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America Observed: On an International Anthropology of the United States
Virginia Dominguez (Ed.)
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Description for America Observed: On an International Anthropology of the United States
Paperback. There is surprisingly little fieldwork done in and on the United States by anthropologists from abroad. America Observed seeks to fill that gap by bringing into greater focus empirical as well as theoretical implications of this phenomenon for anthropological research and practice. Editor(s): Dominguez, Virginia; Habib, Jasmin. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 191 x 313 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
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 Domniguez 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 ... Read more
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 Domniguez 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
271g
Number of Pages
188
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785334351
SKU
V9781785334351
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About Virginia Dominguez (Ed.)
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. ... Read more
Reviews for America Observed: On an International Anthropology of the United States
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. ... Read more
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. ... Read more