Exotic no more : anthropology for the contemporary world /
edited by Jeremy MacClancy.
- Second edition.
- 426 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
First edition published under title: Exotic no more : anthropology on the front lines. 2002.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Taking people seriously / Coming of age in the concrete killing fields of the US inner city / Religion: it's not what it used to be / Gender and sexuality / Unraveling race for the twenty-first century / Imagined but not imaginary: ethnicity and nationalism in the early twenty-first century / Socialism: ethics, ideologies, and outcomes / Economy / Anthropology, terrorism, and counterterrorism / The anthropological borderlands of global migration / Anthropology and development / Environment and anthropology: socio-natures in a politicized anthropocene / Toxic life in the anthropocene / Anthropologies of the sciences: thinking across strata / Every era gets the internet it deserves (or, the phases of hacking) / The practice of human rights / Anthropology and the right to self-determination of forest peoples / Anthropology/media / Reading time: an anthropology of clocks in the history of photography / Critical anthropologies and the resurgence of culture museums: alternative histories / Paradise postponed: the predicaments of tourism / Resounding power: politicizing the anthropology of music / Jeremy MacClancy -- Philippe Bourgois, Laurie Kain Hart, George Karandinos, and Fernando Montero -- Susan Harding -- Sally Engle Merry -- Faye V. Harrison -- Richard Jenkins -- Chris Hann -- James G. Carrier -- Roberto J. González -- Ruben Andersson -- Katy Gardner -- James Fairhead and Melissa Leach -- Margaret Lock -- Mike Fortun and Kim Fortun -- Christopher Kelty -- Catherine Buerger and Richard Ashby Wilson -- Marcus Colchester and Tom Griffiths -- Faye Ginsburg -- Christopher B. Steiner -- Anthony Alan Shelton -- Jeremy MacClancy -- Matt Sakakeeny. Introduction.
"In this new edition of the anthropological classic Exotic No More, some of today's most respected anthropologists demonstrate the tremendous contributions that anthropological theory and ethnographic methods can make to the study of contemporary society. With chapters covering a wide variety of subjects-the economy, religion, the sciences, gender and sexuality, human rights, music and art, tourism, migration, and the internet-this volume shows how anthropologists grapple with a world that is in constant and accelerating transformation. Each contributor uses examples from their adventurous fieldwork to challenge us to rethink some of our most firmly held notions. This fully updated edition reflects the best that anthropology has to offer in the twenty-first century. The result is both an invaluable introduction to the field for students and a landmark achievement that will set the agenda for critical approaches to the study of contemporary life."--