04084nam 2200745 a 450 991078282540332120230207230051.097866120702421-282-07024-X0-226-77536-410.7208/9780226775364(CKB)1000000000724368(EBL)432300(OCoLC)435816640(SSID)ssj0000225397(PQKBManifestationID)11190775(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000225397(PQKBWorkID)10229783(PQKB)11381596(StDuBDS)EDZ0000121889(MiAaPQ)EBC432300(DE-B1597)524168(OCoLC)1119082940(DE-B1597)9780226775364(Au-PeEL)EBL432300(CaPaEBR)ebr10288725(CaONFJC)MIL207024(EXLCZ)99100000000072436820080725d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe power of the between[electronic resource] an anthropological odyssey /Paul StollerChicago University of Chicago Press20091 online resource (215 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-77535-6 0-226-77534-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-198) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: The Power of the Between -- 1. Seeking Truth -- 2. Alternative Truths -- 3. Embodiments -- 4. Knowledge -- 5. Sorcery -- 6. New York City -- 7. Complexities -- 8. Family -- 9. Sensuousness -- 10. Embodied Memories -- 11. Wood -- 12. New World Circuits -- 13. Art -- 14. Intersections -- 15. Weaving the World -- 16. Immunology and the Village of the Healthy -- 17. Entering the Village of the Sick -- 18. Sorcery in the World -- 19. Remission -- 20. Reconfiguration -- 21. Ethnography -- 22. Memoir -- 23. Imagination -- 24. Stories -- Epilogue: Flying on the Wings of the Wind -- Notes -- References -- IndexIt is the anthropologist's fate to always be between things: countries, languages, cultures, even realities. But rather than lament this, anthropologist Paul Stoller here celebrates the creative power of the between, showing how it can transform us, changing our conceptions of who we are, what we know, and how we live in the world. Beginning with his early days with the Peace Corps in Africa and culminating with a recent bout with cancer, The Power of the Between is an evocative account of the circuitous path Stoller's life has taken, offering a fascinating depiction of how a career is shaped AnthropologistsNigerBiographyAnthropologistsNew York (State)New YorkBiographySonghai (African people)NigerReligionSonghai (African people)NigerSocial life and customsWest AfricansNew York (State)New YorkSocial life and customsHarlem (New York, N.Y.)Social life and customsanthropology, academia, scholarship, between, liminality, memoir, biography, autobiography, cancer, disease, strength, africa, peace corps, niger, harlem, impermanence, transitions, change, mortality, time, illness, health, nonfiction, courage, power, memory, love, new york city, street vendors, friendship, paris, levi-strauss, sorcerer, apprenticeship, career, profession, songhai.AnthropologistsAnthropologistsSonghai (African people)Religion.Songhai (African people)Social life and customs.West AfricansSocial life and customs.301.092BStoller Paul144185MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782825403321The power of the between3746730UNINA