America Observed

On an International Anthropology of the United States

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

There is surprisingly little fieldwork done on the United States by anthropologists from abroad. America Observed fills that gap by bringing into greater focus empirical as well as theoretical implications of this phenomenon. Edited by Virginia Dominguez and Jasmin Habib, the essays collected here offer a critique of such an absence, exploring its likely reasons while also illustrating the advantages of studying fieldwork-based anthropological projects conducted by colleagues from outside the U.S. This volume contains an introduction written by the editors and fieldwork-based essays written by Helena Wulff, Jasmin Habib, Limor Darash, Ulf Hannerz, and Moshe Shokeid, and reflections on the broad issue written by Geoffrey White, Keiko Ikeda, and Jane Desmond. Suitable for introductory and mid-level anthropology courses, America Observed will also be useful for American Studies courses both in the U.S. and elsewhere.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-12-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 10 mm
Vikt:263 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:188
Förlag:Berghahn Books
ISBN:9781785334351

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Virginia R. Dominguez is Edward William and Jane Marr Gutgsell Professor of Anthropology, Jewish Studies, Global Studies, Caribbean Studies, and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the U.S. She is a recent past president of the American Anthropological Association, recent past editor of American Ethnologist, and co-founder of the International Forum for U.S. Studies.

Recensioner i media

“America Observed poses and answers a critical question for anthropology today: why do so few scholars from outside the United States write ethnographies about ‘America’, and what are the consequences of this lacuna?” · Andrew P. Lyons, Wilfrid Laurier University“This book serves to generate a much-needed discussion about the absence of international ethnographic research in the U.S. and about the nature of the discipline that discourages this kind of research. Furthermore, the ethnographies presented here teach us something substantial about ‘American’ culture and illustrate that ethnographic research undertaken by non-U.S. anthropologists can be particularly insightful.” · James Armstrong, SUNY Plattsburgh

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: Can the US Be “Othered” Usefully? On an International Anthropology of the United StatesVirginia R. Dominguez and Jasmin HabibPART I: ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN? THE US AS FIELDSITEChapter 1. Manhattan as a Magnet: Place and Circulation among Young SwedesHelena WulffChapter 2. Is It Un-American to Be Critical of Israel? Criticism and Fear in the US ContextJasmin HabibChapter 3. Biosecurity in the US: “The Scientific” and “the American” in Critical Perspective”Limor Samimian-DarashChapter 4. American Theater State: Reflections on Political CultureUlf HannerzChapter 5. Observing American Gay Organizations and Voluntary Associations: An Outsider’s ExpositionMoshe ShokeidPART II: FROM THE INSIDE OUT? REFLECTIONS ON AN INTERNATIONAL ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE USChapter 6. Who Cares? Why It’s Odd and Why It’s Not?Geoffrey WhiteChapter 7. Power and the Trafficking of Scholarship in International American StudiesKeiko IkedaAfterword: The Sounds of Silence: Commissions, Omissions, and Particularity in the Global Anthropology of the United StatesJane C. DesmondIndex