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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811425303321

Titolo

Border crossings : transnational Americanist anthropology / / edited and with an introduction by Kathleen S. Fine-Dare and Steven L. Rubenstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-13079-X

9786612130793

0-8032-2274-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (404 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Fine-DareKathleen S <1953-> (Kathleen Sue)

RubensteinSteven <1962-2012.>

Disciplina

301.072/07

Soggetti

Anthropology - Research - America

Anthropology - America - Methodology

Anthropology - America - International cooperation

Intercultural communication - America

Culture and globalization - America

Indigenous peoples - America

Transnationalism - America

America Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction: Toward a Transnational Americanist Anthropology; Part One: A New Compass for Americanist Studies; 1. Racing across Borders in the Americas; 2. The Politics of Knowledge and Identityand the Poetics of Political Economy; 3. Reinventing Archaeological Heritage; Part Two: Transamerican Case Studies; 4. Bodies Unburied, Mummies Displayed; 5. Crossing Boundaries with Shrunken Heads; 6. Local Conflict, Global Forces; 7. El Envío; 8. Global Indigenous Movements

9. What Can Americanists and Anthropology Learn from the Alliances between Indigenous Peoples and Popular Movements in the Amazon?Part Three: American Reflections; 10. "That's Your Hopi Uncle"; 11. The



Dust Bowl Tango; 12. The Lizard's Dream; Afterword; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

For anthropologists and social scientists working in North and South America, the past few decades have brought considerable change as issues such as repatriation, cultural jurisdiction, and revitalization movements have swept across the hemisphere. Today scholars are rethinking both how and why they study culture as they gain a new appreciation for the impact they have on the people they study. Key to this reassessment of the social sciences is a rethinking of the concept of borders: not only between cultures and nations but between disciplines such as archaeology and cultural anthropology, b