The Anthropology of Globalization
A Reader
Blackwell Readers in Anthropology
2. Edition August 2007
496 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-1-4051-3613-6
John Wiley & Sons
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.
Acknowledgments.
Overture: Thinking the Global:.
1. Tracking Global Flows: Jonathan Xavier Inda (University of
California, Santa Barbara) and Renato Rosaldo (New York
University).
2. Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy:
Arjun Appadurai (The New School).
3. The Global Situation: Anna Tsing (University of California,
Santa Cruz).
Part I: Itinerant Capital:.
Introduction.
4. Notes on Mayan Youth and Rural Industrialization in
Guatemala: Linda Green (University of Arizona).
5. Thai Love Thai: Financing Emotion in Post-crash Thailand:
Alan Klima (University of California, Davis).
6. Situating Global Capitalisms: A View from Wall Street
Investment Banks: Karen Ho (University of Minnesota, Twin
Cities).
Part II: Mobile Subjects:.
Introduction.
7. Cyberpublics and Diaspora Politics among Transnational
Chinese: Aihwa Ong (University of California, Berkeley).
8. Between Cinema and Social Work: Diasporic Turkish Women and
the (Dis)Pleasures of Hybridity: Katherine Pratt Ewing (Duke
University).
9. Compassion and Repression: The Moral Economy of Immigration
Policies in France: Didier Fassin (École des Hautes
Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris).
Part III: Roving Commodities:.
Introduction.
10. Domesticating the French Fry: McDonald's and Consumerism in
Moscow: Melissa L. Caldwell (University of California, Santa
Cruz).
11. Copyrighting Che: Art and Authorship under Cuban Late
Socialism: Ariana Hernández-Reguant (University of California,
San Diego).
12. Diagnostic Liquidity: Mental Illness and the Global Trade in
DNA: Andrew Lakoff (University of California, San Diego).
Part IV: Traveling Media:.
Introduction.
13. Dubbing Culture: Indonesian Gay and Lesbi Subjectivities and
Ethnography in an Already Globalized World: Tom Boellstorff
(University of California, Irvine).
14. Itineraries of Indian Cinema: African Videos, Bollywood, and
Global Media: Brian Larkin (Barnard College).
15. The New Digital Media and Activist Networking within
Anti-Corporate Globalization Movements: Jeffrey S. Juris (Arizona
State University).
Part V: Nomadic Ideologies:.
Introduction.
16. The Female Inheritance Movement in Hong Kong: Theorizing the
Local/Global Interface: Sally Engle Merry (New York University) and
Rachel E. Stern (University of California, Berkeley).
17. Disorderly Development: Globalization and the Idea of
"Culture": Renée Sylvain (University of Guelph,
Ontario, Canada).
18. Politico-moral Transactions in Indian AIDS Service:
Confidentiality, Rights, and New Modalities of Governance: Kavita
Misra (Yale University).
Index
Acknowledgments.
Overture: Thinking the Global:.
1. Tracking Global Flows: Jonathan Xavier Inda (University of
California, Santa Barbara) and Renato Rosaldo (New York
University).
2. Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy:
Arjun Appadurai (The New School).
3. The Global Situation: Anna Tsing (University of California,
Santa Cruz).
Part I: Itinerant Capital:.
Introduction.
4. Notes on Mayan Youth and Rural Industrialization in
Guatemala: Linda Green (University of Arizona).
5. Thai Love Thai: Financing Emotion in Post-crash Thailand:
Alan Klima (University of California, Davis).
6. Situating Global Capitalisms: A View from Wall Street
Investment Banks: Karen Ho (University of Minnesota, Twin
Cities).
Part II: Mobile Subjects:.
Introduction.
7. Cyberpublics and Diaspora Politics among Transnational
Chinese: Aihwa Ong (University of California, Berkeley).
8. Between Cinema and Social Work: Diasporic Turkish Women and
the (Dis)Pleasures of Hybridity: Katherine Pratt Ewing (Duke
University).
9. Compassion and Repression: The Moral Economy of Immigration
Policies in France: Didier Fassin (École des Hautes
Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris).
Part III: Roving Commodities:.
Introduction.
10. Domesticating the French Fry: McDonald's and Consumerism in
Moscow: Melissa L. Caldwell (University of California, Santa
Cruz).
11. Copyrighting Che: Art and Authorship under Cuban Late
Socialism: Ariana Hernández-Reguant (University of California,
San Diego).
12. Diagnostic Liquidity: Mental Illness and the Global Trade in
DNA: Andrew Lakoff (University of California, San Diego).
Part IV: Traveling Media:.
Introduction.
13. Dubbing Culture: Indonesian Gay and Lesbi Subjectivities and
Ethnography in an Already Globalized World: Tom Boellstorff
(University of California, Irvine).
14. Itineraries of Indian Cinema: African Videos, Bollywood, and
Global Media: Brian Larkin (Barnard College).
15. The New Digital Media and Activist Networking within
Anti-Corporate Globalization Movements: Jeffrey S. Juris (Arizona
State University).
Part V: Nomadic Ideologies:.
Introduction.
16. The Female Inheritance Movement in Hong Kong: Theorizing the
Local/Global Interface: Sally Engle Merry (New York University) and
Rachel E. Stern (University of California, Berkeley).
17. Disorderly Development: Globalization and the Idea of
"Culture": Renée Sylvain (University of Guelph,
Ontario, Canada).
18. Politico-moral Transactions in Indian AIDS Service:
Confidentiality, Rights, and New Modalities of Governance: Kavita
Misra (Yale University).
Index
"The Anthropology of Globalization, 2nd Edition is a
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
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
Jonathan Xavier Inda is Associate Professor in the
Department of Chicana/o Studies at the University of California,
Santa Barbara. Among his publications are Targeting Immigrants:
Government, Technology, and Ethics (Blackwell, 2006) and the
edited volumes Anthropologies of Modernity: Foucault,
Governmentality, and Life Politics (Blackwell, 2005) and
Race, Identity, and Citizenship (Blackwell, 1999).
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.
Department of Chicana/o Studies at the University of California,
Santa Barbara. Among his publications are Targeting Immigrants:
Government, Technology, and Ethics (Blackwell, 2006) and the
edited volumes Anthropologies of Modernity: Foucault,
Governmentality, and Life Politics (Blackwell, 2005) and
Race, Identity, and Citizenship (Blackwell, 1999).
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.
