The Anthropology of Globalization
A Reader
Blackwell Readers in Anthropology
2. Auflage August 2007
496 Seiten, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Updated with a fresh introduction and brand new selections, the second edition of The Anthropology of Globalization collects some of the decade's finest work on globalization, focusing on the increasing interconnectedness of people around the world, and the culturally specific ways in which these connections are mediated.
* Provides a rich introduction to the subject
* Grounds the study of globalization ethnographically by locating global processes in everyday practice
* Addresses the global flow of capital, people, commodities, media, and ideologies
* Offers extensive geographic coverage: from Africa and Asia to the Caribbean, Europe, and North America
* Updated edition includes new selections, section introductions, and recommendations for further reading
List of Contributors.
Overture: Thinking the Global.
Part I: Itinerant Capital.
Part II: Mobile Subjects.
Part III: Roving Commodities.
Part IV: Traveling Media.
Part V: Nomadic Ideologies.
Index.
treasury of the vast store of new and exciting work being done on
this theme. It will be an invaluable text for classes on
globalization in a range of disciplines, including anthropology,
sociology, literature, ethnic studies, and international
studies."
Akhil Gupta, UCLA
"This volume brings together some of the most insightful
anthropological writing on globalization, and so achieves the
miracle of making sense of the innovations, countervailing
tendencies and dilemmas that are now part of the study of culture
in a changing world."
Ronald Niezen, McGill University
Renato Rosaldo is Professor of Anthropology at New York University and Lucie Stern Professor in the Social Sciences Emeritus at Stanford University. He is the author of Culture and Truth (1989) and Ilongot Headhunting, 1883-1974 (1980), and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.