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32 produkter
In Sorcery's Shadow
A Memoir of Apprenticeship among the Songhay of Niger
Häftad, 1989
299 kr
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The tale of Paul Stoller's sojourn among sorcerors in the Republic of Niger is a story of growth and change, of mutual respect and understanding that will challenge all who read it to plunge deeply into an alien world.
Gallery Bundu
A Story about an African Past
Av Paul Stoller
Inbunden, 2005
571 kr
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There comes a time for most of us when we knowingly face a decision of such consequence that it will drastically affect the shape of our lives. Some people are prepared to carry the weight of that decision. David Lyons, the protagonist of Gallery Bundu, was not. In Paul Stoller's work of fiction …
Jaguar
A Story of Africans in America
Av Paul Stoller
Inbunden, 1999
985 kr
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Issa Boureima is a young, hip African street vendor who sells knock-off designer bags and hats in an open-air market on 125th street in Harlem. His goal is to become a "Jaguar"--a West African term for a keen entrepreneur able to spot trends and turn a profit in any marketplace. This dynamic world, …
Jaguar
A Story of Africans in America
Av Paul Stoller
Häftad, 1999
285 kr
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Issa Boureima is a young, hip African street vendor who sells knock-off designer bags and hats in an open-air market on 125th street in Harlem. His goal is to become a "Jaguar"—a West African term for a keen entrepreneur able to spot trends and turn a profit in any marketplace. This dynamic world, …
Money Has No Smell
The Africanization of New York City
Av Paul Stoller
Häftad, 2002
325 kr
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In February 1999 the tragic New York City police shooting of Amadou Diallo, an unarmed street vendor from Guinea, brought into focus the existence of West African merchants in urban America. In Money Has No Smell, Paul Stoller offers us a more complete portrait of the complex lives of West African …
Power of the Between
An Anthropological Odyssey
Av Paul Stoller
Häftad, 2008
263 kr
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It is the anthropologist's fate to always be between things: countries, languages, cultures, even realities. But rather than lament this, anthropologist Paul Stoller here celebrates the creative power of the between, showing how it can transform us, changing our conceptions of who we are, what we …
Power of the Between
An Anthropological Odyssey
Av Paul Stoller
E-bok, 2009
551 kr
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It is the anthropologist’s fate to always be between things: countries, languages, cultures, even realities. But rather than lament this, anthropologist Paul Stoller here celebrates the creative power of the between, showing how it can transform us, changing our conceptions of who we are, what we …
Fusion of the Worlds
An Ethnography of Possession among the Songhay of Niger
Av Paul Stoller
Häftad, 1997
625 kr
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"This ethnography is more like a film than a book, so well does Stoller evoke the color, sight, sounds, and movements of Songhay possession ceremonies."—Choice"Stoller brilliantly recreates the reality of spirit presence; hosts are what they mediate, and spirits become flesh and blood in the …
Cinematic Griot
The Ethnography of Jean Rouch
Av Paul Stoller
Inbunden, 1992
660 kr
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The most prolific ethnographic filmmaker in the world, a pioneer of cinema verite; and one of the earliest ethnographers of African societies, Jean Rouch (1917-) remains a controversial and often misunderstood figure in histories of anthropology and film. By examining Rouch's neglected ethnographic …
Cinematic Griot
The Ethnography of Jean Rouch
Av Paul Stoller
Häftad, 1992
299 kr
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The most prolific ethnographic filmmaker in the world, a pioneer of cinéma vérité and one of the earliest ethnographers of African societies, Jean Rouch (1917-) remains a controversial and often misunderstood figure in histories of anthropology and film. By examining Rouch's neglected ethnographic …
Fusion of the Worlds
An Ethnography of Possession among the Songhay of Niger
Av Paul Stoller
E-bok, 2010
706 kr
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"This ethnography is more like a film than a book, so well does Stoller evoke the color, sight, sounds, and movements of Songhay possession ceremonies."— Choice "Stoller brilliantly recreates the reality of spirit presence; hosts are what they mediate, and spirits become flesh and blood in the …
Embodying Colonial Memories
Spirit Possession, Power, and the Hauka in West Africa
Av Paul Stoller
Häftad, 1995
764 kr
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A study of the West African Hauka - spirits that grotesquely mimic and mock "Europeans" of the colonial epoch. The author considers spirit possession as a set of embodied practices with serious social and cultural consequences. Embodying Colonial Memories is the first in-depth study of the West …
Stranger in the Village of the Sick
A Memoir of Cancer, Sorcery, and Healing
Av Paul Stoller
Häftad, 2005
227 kr
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Sensuous Scholarship
Av Paul Stoller
E-bok, 2010
424 kr
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Among the Songhay of Mali and Niger, who consider the stomach the seat of personality, learning is understood not in terms of mental activity but in bodily terms. Songhay bards study history by "eating the words of the ancestors," and sorcerers learn their art by ingesting particular substances, by …
Taste of Ethnographic Things
The Senses in Anthropology
Av Paul Stoller
E-bok, 2010
424 kr
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Anthropologists who have lost their senses write ethnographies that are often disconnected from the worlds they seek to portray. For most anthropologists, Stoller contends, tasteless theories are more important than the savory sauces of ethnographic life. That they have lost the smells, sounds, and …
Taste of Ethnographic Things
The Senses in Anthropology
Av Paul Stoller
Häftad, 1989
332 kr
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Anthropologists who have lost their senses write ethnographies that are often disconnected from the worlds they seek to portray. For most anthropologists, Stoller contends, tasteless theories are more important than the savory sauces of ethnographic life. That they have lost the smells, sounds, and …
Sensuous Scholarship
Av Paul Stoller
Häftad, 1997
332 kr
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Among the Songhay of Mali and Niger, who consider the stomach the seat of personality, learning is understood not in terms of mental activity but in bodily terms. Songhay bards study history by "eating the words of the ancestors," and sorcerers learn their art by ingesting particular substances, by …
Embodying Colonial Memories
Spirit Possession, Power, and the Hauka in West Africa
Av Paul Stoller
E-bok, 2014
881 kr
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A study of the West African Hauka - spirits that grotesquely mimic and mock "Europeans" of the colonial epoch. The author considers spirit possession as a set of embodied practices with serious social and cultural consequences. Embodying Colonial Memories is the first in-depth study of the West …
Embodying Colonial Memories
Spirit Possession, Power, and the Hauka in West Africa
Av Paul Stoller
E-bok, 2014
901 kr
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A study of the West African Hauka - spirits that grotesquely mimic and mock "Europeans" of the colonial epoch. The author considers spirit possession as a set of embodied practices with serious social and cultural consequences. Embodying Colonial Memories is the first in-depth study of the West …
Adventures in Blogging
Public Anthropology and Popular Media
Av Paul Stoller
Häftad, 2018
397 kr
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Paul Stoller has been writing a popular blog for the Huffington Post since 2011. Blogging, says Stoller, allows him to bring an anthropological perspective to contemporary debates, but it also makes him a better writer: snappier, more concise, and more focused on the connection he wants to make …
Adventures in Blogging
Public Anthropology and Popular Media
Av Paul Stoller
E-bok, 2018
431 kr
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Paul Stoller has been writing a popular blog for the Huffington Post since 2011. Blogging, says Stoller, allows him to bring an anthropological perspective to contemporary debates, but it also makes him a better writer: snappier, more concise, and more focused on the connection he wants to make …
Adventures in Blogging
Public Anthropology and Popular Media
Av Paul Stoller
E-bok, 2018
431 kr
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Paul Stoller has been writing a popular blog for the Huffington Post since 2011. Blogging, says Stoller, allows him to bring an anthropological perspective to contemporary debates, but it also makes him a better writer: snappier, more concise, and more focused on the connection he wants to make …
Wisdom from the Edge
Writing Ethnography in Turbulent Times
Av Paul Stoller
Inbunden, 2023
1887 kr
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Wisdom From the Edge describes what anthropologists can do to contribute to the social and cultural changes that shape a social future of wellbeing and viability. Paul Stoller shows how anthropologists can develop sensuously described ethnographic narratives to communicate powerfully their insights …
Wisdom from the Edge
Writing Ethnography in Turbulent Times
Av Paul Stoller
Häftad, 2023
283 kr
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Wisdom From the Edge describes what anthropologists can do to contribute to the social and cultural changes that shape a social future of wellbeing and viability. Paul Stoller shows how anthropologists can develop sensuously described ethnographic narratives to communicate powerfully their insights …
Sorcerer's Burden
The Ethnographic Saga of a Global Family
Av Paul Stoller
Inbunden, 2016
334 kr
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This book emerges from the author's 35 years of research and thought about the Songhay people of Niger. This ethnographic novel follows the life of Omar Dia, the oldest son of a West African sorcerer. When his father falls ill and dies, the great sorcerer vomits a small metal chain onto his chest. …
Sorcerer's Burden
The Ethnographic Saga of a Global Family
Av Paul Stoller
E-bok, 2016
393 kr
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This book emerges from the author''s 35 years of research and thought about the Songhay people of Niger. This ethnographic novel follows the life of Omar Dia, the oldest son of a West African sorcerer. When his father falls ill and dies, the great sorcerer vomits a small metal chain onto his chest. …
Sorcerer's Burden
The Ethnographic Saga of a Global Family
Av Paul Stoller
Häftad, 2018
334 kr
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This book emerges from the author's 35 years of research and thought about the Songhay people of Niger. This ethnographic novel follows the life of Omar Dia, the oldest son of a West African sorcerer. When his father falls ill and dies, the great sorcerer vomits a small metal chain onto his chest. …
Yaya's Story
The Quest for Well-Being in the World
Av Paul Stoller
Inbunden, 2014
706 kr
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Yaya's Story is a book about Yaya Harouna, a Songhay trader originally from Niger who found a path to America. It is also a book about Paul Stoller - its author - an American anthropologist who found his own path to Africa. Separated by ethnicity, language, profession, and culture, these two men's …
Yaya's Story
The Quest for Well-Being in the World
Av Paul Stoller
Häftad, 2014
242 kr
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Yaya's Story is a book about Yaya Harouna, a Songhay trader originally from Niger who found a path to America. It is also a book about Paul Stoller-its author-an American anthropologist who found his own path to Africa. Separated by ethnicity, language, profession, and culture, these two men's …
Money Has No Smell – The Africanization of New York City
Av Paul Stoller
Inbunden, 2002
763 kr
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In February 1999 the tragic New York City police shooting of Amadou Diallo, an unarmed street vendor from Guinea, brought into focus the existence of West African merchants in urban America. In Money Has No Smell, Paul Stoller offers us a more complete portrait of the complex lives of West African …
