Anthropology Through The Looking Glass

Author : Michael Herzfeld
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0521389089

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Anthropology Through the Looking-Glass by Michael Herzfeld Pdf

Despite having emerged in the heyday of a dominant Europe, of which Ancient Greece is the hallowed spiritual and intellectual ancestor, anthropology has paradoxically shown relatively little interest in contemporary Greek culture. In this innovative and ambitious book, Michael Herzfeld moves Greek Ethnography from the margins to the centre of anthropological theory, revealing the theoretical insights that can be gained by so doing. He shows that the ideology that originally led to the creation of anthropology also played a large part in the growth of the modern Greek nation-state, and that Greek ethnography can therefore serve as a mirror for an ethnography of anthropology itself. He further demonstrates the role that scholarly fields, including anthropology, have played in the construction of contemporary Greek culture and Greek identity.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Anthropology
ISBN : 0070086109

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Through the Looking Glass by Anonim Pdf

Author : Gili Hammer
Publisher : Corporealities: Discourses of
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780472054282

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Blindness Through the Looking Glass by Gili Hammer Pdf

Challenges visuality as the dominant mode through which we understand gender, social performance, and visual culture

Author : Alan MacFarlane
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08-06
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781847650580

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Japan Through the Looking Glass by Alan MacFarlane Pdf

This entertaining and endlessly surprising book takes us on an exploration into every aspect of Japanese society from the most public to the most intimate. A series of meticulous investigations gradually uncovers the multi-faceted nature of a country and people who are even more extraordinary than they seem. Our journey encompasses religion, ritual, martial arts, manners, eating, drinking, hot baths, geishas, family, home, singing, wrestling, dancing, performing, clans, education, aspiration, sexes, generations, race, crime, gangs, terror, war, kindness, cruelty, money, art, imperialism, emperor, countryside, city, politics, government, law and a language that varies according to whom you are speaking. Clear-sighted, persistent, affectionate, unsentimental and honest - Alan Macfarlane shows us Japan as it has never been seen before.

Author : David Lee Carlson,Vaughan M. Bryant
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Anthropology
ISBN : 0070086109

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Through the Looking Glass by David Lee Carlson,Vaughan M. Bryant Pdf

Author : David L. Carlson,Vaughn M. Bryant
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Anthropology
ISBN : 0070118841

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Through the Looking Glass by David L. Carlson,Vaughn M. Bryant Pdf

Author : Lee Cronk,Vaughn M. Bryant
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0072286059

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Through the Looking Glass by Lee Cronk,Vaughn M. Bryant Pdf

This collection of readings consists of articles and book chapters taken from books and magazines and covers the entire field of anthropology including topics such as race, cultural diversity, evolution, prehistory and economic development.

Author : A. Lynn Bolles,Ruth Gomberg-Muñoz,Bernard C. Perley,Keri Vacanti Brondo
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781487539078

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Anthropological Theory for the Twenty-First Century by A. Lynn Bolles,Ruth Gomberg-Muñoz,Bernard C. Perley,Keri Vacanti Brondo Pdf

Anthropological Theory for the Twenty-First Century presents a critical approach to the study of anthropological theory for the next generation of aspiring anthropologists. Through a carefully curated selection of readings, this collection reflects the diversity of scholars who have long contributed to the development of anthropological theory, incorporating writings by scholars of color, non-Western scholars, and others whose contributions have historically been under-acknowledged. The volume puts writings from established canonical thinkers, such as Marx, Boas, and Foucault, into productive conversations with Du Bois, Ortiz, Medicine, Trouillot, Said, and many others. The editors also engage in critical conversations surrounding the "canon" itself, including its colonial history and decolonial potential. Updating the canon with late twentieth-century and early twenty-first-century scholarship, this reader includes discussions of contemporary theories such as queer theory, decolonial theory, ontology, and anti-racism. Each section is framed by clear and concise editorial introductions that place the readings in context and conversation with each other, as well as questions and glossaries to guide reader comprehension. A dynamic companion website features additional resources, including links to videos, podcasts, articles, and more.

Author : K. Patrick Fazioli
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781785335457

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The Mirror of the Medieval by K. Patrick Fazioli Pdf

Since its invention by Renaissance humanists, the myth of the “Middle Ages” has held a uniquely important place in the Western historical imagination. Whether envisioned as an era of lost simplicity or a barbaric nightmare, the medieval past has always served as a mirror for modernity. This book gives an eye-opening account of the ways various political and intellectual projects—from nationalism to the discipline of anthropology—have appropriated the Middle Ages for their own ends. Deploying an interdisciplinary toolkit, author K. Patrick Fazioli grounds his analysis in contemporary struggles over power and identity in the Eastern Alps, while also considering the broader implications for scholarly research and public memory.

Author : Pinar Senisik
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857720566

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The Transformation of Ottoman Crete by Pinar Senisik Pdf

The island of Crete under Ottoman rule in the nineteenth century saw successive revolts from its majority Christian population, who were set on union with the newly-independent Greece. This book offers an original perspective on the social, political and ideological transformation of Ottoman Crete within the nationalist context of the late nineteenth century. It focuses on the Cretan revolts of 1896 and 1897, and examines the establishment of the autonomous Cretan State and the withdrawal of Ottoman troops from the island in 1898. Based on Ottoman, British and American archival sources, the author demonstrates that, contrary to the standard view that the uprisings were merely an expression of discontent at Ottoman rule, Cretan Christians in fact aimed to radically change the socio-economic and political structure of Cretan society and to actually overthrow and expel the Ottoman administration. This book provides a deeper understanding of the Cretan experience, and of the wider politics of the Eastern Mediterranean, in the late nineteenth century.

Author : Italo Pardo,Giuliana B. Prato
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317180401

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Anthropology in the City by Italo Pardo,Giuliana B. Prato Pdf

With half of humanity already living in towns and cities and that proportion expected to increase in the coming decades, society - both Western and non-Western - is fast becoming urban and even mega-urban. As such, research in urban settings is evidently timely and of great importance. Anthropology in the City brings together a leading team of anthropologists to address the complex methodological and theoretical challenges posed by field-research in urban settings, clearly identifying the significance of the anthropological paradigm in urban research and its centrality both to mainstream academic debates and to society more broadly. With essays from experts on wide-ranging ethnographic research from fields as diverse as China, Europe, India, Latin and North America and South East Asia, this book demonstrates the contribution that empirically-based anthropological analysis can make to our understanding of our increasingly urban world.

Author : Ana Salzberg
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781782384007

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Beyond the Looking Glass by Ana Salzberg Pdf

As living subjects rather than static icons, studio-era Hollywood actresses actively negotiated a balance between their public personas, film roles, and corporeal presence. The contemporary audience’s engagement with the experience of these actresses unsettles the traditional model of narcissistic identification, which divides the off-screen spectator from his/her on-screen ideal. Exploring the fan’s desire for a material connection to the performer – as well as the star’s own dialogue between embodied experience and idealized image – Beyond the Looking Glass traces on- and off-screen representations of narcissistic femininity in classical Hollywood through studies of stars like Greta Garbo, Ava Gardner, and Marilyn Monroe. Merging historical and theoretical concerns, with particular attention to the resonance of golden-age Hollywood in new media, this book explores the movie screen as a medium of shared experience between spectator and star.

Author : Paolo Heywood
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781785337871

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After Difference by Paolo Heywood Pdf

Queer activism and anthropology are both fundamentally concerned with the concept of difference. Yet they are so in fundamentally different ways. The Italian queer activists in this book value difference as something that must be produced, in opposition to the identity politics they find around them. Conversely, anthropologists find difference in the world around them, and seek to produce an identity between anthropological theory and the ethnographic material it elucidates. This book describes problems faced by an activist "politics of difference," and issues concerning the identity of anthropological reflection itself—connecting two conceptions of difference whilst simultaneously holding them apart.

Author : Paul Dresch,Wendy James,David J. Parkin
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1571817999

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Anthropologists in a Wider World by Paul Dresch,Wendy James,David J. Parkin Pdf

The tradition of intensive fieldwork by a single anthropologist in one area has been challenged by new emphasis on studying historical patterns, wider regions, and global networks. Some anthropologists have started their careers from the new vantage point, amidst a chorus of claims for innovative methodologies. Others have lived through these changes of perspective and are able to reflect on them, while re-evaluating the place of fieldwork within the broader aims of general anthropology. This book explores these transformations of world view and approach as they have been experienced by anthropological colleagues, a number of whom began their work very much in the earlier tradition. They cover experiences of field research in Africa, Papua New Guinea, South America, Central and South Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Indonesia, Japan and China. Constant through the chapters is a distinctively qualitative empirical approach, once associated with the village but now being developed in relation to large-scale or dispersed communities.

Author : Matei Candea
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781108474603

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Comparison in Anthropology by Matei Candea Pdf

Presents a systematic rethinking of the power and limits of comparison in anthropology.