A Companion to theAnthropologyof Europe BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO ANTHROPOLOGY A Companion to the Anthropology of Europe “The volume also deserves a place on the shelves of academic libraries as well as the larger public library.” Reference Reviews “Summing Up: Highly recommended. All academic levels/libraries.”Choice “This important collection challenges all anthropologists to re-examine the importance of European perspectives on the most provocative debates of our time. It transcends regional interests to highlight the complex intellectual landscape of our field.”Tracey Heatherington, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee “This significant volume critically interrogates assumptions about Europe as an idea and a place for research. It provides fresh perspectives on the past and future of anthropological studies of Europe.” Deborah Reed-Danahay, SUNY at Buffalo, President of the Society for the Anthropology of Europe A Companion to the Anthropology of Europe offers a survey of contemporary Europeanist anthropology and European ethnology, and a guide to emerging trends in this geographical field of research. Utilizing diverse approaches to the anthropological study of Europe, Kockel, Nic Craith, and Frykman provide a synthesis of the different traditions and contemporary practices. Investigating the subject both geographically and thematically, the companion covers key topics such as location, heritage, experience, and cultural practices. Written by leading international scholars in the field, the volume constitutes the first authoritative guide for researchers, instructors, and students of anthropology and European studies.
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A Companion to the Anthropology of Europe offers a survey of contemporary Europeanist anthropology and European ethnology, and a guide to emerging trends in this geographical field of research.
Notes on Contributors viii 1 Introduction: The Frontiers of Europe and European Ethnology 1 Ullrich Kockel, Máiréad Nic Craith, and Jonas Frykman Part I Europe’s Cardinal Directions 11 2 The Anthropology of Mediterranean Societies 13 Christian Giordano 3 Nordic Reflections on Northern Social Research 32 Hugh Beach 4 Multiculturalism in North America and Europe 51 Reginald Byron 5 Anthropology in Postsocialist Europe 68 Michał Buchowski 6 Europe in Eurasia 88 Chris Hann 7 Mitteleuropean Ethnology in Transition 103 Gabriela Kiliánová Part II European Integration 123 8 Anthropological Studies of European Identity Construction 125 Lisanne Wilken 9 Memory, Citizenship, and Consumer Culture in Postsocialist Europe 145 Ksenija Vidmar Horvat 10 The Europe of Regions and Borderlands 163 Thomas M. Wilson 11 Citizenship(s) in European Contexts 181 Catherine Neveu and Elena Filippova 12 Local Practices of European Identity on the New Eastern Borders of the EU 199 Justyna Straczuk 13 European Politics, Policies, and Institutions 212 Marion Demossier Part III European Heritages 231 14 Presencing Europe’s Pasts 233 Sharon Macdonald 15 An Anthropology of War and Recovery: Lived War Experiences 253 Maja Povrzanović Frykman 16 European Religious Fragmentation and the Rise of Civil Religion 275 Peter Jan Margry 17 Studying Muslims of Europe 295 Gabriele Marranci 18 Roma and Sinti: The “Other” within Europe 310 Sabrina Kopf 19 Landscape, Landscape History, and Landscape Theory 322 Norbert Fischer Part IV Cultural Practice 337 20 European Tourism 339 Orvar Löfgren 21 The Diversity of European Food Cultures 355 Gisela Welz 22 Language, Power, and Politics in Europe 373 Máiréad Nic Craith 23 Europe at the Crossroads of Rights and Culture(s) 389 Valdimar Tr. Hafstein and Martin Skrydstrup 24 Corporate Social Responsibility and Cultural Practices on Globalizing Markets 407 Christina Garsten 25 Extreme Neo-nationalist Music Scenes at the Heart of Europe 425 David Murphy 26 Anthropological Perspectives on the European Urban Landscape 440 Christiane Schwab Part V Disciplinary Boundary Crossings 457 27 Medical Anthropology and Anthropological Studies of Science 459 Maryon McDonald 28 Uses of the Internet in European Ethnographic Research 480 Elisenda Ardévol and Adolfo Estalella 29 Visual Culture, Ethnography, and Interactive Media 497 Terence Wright 30 Hybrid Worlds of Europe: Theoretical and Practical Aspects 519 Elka Tschernokoshewa 31 An Anthropological Perspective on Literary Arts in Ireland 537 Helena Wulff 32 Toward an Ethnoecology of Place and Displacement 551 Ullrich Kockel 33 A Tale of Two Disciplines: European Ethnology and the Anthropology of Europe 572 Jonas Frykman Index 590
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BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO ANTHROPOLOGY A Companion to the Anthropology of Europe “The volume also deserves a place on the shelves of academic libraries as well as the larger public library.” Reference Reviews “Summing Up: Highly recommended. All academic levels/libraries.”Choice “This important collection challenges all anthropologists to re-examine the importance of European perspectives on the most provocative debates of our time. It transcends regional interests to highlight the complex intellectual landscape of our field.”Tracey Heatherington, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee “This significant volume critically interrogates assumptions about Europe as an idea and a place for research. It provides fresh perspectives on the past and future of anthropological studies of Europe.” Deborah Reed-Danahay, SUNY at Buffalo, President of the Society for the Anthropology of Europe A Companion to the Anthropology of Europe offers a survey of contemporary Europeanist anthropology and European ethnology, and a guide to emerging trends in this geographical field of research. Utilizing diverse approaches to the anthropological study of Europe, Kockel, Nic Craith, and Frykman provide a synthesis of the different traditions and contemporary practices. Investigating the subject both geographically and thematically, the companion covers key topics such as location, heritage, experience, and cultural practices. Written by leading international scholars in the field, the volume constitutes the first authoritative guide for researchers, instructors, and students of anthropology and European studies.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781119111627
Publisert
2015-12-11
Utgiver
Vendor
Wiley-Blackwell
Vekt
907 gr
Høyde
244 mm
Bredde
170 mm
Dybde
33 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
624

Biographical note

Ullrich Kockel is Professor of Culture and Economy at Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh and Visiting Professor of Social Anthropology, Vytautas Magnus University Kaunas. His publications include Re-Visioning Europe: Frontiers, Place Identities and Journey in Debatable Lands (2010), and A Companion to Heritage Studies (Wiley, 2015, edited with William Logan and M. Nic Craith).

Máiréad Nic Craith is Professor of European Culture and Heritage at Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh. She is the author of Plural Identities, Singular Narratives: The Case of Northern Ireland (2002) which was joint winner of the 2004 Ruth Michaelis-Jena Ratcliff research prize for folklife, Culture and Identity Politics in Northern Ireland (2003), Europe and the Politics of Language (2006), and Cultural Diversity, Heritage and Human Rights (co-edited, 2010).

Jonas Frykman is Professor II at Agderforskning, Norway, and Professor Emeritus of European Ethnology at Lund University. His publications include Identities in Pain (with Nadia Seremitakis, 1997), Articulating Europe: Local Perspectives (with Peter Niedermüller, 2003), and Sense of Community: Trust Hope and Worries in the Welfare State (with Bo Rothstein et al, 2009).