Anthropology of the self
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An anthropologist responds to a review of his book which is a sequel to his 1991 work 'Western Conceptions of the Individual.' Although he expressed his appreciation for the reviewer's interest in the book, he objected to the reviewer's comments which compared him to Ruth Benedict and accused him of being content with delineating cultural configurations. The author says that the book is neither ahistorical nor does it treat cultural representations as timeless entities. He also reiterates his belief in the uniqueness of an individual's self-identity and the importance of the relationship between cultural conceptions of individuals and their personal identity.
Publication Name: American Ethnologist
Subject: Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies
ISSN: 0094-0496
Year: 1998
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Discourse, politics and the developmental process: reflections on Escobar's "Anthropology and the Development Encounter." (Arturo Escobar's "Anthropology and the Development Encounter: The Making and Marketing of Developmental Anthropology")
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Arturo Escobar applies critical anthropology's analytical tools to the study of development in his book 'Anthropology and the Development Encounter: The Making and Marketing of Development Anthropology.' Escobar's book is the first anthropology book in years to focus on development issues and espouses a developmental approach that draws heavily on critical anthropology's more recent ideas. However, Escobar presents an incomplete and inaccurate picture of the role of anthropologists in development agencies. He also fails to consider the specific relationships that bind anthropologists to the objects of their studies.
Publication Name: American Ethnologist
Subject: Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies
ISSN: 0094-0496
Year: 1995
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Possibilities for migration anthropology
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The New Immigration Series from Allyn and Bacon is a collection of 10 books published from 1995 to 1998. The books presents studies of various immigrant populations, which include Dominicans, Chinese, Haitians, Brazilians, Hmong, Russians, Koreans, Indians, Vietnamese and Salvadorans, who have settled in the US. The series, which might prove useful to area specialists, has an inherent weakness in its inability to make use of such concepts as internationalism, diaspora, civil society and public culture in the analysis of the cited global and local historical events.
Publication Name: American Ethnologist
Subject: Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies
ISSN: 0094-0496
Year: 1999
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