Case Studies in Anthropology – serie
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22 produkter
Tanners of Taiwan
Life Strategies and National Culture
Av Scott Simon
Inbunden, 2019
2513 kr
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Tanners of Taiwan is an ethnography of identity construction set in the leather-tanning communities of Southern Taiwan. Through life history analysis and ethnographic observation, Simon examines what it means to be Chinese - or alternatively Taiwanese - in contemporary Taiwan. Under forty years of …
Black Skins, French Voices
Caribbean Ethnicity And Activism In Urban France
Av David Beriss
Inbunden, 2019
1522 kr
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About 337,000 people of French Antillean Origin live in metropolitan France today. Unlike immigrants from North Africa, Turkey or sub-Saharan Africa, Antilleans are French citizens with deep roots in French history. Indeed, the Caribbean Islands they come from have been a part of France for over …
Daughters Of Tunis
Women, Family, And Networks In A Muslim City
Inbunden, 2019
2513 kr
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Daughters of Tunis is an innovative ethnography that carefully weaves the words and intimate, personal stories of four Tunisian women and their families with a statistical analysis of women's survival strategies in a rapidly urbanizing, industrializing Muslim nation. Delineating three distinct …
From Mukogodo to Maasai
Ethnicity and Cultural Change In Kenya
Av Lee Cronk
Inbunden, 2019
2513 kr
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Can one change one's ethnicity? Can an entire ethnic group change its ethnicity? This book focuses on the strategic manipulation of ethnic identity by the Mukogodo of Kenya. Until the 1920s and 1930s, the Mukogodo were Cushitic-speaking foragers (hunters, gatherers, and beekeepers). However, …
Fulbe Voices
Marriage, Islam, and Medicine In Northern Cameroon
Inbunden, 2019
2513 kr
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Fulbe Voices is based on everyday conversations in the West African village of Domaayo, Cameroon, where men and women struggle with the multiple cultural contradictions and social tensions emerging from their varied perspectives as farmers and entrepreneurs, schoolboys and elders, married and free …
Magical Writing In Salasaca
Literacy And Power In Highland Ecuador
Av Peter Wogan
Inbunden, 2019
2513 kr
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This engaging case study of Salasaca, a village in highland Ecuador, examines indigenous beliefs about writing, such as Day of the Dead name lists, comparisons with weaving, and a witch who kills people listed in his book of names. Magical Writing in Salasaca demonstrates that these beliefs reflect …
Muslim Youth
Tensions And Transitions In Tajikistan
Inbunden, 2019
2513 kr
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Since the breakup of the Soviet Union, the peoples of Central Asia (Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) have been exposed to new, Western influences that stress individualism at the expense Central Asian traditions of family and communalism. Young men in particular are …
Namoluk Beyond The Reef
The Transformation Of A Micronesian Community
Av Mac Marshall
Inbunden, 2019
2513 kr
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This case study examines emigrants from Namoluk Atoll in the Eastern Caroline Islands of Micronesia, in the Western Pacific. Most members of the Namoluk community (chon Namoluk) do not currently live there - some 60% of them have moved to Chuuk, Guam, or the mainland US (such as Honolulu, Hawai'i …
Tecpan Guatemala
A Modern Maya Town In Global And Local Context
Av Edward F Fischer, Carol Hendrickson
Inbunden, 2019
2513 kr
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This case study of a highland Guatemala town examines what it means to be Maya in a rapidly changing and globalized world. In providing an historical synopsis of the Kaqchikel Maya from pre-Columbian and Colonial times to the present day, this volume focuses on the dynamics of clutural boundaries …
Iraqw Of Tanzania
Negotiating Rural Development
Inbunden, 2019
2513 kr
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In The Iraqw of Tanzania: Negotiating Rural Development, author Katherine Snyder focuses on how the Iraqw perceive, respond to, and affect development in Tanzania. Snyder explores how the ideology of development affects people's actions, from what crops to plant, to what to wear and do at their …
Lao
Gender, Power, and Livelihood
Av Carol Ireson-Doolittle, Geraldine Moreno-Black
Inbunden, 2019
2513 kr
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The Lao discusses culture and village life in Laos, exploring topics of kinship and family, gender relations, households, religion, livelihood strategies, and ethnicity. In particular, the effects of recent development projects on the relative power of men and women in rural Lao society, and the …
Tecpan Guatemala
A Modern Maya Town In Global And Local Context
Av Edward F Fischer, Carol Hendrickson
Häftad, 2002
649 kr
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This book discusses the indigenous people of Tecpan Guatemala, a predominantly Kaqchikel Maya town in the Guatemalan highlands. It seeks to build on the traditional strengths of ethnography while rejecting overly romantic and isolationist tendencies in the genre.
Fulbe Voices
Marriage, Islam, And Medicine In Northern Cameroon
Av Helen Regis
Häftad, 2002
649 kr
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Fulbe Voices is based on everyday conversations in the West African village of Domaayo, Cameroon, where men and women struggle with the multiple cultural contradictions and social tensions emerging from their varied perspectives as farmers and entrepreneurs, schoolboys and elders, married and free …
Daughters Of Tunis
Women, Family, And Networks In A Muslim City
Häftad, 2002
649 kr
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Daughters of Tunis is an innovative ethnography that carefully weaves the words and intimate, personal stories of four Tunisian women and their families with a statistical analysis of women's survival strategies in a rapidly urbanizing, industrializing Muslim nation. Delineating three distinct …
Lao
Gender, Power, and Livelihood
Av Carol Ireson-Doolittle, Geraldine Moreno-Black
Häftad, 2003
649 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The Lao discusses culture and village life in Laos, exploring topics of kinship and family, gender relations, households, religion, livelihood strategies, and ethnicity. In particular, the effects of recent development projects on the relative power of men and women in rural Lao society, and the …
From Mukogodo To Maasai
Ethnicity And Cultural Change In Kenya
Av Lee Cronk
Häftad, 2004
649 kr
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Can one change one's ethnicity? Can an entire ethnic group change its ethnicity? This book focuses on the strategic manipulation of ethnic identity by the Mukogodo of Kenya. Until the 1920s and 1930s, the Mukogodo were Cushitic-speaking foragers (hunters, gatherers, and beekeepers). However, …
Magical Writing In Salasaca
Literacy And Power In Highland Ecuador
Av Peter Wogan
Häftad, 2003
649 kr
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This book demonstrates that the beliefs about writing reflect extensive contact with birth certificates, baptism records, and other church and state documents. It reviews Ecuadorian history to identify the specific documentation sources that have most influenced beliefs in the witch's book.
Namoluk Beyond The Reef
The Transformation Of A Micronesian Community
Av Mac Marshall
Häftad, 2004
649 kr
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This case study examines emigrants from Namoluk Atoll in the Eastern caroline islands of Micronesia, in the Western pacific. Most members of the Namoluk Community (cbon Namoluk) do not currently live there. some 60 percent of them have moved to chuuk, Guam, Hawai'i, or the mainland United states …
Tanners of Taiwan
Life Strategies and National Culture
Av Scott Simon
Häftad, 2005
649 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Tanners of Taiwan is an ethnography of identity construction set in the leather-tanning communities of Southern Taiwan. Through life history analysis and ethnographic observation, Simon examines what it means to be Chinese - or alternatively Taiwanese - in contemporary Taiwan. Under forty years of …
Iraqw Of Tanzania
Negotiating Rural Development
Häftad, 2005
649 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In The Iraqw of Tanzania: Negotiating Rural Development author Katherine Snyder focuses on how the Iraqw perceive, respond to, and affect development in Tanzania. Snyder explores how the ideology of development affects people’s actions, from what crops to plant, to what to wear and do at their …
Black Skins, French Voices
Caribbean Ethnicity And Activism In Urban France
Av David Beriss
Häftad, 2004
445 kr
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This book is about the choices black French citizens make when they move from Martinique and Guadeloupe to Paris and discover that they are not fully French. It shows how ethnic activists in the Afro-Caribbean diaspora organize to demand what has never been available to them in France.
Muslim Youth
Tensions And Transitions In Tajikistan
Häftad, 2006
649 kr
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This book presents a compelling ethnography of the changes Tajikistan faces at the turn of the twenty-first century as seen through the eyes of its youth. It discusses the ethnographic gaze on the tremendous cultural changes being played out in post-Soviet Tajikistan.
