Since its founding in the nineteenth century, social anthropology has been seen as the study of exotic peoples in faraway places. But today more and more anthropologists are dedicating themselves not just to observing but to understanding and helping solve social problems wherever they occur—in international aid organizations, British TV studios, American hospitals, or racist enclaves in Eastern Europe, for example. In Exotic No More, an initiative of the Royal Anthropological Institute, some of today's most respected anthropologists demonstrate, in clear, unpretentious prose, the tremendous contributions that anthropology can make to contemporary society. They cover issues ranging from fundamentalism to forced migration, child labor to crack dealing, human rights to hunger, ethnicity to environmentalism, intellectual property rights to international capitalisms. But Exotic No More is more than a litany of gloom and doom; the essays also explore topics usually associated with leisure or "high" culture, including the media, visual arts, tourism, and music. Each author uses specific examples from their fieldwork to illustrate their discussions, and 62 photographs enliven the text. Throughout the book, the contributors highlight anthropology's commitment to taking people seriously on their own terms, paying close attention to what they are saying and doing, and trying to understand how they see the world and why. Sometimes this bottom-up perspective makes the strange familiar, but it can also make the familiar strange, exposing the cultural basis of seemingly "natural" behaviors and challenging us to rethink some of our most cherished ideas—about gender, "free" markets, "race," and "refugees," among many others. Contributors: William O. Beeman Philippe Bourgois John Chernoff E. Valentine Daniel Alex de Waal Judith Ennew James Fairhead Sarah Franklin Michael Gilsenan Faye Ginsburg Alma Gottlieb Christopher Hann Faye V. Harrison Richard Jenkins Melissa Leach Margaret Lock Jeremy MacClancy Jonathan Mazower Ellen Messer A. David Napier Nancy Scheper-Hughes Jane Schneider Parker Shipton Christopher B. Steiner

Exotic No More: Anthropology on the Front Lines

Politics & Social Sciences

Jane Schneider

Richard Jenkins

Philippe Bourgois

Nancy Scheper-Hughes

Chris Hann

Michael Gilsenan

William O. Beeman

Faye V. Harrison

Alma Gottlieb

Margaret Lock

Social Sciences

The University of Chicago Press

This short critical introduction to Pierre Bourdieu's thought is a model of clarity and insight. Where Bourdieu's own writings are often complex, even ambiguous, Richard Jenkins is direct, concise and to the point. He emphasizes Bourdieu's contributions to theory and methodology while also dealing in detail with his substantive studies of education, social stratification and culture. His book provides the best short English-language introduction to Bourdieu's work. 'As Jenkins points out in the final pages of his book, criticism can be the sincerest form of flattery. I particularly relished his critical approach to the work of Bourdieu and believe that he has written a timely introduction which both undergraduates and experienced teachers will find stimulating and enjoyable.'- Mike Hepworth, University of Aberdeen

Pierre Bourdieu (Key Sociologists)

Philosophy

Routledge

Rethinking Ethnicity: Arguments and Explorations

Richard Jenkins reassesses the concept of ethnicity by examining critically, developing and expanding the anthropological model. He situates power relations and social categorization alongside group formation as necessary and interrelated aspects of the process of ethnic identification. He points out as a major weakness of established views the failure to take serious account of the local, cultural content of ethnic identity.  While ethnicity - as a social construct - is imagined, its effects are far from imaginary. Specific examples support the theoretical discussion to demonstrate the social mechanisms that construct ethnicity and the consequences upon people′s experience. The discussion also encompasses: the `myth′ of a p

Sage Publications Ltd.

Ritchie Ginther - Motor Racing’s Free Thinker

Performance Publishing Ltd

Educators are increasingly looking toward comic books to encourage children's literacy and English language skills.. For kids who may be struggling and for kids who may be new to the English language, that visual sequence is a powerful tool. -Michael Bitz, Colubia University Teachers College Comic Book Project Comics in Your Curriculum is a teacher-friendly guide to integrate comics into language arts, math, science, and social studies classrooms. Each of the engaging lessons is correlated to National Education Standards and packs your curriculum with humor! Students... *Investigate the history of comics in an internet scavenger hunt *Learn sequencing with scrambled comics *Learn how to draw comics in a 5-step lesson *Discover Super-phonics in a reading and language activity *Create an information math comic *In a cooperative group design a food chain comic *Draw historical happenings *Make clip art and fraction comics *Research to draw invention comics *Imagine an alien election in comic format *Make a comic collage The activities begin with the students prior content knowledge, progress through organized steps, and include closure. The authors provide... *lesson plans *activities *templates *drawing worksheets *assessment rubrics

Comics in Your Curriculum

Debra Detamore

Children's Books

Pieces of Learning

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