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Book SynopsisContains a study of the ritual performances of the Kayabi, a Brazilian indigenous people, during the 1990s. Kayabi rituals are distinct in that they center on the autobiographical narratives of living people. This book discusses these autobiographical performances in the context of shamanic cures, mortuary rites, and political oratory.Trade Review“Oakdale writes in an extremely clear and jargon-free style, and her book would be ideal for undergraduate courses. . . . The clarity of Oakdale’s analysis enables readers to focus on the essential points of difficult ideas, making her book a productive guide to the contemporary cultures and politics of indigenous Amazonia.”—Michael L. Cepek, Journal of Anthropological Research

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Book SynopsisAnthropologists have long sought to extricate their work from the policies and agendas of those who dominateand often oppresstheir native subjects. Looking through Taiwan is an uncompromising look at a troubling chapter in American anthropology that reveals what happens when anthropologists fail to make fundamental ethnic and political distinctions in their work. Keelung Hong and Stephen O. Murray examine how Taiwanese realities have been representedand misrepresentedin American social science literature, especially anthropology, in the postWorld War II period. They trace anthropologists' complicity in the domination of a Taiwanese majority by a Chinese minority and in its obfuscation of social realities.At the base of these distortions, the authors argue, were the mutual interests of the Republic of China's military government and American social scientists in mischaracterizing Taiwan as representative of traditional Chinese culture. American anthropoTrade Review“The authors make several good cases against anthropological studies of Taiwan. . . . They also show the earlier anthropologists’ inability or failure to differentiate between legacy of the colonial Japanese, Taiwanese tradition, and KMT policy. . . . They also give credit where credit is due.”—Sylvia Li-chun Lin, China Review InternationalTable of ContentsI. Introductory Material 1. Experiences of Being a "Native" Observing Anthropology - Mechanics of the Book; 2. A Brief Overview of American Anthropologists' Investigation of "Others" Before 1955; 3. A Brief Overview of the Governing of Taiwan II. American Social Scientists' Complicity with Domination 4. A Case Study of Pseudo-Objectivity: The Hoover Institution Analysis of 1947 Resistance and Repression; 5. Some American Witnesses of the KMT's 1947 Reign of Terror on Taiwan; 6. Studies of KMT-Imposed Land Reform; 7. American Anthropologists Looking Through Taiwan to See "Traditional" China, 1950-1990 III. 1990s Anthropological Writing Based on Research in Taiwan 8. A Taiwanese Woman Who Became a Spirit Medium: Native and Alien Models of How Taiwanese Identify Spirit Possession; 9. The Non-Obliteration of Taiwanese Women's Names; 10. The Aftermath: Fleeing Democratization

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Book SynopsisTraces journeys made during seven months of fieldwork in 1935 and 1936 by Julian Steward, a young anthropologist, and his wife, Jane. Virginia Kerns identifies the scores of Native elders whom they met throughout the Western desert, men and women previously known in print only by initials and thus largely invisible as primary sources of Steward's classic ethnography.Trade Review"Interweaving colonist history with ecological changes and Indian efforts to survive, Kerns provides a road-trip story—an honest Bonnie and Clyde driving and driving the West—illuminating a crucial stage in an anthropological theorist's career."—A.B. Kehoe, CHOICE"[Journeys West is] an excellent study of the man, his strategy, the people he encountered, and his Great Basin fieldwork."—Catherine S. Fowler, Current Anthropology"Virginia Kerns has written an intelligent, beautifully detailed book that will appeal to anyone interested in the history of the Great Basin and the history of anthropological fieldwork. Her style is clear and meticulously researched, and I highly recommend this book."—Patricia Dean, Idaho Yesterdays"This well-written, engaging narrative puts a "human face" on Steward's ice enthusiasm in pursuing a theory."—Richard O. Clemmer, Journal of Anthropological Research "This is a book easily read. It is well written, with some lovely, even poetic passages attractive to a wide readership. . . . I heartily recommend the volume to scholars interested in Steward's research methods."—Joel C. Janetski, Western Historical Quarterly"Students and professionals alike will benefit from reading Kerns's Journeys West. It offers an opportunity to learn about the trials and tribulations of early scholars "in the field" while simultaneously reflecting on our own roles as anthropologists and historians."—Susan Hall, H-NetTable of ContentsPrefaceRemembering Part I: California, 1935Chapter 1. Going ThereChapter 2. Shoshone TerritoryChapter 3. Valley of the Paiutes Part II: Nevada, 1935Chapter 4. Coyote's CountryChapter 5. The People's LandChapter 6. River from Snow Mountain Part III: Idaho and Utah, 1936Chapter 7. Basin and PlateauChapter 8. Land of the UtesChapter 9. Trails WestChapter 10. Trail's End AfterwordNotesBibliography

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Book SynopsisWritten in an accessible, engaging style, these essays examine how migratory waterfowl routes may represent one impetus for human migration into the Americas, analyse settlement and subsistence in the major regions of the United States, and reinvestigate mammoth and bison bone beds in the western Plains and the Rocky Mountains to illuminate the unique nature of Paleoindian hunting in that region.Trade Review"An important addition to the literature concerning Paleoindian subsistence and settlement patterns."—Journal of Middle Atlantic Archaeology “Should be required reading for all those interested in Paleoindian adaptations.”—William R. Hildebrandt, Journal of Field Archaeology

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Book SynopsisExamines the impact of globalized culture and tradition, on the Koryak people living in post-Soviet Siberia.Trade Review"Both theoretically compelling and an engaging read. . . . Very readable for undergraduates."—Justine Buck Quijada, Russian Review"King's book is a very interesting and welcome addition to the discussion of native culture in post-Soviet Russia."—Katherine Osgood, Sibirica Journal"This product of meticulous ethnography and long-term engagement with Koryak culture is a very valuable contribution to the study of Siberian societies, Russian colonialism, and post-Soviet cultural dynamics as a whole."—Christos Lynteris, American AnthropologistTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsPrefaceIntroduction: A Semiotics of Koryak Culture1. Discovering Koryak Culture through History2. Genuine and Spurious Culture in Kamchatka3. Dancing in the Koryak House of Culture4. The Culture of Schools and Museums5. "This Is Not My Language!" Koryak Language in SchoolsConclusion: Koryak Culture and the Future of TraditionNotesGlossaryReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisPresents a picture of traditional Sioux culture and history. It shows how the Sioux of today merge traditional customs and beliefs that have survived their tumultuous history with contemporary America. Topics include the development of the Sioux tribe, conflicts and wars with the US, religion, economy, gender roles, lifestyles, arts, cuisine, education, social customs, and much more.Trade Review“[A] well-balanced history and overview of Dakota and Lakota Siouans.”—ChoiceTable of ContentsPrefaceChronology 1. Introduction to Sioux History and Culture2. Early Sioux History3. Modern Sioux History4. Sioux Religion5. Government and Economy6. Traditional Sioux Society7. Sioux Customs8. The Sioux and Contemporary IssuesAppendix: Facts and FiguresGlossaryAnnotated BibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisExplores national anthropological traditions in Britain, the US, and Europe and follows them into postnational contexts. Contributors reassess the major theorists in twentieth-century anthropology, including luminaries such as Franz Boas and Claude Lévi-Strauss, and lesser-known but important anthropological work by Berthold Laufer and Robin Ridington, among others.Trade Review“Another fine contribution to the diverse histories of our field. Like all volumes in the series, Anthropologists and Their Traditions across National Borders challenges us to think beyond standard renditions of an anthropology that presumably ‘stays put’ in space and time. Exploring the work of both well-known and largely forgotten anthropologists, this volume compels us to travel into theoretical and methodological borderlands where traditions like functionalism, structuralism, and applied anthropology may not be exactly what they seem.”—Luke Eric Lassiter, author of The Chicago Guide to Collaborative Ethnography Table of ContentsContentsList of IllustrationsEditors’ Introduction1. “China to the Anthropologist”: Franz Boas, Berthold Laufer, and a Road Not Taken in Early American AnthropologyLaurel Kendall2. A. M. Hocart: Reflections on a Master Ethnologist and His WorkCharles D. Laughlin3. Malinowski and the “Native Question”Mark Lamont4. Radcliffe-Brown and “Applied Anthropology” at Cape Town and SydneyIan Campbell5. "The Department Was in Some Disarray": The Politics of Choosing a Successor to S. F. Nadel, 1957Geoffrey Gray and Doug Munro6. An Elegy for a Structuralist Legacy: Lévi-Strauss, Cultural Relativism, and the Universal Capacities of the Human MindRegna Darnell7. Lévi-Strauss's Approach to Systems of Classification: Categories in Northwest Coast CulturesAbraham Rosman and Paula Rubel8. Lévi-Strauss on Theoretical Thought and Universal HistoryMichael Asch9. Historical Massacres and Mythical Totalities: Reading Marshall Sahlins on Two American FrontiersLars Rodseth10. Anthropologists as Perpetrators and Perpetuators of Oral Tradition: The Lectures of Kenelm O. L. Burridge and Robin Ridington, StorytellersLindy-Lou FlynnBook ReviewsContributors

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Book SynopsisOffers a different interpretation of the genesis of "kinship" and of the role it played in late nineteenth-century intellectual history.Trade Review“Trautmann's study is an important contribution to understanding the inception of modern anthropology and, more generally, to understanding the development of contemporary conceptions of human history and culture.”—Martin Ottenheimer, Choice“Morgan's methods and assumptions—especially his emphases on kin terms and on their genealogical referents—have informed all subsequent anthropology down to the present day. . . . [Trautmann] provides a fascinating insight into one of the founding texts on modern anthropology.”—Anthony Good, Times Literary Supplement“Trautmann writes elegantly, persuasively, and often wittily, and his book makes fine reading.”—C. J. Fuller, ManTable of ContentsIntroductionList of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. Kinship and Its Inventors2. Scale of Mind, Scale of History3. A Lawyer among the Iroquois4. Philology in Its Relations to Ethnology5. Generalizing Iroquois6. Nature and Art7. Conjectural History8. Kinship's Other Inventors9. Of Time and Ethnology10. Contributions to KnowledgeAppendix 1: The Revolution in Ethnological TimeAppendix 2: India and the Study of Kinship TerminologiesAppendix 3: The Whole History of Kinship Terminologies in Three Chapters: Before Morgan, Morgan, and After MorganBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisDrawing from the last generation of Hidatsas who lived in the historic village of Like-a-Fishhook, this book presents a study of an important horticultural Plains Indian tribe. It combines archeological and ethnographic approaches to reconstruct a Hidatsa culture history that is shaped by a concern for cultural detail.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"[Ezell] immortalizes individuals who might be thought to have little claim to immortality of any kind. This kind of awareness is found in some of the finest books, and one of several reasons why A Far Corner is so magnificent, and so richly deserving of classic status."—Bradley Winterton, Tapei Times“This is a marvelous journey into the worlds of indigenous peoples in the coastal, seaside mountains of Taiwan, pursuing their age-old habits in the backwaters of empires, Chinese and Japanese, old and modern. Ezell, a young American musician and poet, writes with fine story-telling skill.”—John Balaban, author of Remembering Heaven’s Face “Scott Ezell is a highly talented, very imagistic writer who packs his work with action and colorful sensory-driven details. He has a knack for showing us a people from an insider as well as an outsider perspective. Ezell writes in a beautiful, lyrical prose style that is colorful and full of texture and emotion.”—Mark Spitzer, author of Season of the Gar “Reading Scott Ezell’s A Far Corner I gradually became absorbed and actually delighted. Like true adventures this story is about something which, chances are, you will know nothing and consequently become pleasurably informed.”—Jim Harrison, author of Returning to Earth “There’s magic in this brilliant, lyrical, and deeply informed ethnography. Ezell, happily, never gets in the way of the Austronesian artists, musicians, and craftsmen whose self-conscious recreation and performance of indigenous identity he has so closely and sympathetically observed. So much comprehension has rarely come with so much pleasure and satisfaction.”—James C. Scott, Sterling Professor of Political Science and Anthropology, Yale UniversityTable of ContentsPreface: A Far Corner1. E-ki on the Beach2. The Sugar Factory3. Dinner with the Chief4. A House at the End of the Road5. Beneath the Skin6. Carving a Carving Knife7. Between the City and the Sea8. Purification9. Hinoki Studio10. Songs of the Amis11. Big and Small Things12. A Woodcarver13. Hunting with the BununA Gift of the SpiritsNew and Old GrowthTakivahlas: Place Where Two Rivers MeetDown the Mountain14. Live Music15. Shelter from the Sun16. Coupled Orbits17. The Chief Is Dead18. An Apartment in Town19. Homecomings20. A Long Swim21. Betel Nut Brothers22. E-ki on the Boulevard23. E-ki across the Ocean24. DepartureEpilogue: Further FieldsAcknowledgmentsAppendix 1: Romanization, Names, Transcription, and CurrencyAppendix 2: A Note on Ethnic ClassificationsSelected Bibliography

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Book SynopsisExplores a watershed moment in American anthropology, when an unprecedented number of historians and anthropologists of all subfields gathered on the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition fairgrounds, drawn together by the fair's focus on indigenous peoples. At the fair they set the foundation for anthropological inquiry and redefined the field.Trade Review"[Coming of Age in Chicago] will be of interest to historians of anthropology, of course, but also to scholars grappling with visual and material representations, museums and cultural institutions, and the politics of cultural exhibition."—Adam Fulton Johnson, History of Anthropology Newsletter"Coming of Age in Chicago is a handsome volume that adds to our understanding of the Columbian Exposition's considerable importance."—Roger Biles, Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society"A fascinating contribution to the history of anthropology in America."—American Archaeology"Coming of Age in Chicago is an essential read for all interested in the history of anthropology, world's fairs, and turn-of-the century racial thinking in the United States. It offers an invaluable combination of analysis and original sources that allow the reader to see the intimate connections between the Columbian exposition and the cultural and social history of the field of anthropology."—Abigail M. Markwyn, Pacific Historical Review“Coming of Age in Chicago is at once a major contribution to the burgeoning literature on Chicago’s 1893 World Columbian Exposition as well as a critical examination of a crucial phase in the development of American anthropology. . . . Such notable personalities as Frederic Ward Putnam, Franz Boas, Daniel Garrison Brinton, and especially Frank Hamilton Cushing, as well as lesser luminaries, all come alive and shine forth in this sparkling, multifaceted volume.”—Raymond D. Fogelson, professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Chicago“In this richly detailed account of anthropology at the fair—and of the fair’s exhibits in the minds of anthropologists—the authors deepen our understanding of the cultural origins of the anthropology profession.”—Robert W. Rydell, professor of history at Montana State University and author of All the World’s a Fair“Coming of Age in Chicago presents an account of the interplay of anthropology and the public spectacle of the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair that is both authoritative and engaging. Original documents and photo essays heighten the reading experience and help convey the material realities of anthropology at the fair, just as the discipline was coalescing.”—Frederic W. Gleach, curator of the Anthropology Collections at Cornell University and founding coeditor of Histories of Anthropology AnnualTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Introduction: The Chicago Fair and American Anthropology in 1893 Curtis M. Hinsley and David R. Wilcox Abbreviations Essay 1. Anthropology as Education and Entertainment: Frederic Ward Putnam at the World’s Fair Curtis M. Hinsley Document A. Franz Boas, “Ethnology at the Exposition” (1893) Document B. Frederic Ward Putnam, “The Columbus Memorial Museum: Address to the Commercial Club of Chicago” (1891) Document C. “Man and His Works: Ethnological Exhibit at the Fair” (1893) Essay 2. Ambiguous Legacy: Daniel Garrison Brinton at the International Congress of Anthropology Curtis M. Hinsley Appendix: Analysis of Registered Members of the International Congress of Anthropology, World’s Columbian Exposition, 1893 David R. Wilcox Document D. William Henry Holmes, “The World’s Fair Congress of Anthropology” (1893) Essay 3. Anthropology in a Changing America: Interpreting the Chicago “Triumph” of Frank Hamilton Cushing David R. Wilcox Document E. Excerpts from the Diary of Frank Hamilton Cushing at the World’s Fair (June 16–September 12, 1893) Document F. Monthly Report of Mr. Frank Hamilton Cushing (September 1893) Document G. “The Pueblos at Home” (September 1894) A Visual Interlude: Popular Images of Anthropology and Its Subjects at the Fair Curtis M. Hinsley Essay 4. Refracting Images: Anthropological Display at the Chicago World’s Fair, 1893 Ira Jacknis Essay 5. Relic Hunters in the White City: Artifacts, Authority, and Ambition at the World’s Columbian Exposition James E. Snead Document H. Cushing’s Analysis of the Hazzard Cliff Dweller Collection (1895) Document I. Warren King Moorehead, “The Ancient Man: The Anthropological Exhibit at the World’s Fair” (June 22, 1893) Essay 6. Patrons, Popularizers, and Professionals: The Institutional Setting of Late Nineteenth-Century Anthropology in Chicago Donald McVicker Document J. “Heir of the Big Fair: Field Columbian Museum Opened” (1894) Essay 7. Going National: American Anthropology Successfully Redefines Itself as an Accepted Academic Domain David R. Wilcox Appendix: Comparison of Primary Contributors to the American Anthropologist, 1888–1925 David R. Wilcox Document K. Daniel Garrison Brinton, “The Aims of Anthropology” (1895) Document L. Franz Boas, “The Limitations of the Comparative Method of Anthropology” (1896) Afterword: The Ironies of the Fair, the Uncertainties of Anthropology Curtis M. Hinsley Acknowledgments Bibliography Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisConveys the pleasure and meaning of music and play and rhythmic movement for American Indians. This book features activities that are adapted from ceremonials and sports. It includes a 'drama in five dances' celebrating the life of corn.

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Book SynopsisThe powerful story of the ongoing struggle of Native Americans to repatriate the objects and remains of their ancestors that were appropriated, collected, manipulated, sold, and displayed by Europeans and AmericansTrade Review"Fine-Dare presents a sensitive review of the American Indian repatriation movement and its legal basis in the federal Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)... Strange as it may seem, some archaeologists still maintain that NAGPRA is a political move that threatens science. Therefore, Fine-Dare's book is required reading for students of anthropology at all levels."-Choice CHOICE "This work is a detailed, frank, and though-provoking look at the development and implementation of NAGPRA. It is extensively researched and illustrated with numerous well placed examples from Native American experience... Despite its difficult, disturbing subject matter, this book is compelling reading. It is an excellent review of the cultural context of NAGPRA... A valuable resource for individuals and organizations faced with the daunting, emotionally charged task of repatriation officers, museum curators, cultural leaders, anthroplogists, and legislators alike."-Amy Steffian, Alaska History -- Amy Steffian Alaska History "Grave Injustice is a fine book that provides the reader with an understanding of the need for NAGPRA, the history of its passage and implementation to date, and the differing perceptions that people have of the law."-Sharon O'Brien, Western Historical Quarterly -- Sharon O'Brien Western Historical QuarterlyTable of ContentsSeries Editors' Introduction; Preface; Acknowledgments Introduction: White Noise, Double Silence Part 1. The Historical and Legal Contexts of the Repatriation Movement 1. Museums and Objects of Empire 2. History of the Repatriation Movement, 1880s to 1970s 3. History of the Repatriation Movement, 1980s Part 2. Interpretation, Compliance, and Problems of nagpra 4. nagpra and Repatriation Efforts in the 1990s 5. nagpra as a Cultural and Legal Product Conclusion: There Is No Conclusion to the Repatriation Movement Series Editors' Afterword; Appendix: Full Text of the nagpra Law; Notes; References; Index

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Book SynopsisThrough the lens of fashion and style, Dressing for the Culture Wars guides us through the competing political and social movements of the culture war. Betty Luther Hillman illustrates how self-presentation influenced the culture and politics of the era and carried connotations similarly linked to the broader political challenges of the time.Trade Review"Given its impressive sweep, scholarly rigor, and utter originality, Hillman's monograph is all the more commendable for opening up fresh areas of investigation."—Gretchen Lemke-Santangelo, American Historical Review"Dressing for the Culture Wars extends our understanding of the social impact of fashion by providing an extensive analysis of its role in recent political and social debates."—Diana Crane, Journal of American History"A valuable addition to the reading list for any course on the history of the 1960s and 1970s. Given that so many of the issues and conflicts surrounding identity and self-presentation remain unresolved, Hillman's work is equally relevant to anyone teaching or researching contemporary political activists and organization."—Jo Paoletti, Pacific Historical Review“In this engaging book, Luther Hillman shows that performative self-presentation played a critical part in the social change of the 1960s and 1970s. Activists debated the transgressive styles of hippies, Black Power militants, feminists, and drag queens. The visual politics of everyday dress shocked the mainstream, shaped the fashion industry, challenged the law, and triggered conservative backlash. Compelling, original, and smartly argued, this book rewrites the history of an era and reminds us that fashion is not frivolity.”—Joanne Meyerowitz, author of How Sex Changed: A History of Transsexuality in the United States “Betty Luther Hillman has written a wonderfully engaging and thoroughly researched study of the politics of style and self-presentation during the tumultuous decades of the 1960s and 1970s. . . . Luther Hillman carefully grounds her social and cultural analysis in the historical, political, and economic context of [that time]. Given the popular interest in the fashion and politics of that era, her book will no doubt attract the interest of students as well as the general public.”—Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, author of Radicals on the Road: Internationalism, Orientalism, and Feminism during the Vietnam Era Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: The Significance of Style in American Culture and Politics 1. “You Can’t Tell the Girls from the Boys”: Changing Styles among American Youths, 1964–1968 2. “What to Wear to the Revolution”: Self-Presentation Politics in Social Movement Activism 3. “No Woman Can Be Free . . . Until She Loses Her Femininity”: The Politics of Self-Presentation in Feminist Activism 4. “Wearing a Dress Is a Revolutionary Act”: Political Drag and Self-Presentation in the Gay Liberation Movement 5. “Everyone Should Be Accustomed to Seeing Long Hair on Men by Now”: Style and Popular Culture in the Late 1960s to 1970s 6. “Ours Should Not Be an Effort to Achieve a Unisex Society”: Legal Regulations of Personal Presentation in the Workplace Epilogue: The Politics of Style in Retrospect Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe mythic American West, with its perilous frontiers, big skies, and vast resources, is frequently perceived as unchanging and timeless. This volume reveals an archaeological past that is distinct to the region, highlighting a western past characterized by rapid and ever-changing interactions between diverse groups of people across a wide range of environmental and economic situations.Trade Review"Mark Warner and Margaret Purser's edited volume, Historical Archaeology through a Western Lens, is an ambitious work that incorporates many of the most pressing issues in historical archaeology to research of the Old West. Rather than assembling a volume of isolated case studies, the editors succeed in making connections between scattered sites and structures by appreciating broader patterns driven by analyses of landscapes, social networks, and economic factors. The essays demonstrate the rich potential of multifaceted analytical tools and intriguingly different lines of evidence in a constant goal of finding a voice for the voiceless of the past."—Seth Mallios, American Antiquity"These essays, with their focus on the American West, argue successfully the importance of historic archaeology to the scholarship and the understanding of Western expansion. The collection gives weight to the historic archaeology and promotes continued excavations into those sites that remain within our cultural memory."—Matt Donovan, Journal of the Iowa Archeological Society"Historical Archaeology through a Western Lens offers an unprecedented overview of the broad range of research in which archaeologists of the West have been engaged."—Todd A. Hanson, Western Historical Quarterly"Many of the contributions in this volume reflect a refreshing mix of work that is both academic and tied to public archaeology, compliance, and the National Register of Historic Places significance of historical sites. This will appeal to students, academics, and pragmatic practitioners of historical archaeology who wish to improve their research, evaluation, and interpretation. These chapters challenge the mythic history of the West in new ways and bring many new questions and intriguing directions for research by generations of future archaeologists."—Douglas C. Wilson, Historical Archaeology“Warner and Purser have assembled a significant collection of archaeological essays that together speak powerfully to the ability of historical archaeology to contribute to the history of the U.S. West—and for the historical archaeology of the U.S. West to contribute to archaeology writ large.”—Barbara L. Voss, associate professor of anthropology at Stanford University and coeditor of The Archaeology of Chinese Immigrant and Chinese American Communities “Well-written and broadly scoped, Warner and Purser have produced a compelling volume that presents excellent scholarship undertaken recently about the American West. . . . Keep it close at hand—the volume promises to be a much-reached-for resource on every archaeologists’ bookshelf.”—Carolyn L. White, associate professor and chair of the Department of Anthropology and Mamie Kleberg Chair in Historic Preservation at the University of Nevada, Reno Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction: Historical Archaeology Through a Western Lens Margaret Purser and Mark Warner Part 1. Economics and Economies 1. Boomtimes and Boomsurfers: Toward a Material Culture of Western Expansion Margaret Purser 2. The Archaeology of San Francisco’s Gold Rush Waterfront, 1849–1851: Building a New Model of the 19th-Century Pacific Rim Maritime “Frontier” James P. Delgado 3. “Where Ornament and Function Are So Agreeably Combined”: A New Look at Consumer Choice Studies Using English Ceramic Wares at Hudson’s Bay Company, Fort Vancouver Robert J. Cromwell 4. Approaching Transient Labor through Archaeology Mark Walker Part 2. Archaeologies of Race and Racism 5. “Can We Separate the ‘Indian’ from the ‘American’ in the Historical Archaeology of the American Indian?” Joe Watkins 6. Rock Hearths and Rural Wood Camps in Jīnshān/Gām Saan 金山: National Register of Historic Places Evaluations of 19th-Century Chinese Logging Operations at Heavenly Ski Resort in the Lake Tahoe Basin Kelly J. Dixon and Carrie Smith 7. Archaeology of the Chinese and Japanese Diasporas in North America and a Framework for Comparing the Material Lives of Transnational Migrant Communities Douglas E. Ross 8. Digging Yesterday: The Archaeology of Living Memory at Amache Bonnie J. Clark Part 3. Reassessing the West 9. The Cultural Context of Commerce: Historical Anthropology and Historical Silences along the Mountain Branch of the Santa Fe Trail Minette Church 10. Our Dangerous Discipline: Doing Historical Archaeology in Utah Timothy James Scarlett 11. The Mild Wild West: Settling Communities and Settling Households in Turn of the Century Idaho Mark Warner Epilogue: Digging Holes in the American West Matthew Johnson Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisExamines the unique experiences of the Central American indigenous immigrants who are often overlooked in media coverage of Latino and Latina migration to the Great Plains. The Mayans Among Us poignantly explores how Mayan women in rural Nebraska meatpacking plants weave together their three distinct identities: Mayan, Central American, and American.Trade Review"[The Mayans Among Us] is an essential read to understand modern Mayan women and issues they face. All students and experts of Latin America and Mayan civilization must read it."—Washington Book Review“This book makes for a fascinating read. Sittig and González help us understand the points of view of an almost invisible population. The stories of the Mayans, huge and heartbreaking stories, increase our moral imaginations. I wish this were required reading for all our politicians and policy makers. I recommend it to all who yearn to understand the America we live in today.”—Mary Pipher, author of The Middle of Everywhere: Helping Refugees Enter the American Community “Ann L. Sittig and Martha Florinda González offer an instructive and significant depiction of the changes of work, religion, place, and life in small-town Nebraska.”—Elaine Carey, associate professor of history at St. John’s University and author of Women Drug Traffickers: Mules, Bosses, and Organized Crime Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionList of Abbreviations1. Guatemala: Life before Emigration2. Guatemalan Civil War and Postwar Rebuilding3. The Journey to El Norte4. Religious Practice and Community Life in Nebraska5. Mayans and Meatpacking in NebraskaConclusionNotesGlossaryBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisProvides an ethnographic study of the link between interactive entertainment and military power, drawing on Robertson Allen's fieldwork observing video game developers, military strategists, US Army marketing agencies, and an array of defense contracting companies that worked to produce the official US Army video game, America's Army.Trade Review"Play scholars should not overlook Allen's book as just another study of FPS games. His is a unique study, both microscopic in its examination of the work of the game developers and macroscopic in its putting the development of America's Army into the larger perspective of the rise of the militarization of American culture and the creation of a military-entertainment complex—the late-capitalist version of the military-industrial complex President Eisenhower warned us about in his 1961 farewell address. Allen's book is smart about many of the issues the reader will find in the body of scholarship on digital gaming and culture."—Jay Mechling, American Journal of Play“Robertson Allen convincingly demonstrates that America's Army has blurred the old, neat margins between local and global, real and virtual, in a new ‘globital’ era of war in which we are all soldiers.”—Daniel Binns, Michigan War Studies Review "America's Digital Army is at once a description of the decade-long foray of the US Army into the production and deployment of video games as recruiting tools and, more tellingly, an analysis of how the production of militarized labor is increasingly diffused throughout US society."—Steven Gardiner, American Ethnologist“A rigorous and fascinating glimpse of what is more than just one online game. America’s Digital Army opens up crucial issues about the conflation of war and work, play and drill, pleasure and simulation, as well as the labor involved in the production of the militarized, fear-ridden cultural politics of the contemporary United States.”—Jussi Parikka, professor of technological culture and aesthetics at the University of Southampton, Winchester School of Art“A compelling account and a critical assessment of a gaming reality and the militarization of society; a groundbreaking ethnography deciphering the illusory separation between the real and the fictional, and the fun and the dead-serious.”—Sverker Finnström, coeditor of Virtual War and Magical Death: Technologies and Imaginaries for Terror and KillingTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments 1. America’s Digital Army 2. The Art of Persuasion and the Science of Manpower 3. The Artifice of the Virtual and the Real 4. The Full-Spectrum Soft Sell of the Army Experience 5. Complicating the Military Entertainment Complex 6. The Labor of Virtual Soldiers Notes Glossary References Index

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Book SynopsisFocuses on the dialogue between the American anthropological tradition and Korea, from Korea’s first treaty with the United States to the end of World War II, with the goal of rereading anthropology’s history and theoretical development through its Pacific frontier.Trade Review"An Asian Frontier is a subtle and revealing study of the interplay between disciplinary centers of theory and ethnographic encounters, a relationship that lays at the heart of almost all anthropology."—Ira Jacknis, Anthropological Quarterly"For its original, learned, and well-crafted studies of diffusionist and evolutionist anthropology as actually practiced, An Asian Frontier should be required reading for all historians of the discipline. . . . This wide-ranging study locates the origins of American anthropological knowledge about Korea in an imperial context, while avoiding the temptation to treat its founders as two-dimensional villains. With reference to an impressive array of documentation, Oppenheim situates their activities within immediate institutional settings and the trajectories of individual scientific careers. . . . An Asian Frontier demonstrates that Koreans from many walks of life participated in the politically consequential battles to shape the picture of Korea in US anthropological circles and beyond."—Paul D. Barclay, Pacific Affairs"Through showing how difference was constructed, categorized and represented in relation to notions of white supremacy An Asian Frontier is the story of anthropology and its often complex, sometimes troubling relationship to the people who fall within the gaze of the ethnographer. Oppenheim has written a fascinating account of the early days of anthropological engagement with what was, at the time in the U.S, a largely unknown part of the world."—Markus Bell, European Journal of Korean Studies“An Asian Frontier makes a novel contribution to the history of anthropology and to the history of the study of Korea. . . . Interesting, provocative, and singular.”—Laura Nelson, associate professor of women’s and gender studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and author of Measured Excess: Status, Gender, and Consumer Nationalism in South Korea“Oppenheim’s research and writing are informed by sophisticated perspectives on how science is done and its results communicated. . . . A major contribution to seeing non-Americanist work during the time in which museums and university departments of anthropology began.”—Stephen O. Murray, director of El Instituto Obregón in San Francisco and coauthor of Looking Through Taiwan: American Anthropologists’ Collusion with Ethnic DominationTable of ContentsList of FiguresSeries Editors’ IntroductionAcknowledgmentsNote on Editorial MethodIntroduction: Tracings of Discipline and Shadows of Area1. Anthropological Collecting Networks in Late Nineteenth-Century Korea2. Ceramic Economies3. From China in America to Korea in Chicago4. Orientalist against Orientalism5. The Anthropologist without Qualities6. Worlding Korea from Without and Within7. Interwar Asymmetries of Race and Anti-imperialismConclusion: LegaciesSource AcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisInvestigates the political and religious identities of women who understand their social-justice activism as religiously motivated. Placing these women in historical context as faith-based activists for social change, this book discusses what their activities reveal about the public significance of religion in the pluralistic context of North America and in an increasingly globalized world.Trade Review"Zwissler's book gives a unique insight into the ways activists of faith create new communities and practices in imagining and bringing about a better world, based on a cosmology of interconnection that goes beyond individualism and recognizes every person's ethical responsibility for the well-being of others. It deserves to be widely read by scholars of religion, politics, and the complex interaction between the two."—Kim Knibbe, Political Theology"Bringing together ideas that are often thought to be incongruent, Zwissler . . . discusses individuals who have deep commitments to religion but also to feminism and activism. . . . Offering a wealth of information, this accessible book is well suited to classroom use as well as secondary reading."—M. M. Veeneman, Choice"Based on their worldview of interconnection, activists come together in communities that provide support, encourage patience and compassion, and connect people. With this ethnography of groups rarely studied with such depth, Zwissler provides an important contribution to scholarship on social movements and feminist and religious studies."—Sharon P. Doetsch-Kidder, Reading Religion"Laurel Zwissler centers her analysis around case studies of three women in Canada from the Catholic, United Church, and Pagan traditions. Both micro perspectives and macro investigation provide readers with insights into important differences among the subjects but equally important commonalities of spirit, politics, and action."—Water Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual"More often than not, the attention given to religious activism focuses on the influence of right-wing evangelical Christians in contemporary North American politics. Less often are we made aware of the ways in which other religious groups (Christian or non-Christian) have advocated for progressive policies that tend to fall on the left side of the political spectrum. The stories told by Laurel Zwissler in her book, Religious, Feminist, Activist: Cosmologies of Interconnection fills this void not only by providing a unique perspective on left-leaning religious activism in North America, but her work is imperative to understand the variety of ways in which religious women actively participate in the public and political spheres."—Stacy Keogh George, Religion and Gender“A valuable window into the complex but important role of religion in many progressive feminist groups. Zwissler’s volume helps us to better reflect on the challenging dance of religion and feminism, within the all-important context of activist work. Focusing on cultural and religious resources, rituals, and discourses that shape and constrain movement activity, this is a beautifully written, thoughtfully argued, and timely contribution.”—Courtney Bender, professor in the Department of Religion at Columbia University“The most effective way to understand activist religion is [through] finely tuned ethnographic work. Laurel Zwissler asks perceptive questions, listens to complex responses, and observes the multiple layers of women engaged in progressive public enactments in Toronto. The result is a convincing, compelling book.”—Ronald L. Grimes, director, Ritual Studies International and professor emeritus of religion and culture at Wilfrid Laurier University“Laurel Zwissler’s comprehensive and up-to-date summary and synthesis of matters pertaining to religious, spiritual, and political uses of ritual, ceremony, and action are critical to every large scale protest movement of our time.”—Mary Keller, assistant academic professional lecturer for the Department of Religious Studies at the University of WyomingTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Changing Rituals, Changing Worlds 2. “The Shrine Was Human Rights”: Pilgrimage and Protest 3. “Spirituality” as Feminist Third Choice: Gendering Religion and the Secular 4. Self, Community, and Social Justice Conclusion Source Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"If a neighborhood is destroyed in the name of urban renewal, does its community cease to exist? In this deft ethnography, Andrea Smith and Anna Eisenstein explore the interplay of social memory, place, segregation, and language in Easton, a small city in eastern Pennsylvania."—Alex K. Ruuska, American Ethnologist“A model of an involved anthropology, and of deep and subtle analysis of memory, place, race, and class, with implications that extend far beyond the boundaries of the vanished blocks of ‘Syrian Town.’”—Jane H. Hill, author of The Everyday Language of White Racism “Rebuilding Shattered Worlds speaks to anyone interested in the operations of memory and nostalgia. And it makes a major contribution to the understanding of everyday historical consciousness by detecting forms of time travel that have not, thus far, been on the radar of historians and anthropologists.”—Charles Stewart, author of Dreaming and Historical Consciousness in Island Greece “Smith and Eisenstein vividly capture the loss and reconnection experienced by the residents of ‘Syrian Town.’ This book will serve as an instructive text for ethnographers interested in collective memory and urban change.”—Sarah Mayorga-Gallo, author of Behind the White Picket Fence: Power and Privilege in a Multiethnic Neighborhood “[Rebuilding Shattered Worlds] is not only innovative in its method to the study of memory and urban politics of a changing American neighborhood, but also in its ethnographic approach. . . . [It is] situated in a broad spectrum of theoretical and methodological views that span cultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology, urban studies, history, and migration studies.”—Aomar Boum, assistant professor of anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles and author of Memories of Absence: How Muslims Remember Jews in Morocco Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Terminology and Transcription Conventions 1. Ethnography of the Expelled 2. The Language of Blight 3. Narrating Diversity 4. Voices from the Past 5. The Material of Memory 6. Nostalgia as Engine of Change Notes Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis2019 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleThe Enigma of Max Gluckmanexamines one of the most influential British anthropologists of the twentieth century. South African–born Max Gluckman was the founder of what became known as the Manchester School of social anthropology, a key figure in the anthropology of anticolonialism and conflict theory in southern Africa, and one of the most prolific structuralist and Marxist anthropologists of his generation. From his position at Oxford University as graduate student and lecturer to his career at Manchester, Gluckman was known to be generous and engaged with his closest colleagues but brutish and hostile in his denunciations of their work if it did not contribute to the social justice and activist vision he held for the discipline. Conventional histories of anthropology have treated Gluckman as an outlier from mainstream British social anthropology based on his career at the University of ManchestTrade Review"If you are curious about this innovative South African anthropologist and the foundations of twentieth-century social science, let alone British social anthropology in the colonial period and after, this volume provides unique insights."—Robin Palmer, Anthropology Southern Africa"This book offers an authoritative perspective into the life and day-to-day thoughts of the eminent anthropologist and convener of the 'Manchester School,' Max Gluckman."—Toby Leon Moorsom, International Journal of African Historical Studies“The Enigma of Max Gluckman is a masterwork. With an eye for telling detail, Gordon has crafted a biography of Max Gluckman that reveals the deep humanity and idiosyncratic research of a pioneering anthropologist who studied community and defied convention.”—Benedict Carton, Robert T. Hawkes Professor of History at George Mason University and author of Blood from Your Children“Robert Gordon does an excellent job of examining the broader intellectual, social, and political milieus in which Max Gluckman worked. Every paragraph is bursting with previously unknown aspects of Gluckman’s scholarship and personal life. This volume will appeal to all professional anthropologists with an interest in the history of our discipline and to those interested in African history and colonial politics as well.”—Cameron B. Wesson, Lucy G. Moses Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at Lehigh University and author of Historical Dictionary of Early North America“A rich account of Max Gluckman’s family background and his political and educational formation. A particularly fascinating section deals with Gluckman’s research in Zululand in the 1930s.”—Adam Kuper, visiting professor of anthropology at Boston University and author of Anthropology and Anthropologists: The British School in the Twentieth Century“Robert Gordon's book on Max Gluckman is a much-needed and brilliant biography of a major anthropologist whose work is brought to life in the process. Gordon places Gluckman’s intellectual originality and leadership in the context of the icons of his time, his friends and teachers, Evans-Pritchard, Myer Fortes, Malinowski, and A. R. Radcliffe Brown. Gordon demonstrates, in ways that have not been fully recognized, the powerful reorientation of anthropology toward a historical and global analysis of colonial processes that was led by Max. Among its outstanding contributions, the book provides enlightening new interpretations of the roots of political anthropology which resonate in crucial ways with contemporary debates in the field and beyond.”—Ida Susser, past president of the American Ethnological Society and fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies, Van Mildert College, Durham University“Gordon is a leading scholar of the history of anthropology and a master of the anecdote, who excels in bringing to light unknown and forgotten aspects of the past. In this biography he turns his attention to Max Gluckman, one of the most influential, but at the same time, controversial, anthropologists of modern times. The result is fascinating reading, which deepens our understanding of the social relations embodied in anthropological work.”—Isak Niehaus, senior lecturer in anthropology at Brunel University London and author of Witchcraft and a Life in the New South AfricaTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Series Editors’ Introduction Preface and Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Chronology Introduction: The Enigma of Max Gluckman 1. Making the Very Model of a Modern Liberal 2. London Calling 3. How the Guinea Pig Burnt His Own Bridge 4. Return to Oxford and Intellectual Ferment 5. Landing and Living in Livingi 6. Mary, Max, and the Mongu Masquerade 7. Getting to Grips with the Lozi 8. Running the Rhodes-Livingstone Institute 9. The Seven-Year Plan 10. The African Undertow Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisCatherine M. Cameron provides a detailed comparative study of captive-taking in small-scale societies and explores the profound impacts captives had on the societies they joined. Cameron’s book opens new avenues of research about captives as significant sources of culture change. Trade Review“In this ambitious and learned work, award-winning archaeologist Catherine Cameron explores how violence against the few may transform the cultures of the many.”—James Brooks, author of Captives and Cousins: Slavery, Kinship, and Community in the Southwest Borderlands “[Captives] could have a significant impact on archaeological studies.”—Eric E. Bowne, Journal of Anthropological Research "Cameron accomplishes exactly what she set out to do: opening up a new space for investigation and laying out an agenda for further research. . . . She makes it clear that Captives is intended not to be the final word but, rather, the opening salvo. Archaeologists, anthropologists, historians, and ethnohistorians should heed her call."—Matthew Kruer, Ethnohistory"This is a well-written text. . . . Equally accessible to advanced undergraduate students and researchers, with a wide range of studies and well-structured approach to captives as social beings that are organized in a coherent manner throughout. It should be the starting point for anyone seeking to understand the various facets of captive-taking and the lives of captives in small-scale societies."—Liza Gijanto, Historical Archaeology"[Captives] is useful for scholars in many fields interested in the topic, for classroom use, and the public. It is a significant contribution to the topic of captives and slaves, which remains urgent as we struggle with our own national legacy of slavery, as well human trafficking across the world and down the street."—Kenneth M. Ames, Oregon Historical Quarterly“This moving book helps us understand: What was it like to be a slave? A slave-owner? How does slavery affect society? It demonstrates that archaeology—the social science of the past—can ask big questions about the human experience.”—Michelle Hegmon, professor in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University and editor of The Archaeology of the Human Experience“Captives challenges archaeologists to broaden their scope of inquiry to recognize the temporal depth, geographical breadth, and nearly universal presence of captives in small-scale societies of the past. Catherine Cameron’s comparative approach to captives lays the groundwork, methodologically and theoretically, for understanding the lives of captives, their social locations, and their significance as agents of change in societies of all scales throughout human prehistory and, indeed, into the present.”—Brenda J. Bowser, associate professor of anthropology at California State University–Fullerton, coeditor of Cultural Transmission and Material Culture: Breaking Down Boundaries "Captives: How Stolen People Changed the World challenges archaeologists to consider captive-taking, an ancient and almost universal practice in human history, as a significant mode of cultural transmission and a source of culture change. . . . Here Cameron provides a framework that enables archaeologists to investigate the nature and scale of the roles that captives have played in small-scale societies."—David H. Dye, American Antiquity"Captives is foremost an invitation to begin to see the past in a new way—to make visible individuals who have long been made invisible in archaeological interpretations but have nonetheless been there all along."cLydia Wilson Marshall, KIVA: Journal of Southwestern Anthropology and History"This book will be an eye-opener for archaeology."—European Journal of ArchaeologyTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments 1. The Captive in Space, Time, and Mind 2. Captive Taking in Global Perspective 3. The Captive as Social Person 4. Captives and the Creation of Power 5. Captives, Social Boundaries, and Ethnogenesis 6. Captives and Cultural Transmission 7. Captives in Prehistory Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"[Sunseri's] work is personal, innovative, and effective in its use of disparate sources, from scientific analysis to oral history, and provides the reader with a well reasoned and supported argument for cultural fluidity and continuation on the New Mexico colonial borderlands."—Peg Kearney, Journal of Arizona History"Situational Identities along the Raiding Frontier of Colonial New Mexico offers a strong foundation on which to build future place-based historical archaeologies in the Southwest, deeply informed by those who have thought with the land for generations."—Valerie Bondura, Society for Historical Archaeology"The ethnic pluralism that emerges from Sunseri's text and artifacts will resonate beyond scholarly circles, offering critical insight into contemporary issues around what it means to be 'New Mexican.'"—Dana Velasco Murillo, Western Historical Quarterly"Situational Identities has much to offer those interested in the regional history of New Mexico, the broader history of Spanish frontier spaces, and the important work of blending methodologies across the humanities and social science disciplines."—Sean F. McEnroe, Hispanic American Historical Review“This case makes a significant contribution to the interdisciplinary study of the Spanish borderlands, especially in New Mexico, and will set the bar for archaeological and anthropological research into genízaro communities like Casitas.”—Bonnie J. Clark, associate professor of anthropology at the University of Denver and author of On the Edge of Purgatory: An Archaeology of Place in Hispanic Colorado “This book is a culmination of several years of innovative research at Casitas that is important because it involves local descendent communities for whom this site has great personal and historic meaning. The research is comprehensive and integrates multiple lines of evidence in an unusual way, including documentary, landscape/viewshed, architectural, zooarchaeological, and ceramic analyses.”—Barnet Pavao-Zuckerman, associate professor of anthropology at the University of Maryland and coauthor of Mission and Pueblo of Santa Catalina de Guale, St. Catherines Island, Georgia: A Comparative Zooarchaeological AnalysisTable of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables AcknowledgementsChapter 1. Standing Fast in the Middle Ground Community Research Mandates as a Privilege to Earn for Historical Archaeology A Spanish Colonial Project in a Native American Landscape (Un)documented New Mexico Previous Archaeological ResearchChapter 2. Digging Out Community Picturing the Cast(a) of the Drama in Northern New Mexico Frontline Families and Opportunities A Turning Point on a Critical Frontier Viewing Research on the Borderlands from a Distance Borderlands Identities as Strategy A Historical Archaeology of Identity as a Complex of Possibilities Concepts of Homescape and HearthscapeChapter 3. Homescape Landscape and Identity Maps and Mappings The Tactical Homescape The Engineered Homescape Evaluating Topographic Space for Potential as Agricultural Place Modeling Hydrodynamics of Acequia Irrigation Palimpsests of Place Along the Rito Colorado Landscape Dimensions in DialogueChapter 4. Hearthscape Tools Pottery as Foodway Toolkits Who made these pots? Typologies and Historic New Mexican Pottery Choosing Clay for Making Pots Transformations of Clay into Tools The Thermodynamic Art of Firing Pots in Performance A Process of IdentityChapter 5. Hearthscape Ingredients Grazing to Gravy What Animals Were Part of Life at Casitas? Creation of the Faunal Archaeological Record Animal Bodies Becoming Portions Transformations into Food Tool Marks and Burning How was Meat Portioned and Consumed? Hearthscape Evidence in DialogChapter 6. Historical Archaeology of a Place beyond Labels Foodways Stages of Production and Consumption Production Practices Related to Consumption Use and Disposal Hearthscape Trends Across the Plazuela Tactical and Engineering Perspectives on Homescape Practices Complicating Identity on the Frontier By Putting Scales in DialogueEPILOGUE: Protecting a Guardian of the Frontier New Directions for Future Research Archaeology and Preservation as Memory, Performance, and Political ActionREFERENCES CITED

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Book SynopsisThis volume explores how pluralistic communities thrived in California’s mining hinterland as well as how immigrants and California Natives mobilized and mitigated power inequalities through their daily experiences of identity expression, community cohesion, and labor relations. Trade Review"Sunseri effectively uses archaeology to unmute the archival record and let the workers speak. This book belongs on the shelf of scholars who study labor’s struggle and on the reading list for graduate seminars on historical archaeology."—Randall H. McGuire, Journal of Anthropological Research"An excellent study on a topic that is on the cutting edge of multi-ethnic scholarship and challenges the long-held notion that there was little or no positive interaction between the Chinese, Native Americans, and Euro-Americans."—Sue Fawn Chung, Western Historical Quarterly"Alliance Rises in the West is cohesive, compact, and convincing. The text is at its best when pinpointing important historical and archaeological parallels between the lived overseas Chinese and Native Paiute experiences. . . . [Sunseri's] work is a well-researched, insightful, and clear examination of daily life in historical Mono Mills and class struggles during the Gilded Age."—Seth Mallios, American Antiquity"Sunseri's work provides a more complete assessment of the experience of non-white laborers in the Gilded Age of the American West than study of documentary evidence alone allows."—Kathleen L. Hull, American Anthropologist"This is an approachable and concise study that is certain to inform the work of educators and researchers with interests in such topics as class, capitalism, and labor movements, as well as race and racialization during the Gilded Age. For students, the book represents an excellent case study in gathering and comparing multiple forms of evidence in archaeological research. Alliance Rises in the West is recommended reading for historical archaeologists, particularly specialists in California and elsewhere investigating the experiences and agency of minoritized ethnic groups combating and rebuffing discrimination and violence during California's long history of missionary, mercantile, and settler colonialism."—Tsim D. Schneider, California History“Alliance Rises in the West makes a significant contribution to the archaeology and history of labor, race, and the politics of alliance of industrial communities in the American West.”—Donald L. Hardesty, author of Mining Archaeology in the American West: A View from the Silver State“Sunseri’s book makes a very important contribution to the field of historical archaeology in the West and offers a broad set of contributions to historical archaeology globally and to our understanding of intersubjectivity in the past. Sunseri masterfully sweeps research that is far ranging across the fields of ethnicity, race, class, and, most significantly, labor.”—Carolyn L. White, editor of The Materiality of Individuality: Archaeological Studies of Individual LivesTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction: Mono Mills, a Wild West Suburb 1. Beneath the Gilding of 19th-Century Company Towns 2. Archaeological Study of Laborers’ Identities in Capitalism 3. Paiute and Chinese Laborers in Mono Mills 4. Archaeology of Race-Based Collective Action 5. Archaeology of Working-Class Solidarity and Resistance References Index

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Book SynopsisFrank Waters lived for three years among the Hopi people of Arizona and was quickly drawn into their culture. Pumpkin Seed Point is a beautifully written personal account of Waters’s inner and outer experiences among the Hopi.Trade Review“A distinguished ethnologist with a warm sympathy and a good reporter’s eye, Waters describes his experiences with the Hopi Indians in this book…He has the gift of immersing himself in his subject and shows clearly how the Hopis…are affected by the conflicts of modern life as are their white counterparts.” * Publishers Weekly *“Frank Waters is one of the most provocative, frustrating and satisfying writers in America — his works have a reality that is frightening and a mysticism that is tantalizing and he is as hard to capture as a drop of mercury on the palm — but one thing you know from the reading of any of his works: he is one of the best, and most underrated, writers in our country today…You will go far to find a book with this depth and this wit and this philosophy. Recommended without qualification to any reader interested in the human condition and the mysticism of the spirit.” * The Daily Times *

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Book SynopsisNaven is the name of a peculiar ritual practiced by Iatmul, a head-hunting tribe of New Guinea.Th e ceremony is performed to congratulate members of the tribe upon the completion of notable accomplishments, among which homicide ranks highest. Ordinarily this tribe insists upon an extreme contrast between the sexes, but in the naven ceremony, tranvestitism and ritual homosexuality are represented. The naven serves in this book as a motive around which the author has constructed one of the most influential works of field anthropology ever written.Table of ContentsTABLE OF CONTENTS Chap. I. Chap. II. Chap. III. Chap. IV. Chap. V. Chap. VI. 1. 2. 3. Chap. VII. Chap. VIII. Chap. IX. Chap. X. Chap. XI. Chap. XII. Chap. XIII. Chap. XIV. Chap. XV. Chap. XVI. Chap. XVII.

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Book SynopsisStudies of Chinese society commonly emphasize men's roles and functions, a not unreasonable approach to a society with patrilineal kinship structure. This book seeks to fill some of these gaps by examining the ways rural Taiwanese women manipulate men and each other in the pursuit of their personal goals.Trade Review'A fascinating ethnographic account ... Wolf provides an admirable account of the ways in which Taiwanese culture relegates its women to a secondary status in all stages of their life cycles. The description here is vivid, rich, humane, and often intricate ... A welcome addition to the literature on Asian societies.' G. N. Ramu, Rural SociologyTable of ContentsContents 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

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Book SynopsisA young mother began to behave in a decidedly aberrant, perhaps suicidal manner, and opinion in her village was sharply divided over the reason. Was she becoming a shaman, posessed by a god? Was she deranged, in need of physical restraint, drugs, and hospitalization?Trade Review"A Thrice-Told Tale provides enjoyable fiction, important glimpses of fieldwork methodology, first-rate feminist analysis, and stimulating polemic. It can be used with students—of history, women's studies and other fields in addition to anthropology." -- Journal of Oriental StudiesTable of Contents1. Ruminations with a view(point) 2. The hot spell 3. Fieldnotes 4. The woman who didn't become a Shaman 5. Writing ethnography: the poetics and politics of culture Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book is at once a cultural history of Japanese American kinship and a contribution to the study of the contemporary kinship system of the United States. It brings to the analysis of American kinship a theoretical perspective that attends to the historically situated, symbolic processes through which people interpret and thereby transform their kinship relations. By examining kinship change among Japanese Americans, I elucidate a particular case of a general process I take as having been central to the development of contemporary American kinship. For, while Japanese Americans have a unique and rich cultural heritage and a distinctive and troubled social history, the process of kinship change they have undergone since the turn of the century has been shared by many other Americans.I begin with the premise that kinship relations are structured by symbolic relations and serve symbolic functions as well as social ones. It follows from this that kinship change involves symbolTrade Review'The book provides a rich source of material for those interested in a detailed exploration of Issei and Nisei families ... An excellent addition to ethnic and family studies.'Pacific Historical ReviewTable of Contents1. The analysis of kinship change Part I. Marriage: 2. Issei marriage 3. Nisei marriage 4. The transformation of marriage Part II. Filial Relations: 5. Two generations of filial relations 6. The interpretation of filial relations Part III. Siblinghood and Kinship: 7. Issei siblings, Kazoku and Shinrui 8. Nisei siblings, family, and relatives 9. Conclusion: transforming the past Appendix Index.

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Book SynopsisA challenge to economic theories that view the household as a harmonious unit with a single decision-maker, this book shows that in the Third World the household is an arena of conflict marked by inequality and negotiation over income and expenditures.Table of ContentsIntroduction Judith Bruce and Daisy Dwyer 1. The material consequences of reproductive failure in rural South Asia Mead Cain 2. Intergenerational contracts: familial roots of sexual stratification in Taiwan Susan Greenhalgh 3. Women are good with money: earning and managing in an Indonesian city Hanna Papanek and Laurel Schwede 4. Women's work and poverty: women's contribution to household maintenance in South India Joan P. Mencher 5. Household budgeting and financial management in a lower-income Cairo neighborhood Homa Hoodfar 6. The nonpooling household: a challenge to theory Eleanor R. Fapohunda 7. Dynamic approaches to domestic budgeting: cases and methods from Africa Jane Guyer 8. Income allocation and marriage options in Urban Zambia Monica Munachonga 9. The constraints on and release of female labor power: Dominican migration to the United States Patricia R. Pessar 10. The impact of Agrarian reform on men's and women's incomes in rural Honduras Constantina Safilios-Rothschild 11. Renegotiating the marital contract: intrahousehold patterns of money allocation and women's subordination among domestic out workers in Mexico city Martha Roldan 12. The black four of hearts: toward a new paradigm of household economics Nancy Folbre.

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Book SynopsisThis ambitious, wide-ranging work shows how national economic prosperity and government expansion in Mexico during the 1970's transformed a relatively closed peasant community into a more outwardly connected, socially differentiated society marked by dissension and overt conflict.Trade Review"This fascinating study is a fine example of the benefits of long-term research in a particular place. It is also an excellent reflection of the sort of anthropological work that 'development professionals' should take seriously. . . . Cancian also contributes to current debates within anthropology."—Development Policy Review

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Book SynopsisThis book brings together material on headhunting from several Southeast Asia societies, examines its cultural contexts, and relates them to colonial history, violence, and ritual.Table of ContentsContributors; 1. Introduction: headhunting as practice and trope Janet Hoskins; 2. Lyric, history, and allegory, or the end of headhunting ritual in upland Sulawesi Kenneth M. George; 3. Headtaking and the consolidation of political power in the early Brunei state Allen R. Maxwell; 4. Severed heads that germinate the state: history, politics, and headhunting in Southwest Timor Andrew McWilliam; 5. Buaya headhunting and its ritual: notes from a headhunting feast in Northern Luzon Jules De Raedt; 6. Telling violence in the Meratus mountains Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing; 7. The heritage of headhunting: history, ideology and violence on Sumba, 1890-1990 Janet Hoskins; 8. Images of headhunting Peter Metcalf; Index.

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