Frank A. Salamone

Reflections on Theory and History in Anthropology

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Produktbeschreibung

In Reflections on Theory and History in Anthropology, author Frank Salamone examines his more than 30 years of experience in the field of cultural anthropology and offers an optimistic, yet realistic, appraisal of the field's past, present, and future.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juni 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 430g
• ISBN-13: 9780761834540
• ISBN-10: 0761834540
• Artikelnr.: 21656183

Autorenporträt

Frank A. Salamone is a Professor in the Sociology Department at Iona College. He earned his Ph.D. in Anthropology from SUNY Buffalo. He is an accomplished author of dozens of journal articles and books.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 1. Franz Boas: The Construction of Race and the Origins of
African American Studies
Chapter 2 2. In the Name of Science: The Cold War and the Direction of
Scientific Pursuits
Chapter 3 3. William Shedrick Willis, Jr.
Chapter 4 4. Ethnographic Writing
Chapter 5 5. The Nigerian Example of Indirect Rule
Chapter 6 6. The Polynesian Cultural Center and Mormon Image of the Body:
Images of Paradise of Laie, Hawaii
Chapter 7 7. The African Diaspora
Chapter 8 8. The Reproduction of Main Street: The American Diplomatic Corps
in Niger
Chapter 9 9. Music and Anthropology
Chapter 10 10. Jazz Meaning
Chapter 11 11. In Search of Religion
Chapter 12 12. Sufism
Chapter 13 13. The Bori and I: Reflections of a Mature Anthropologist
Chapter 14 14. The Tangibility of the Intangible: Beyond Empiricism
Chapter 15 15. Yoruba Rituals
Chapter 16 16. Hausa Shamans
Chapter 17 17. Dukawa Views on Death
Chapter 18 18. Missionaries in the Global Village
Chapter 19 19. The Missionary and the Chief: The Interesting Sibling
Relationship of Anthropologists and Missionaries
Chapter 20 20. Hausa Wrestling in Ibadan as an Ethnic Boundary Marker
Chapter 21 21. Colonialism and the Creation of Ethnic Identity
Chapter 22 22. British Abolition and Slavery in Northern Nigeria and the
Lucy Memorial Freed Slave's Home: Contradictory Pressures under the Dual
Mandate
Chapter 23 23. Post War Teens
Chapter 24 24. Fashion in the Fifties
Chapter 25 25. The Force of Primeval: The Image of Jazz in American
Literature