A Companion to the Anthropology of American Indians (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Biolsi, Thomas

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This Companion is comprised of 27 original contributions by leading scholars in the field and summarizes the state of anthropological knowledge of Indian peoples, as well as the history that got us to this point. * Surveys the full range of American Indian anthropology: from ecological and political-economic questions to topics concerning religion, language, and expressive culture * Each chapter provides definitive coverage of its topic, as well as situating ethnographic and ethnohistorical data into larger frameworks * Explores anthropology's contribution to knowledge, its historic and ongoing complicities with colonialism, and its political and ethical obligations toward the people 'studied'

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 592
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781405156127
• Artikelnr.: 38282051

Autorenporträt

Thomas Biolsi is Professor of Native American Studies at the University of California at Berkeley. Among his publications are Deadliest Enemies: Law and Race Relations on and Off Rosebud Reservation (2007/2001), Indians and Anthropologists: Vine Deloria, Jr., and the Critique of Anthropology (edited with Larry Zimmerman, 1997), and Organizing the Lakota: The Political Economy of the New Deal on Pine Ridge and Rosebud Reservations (1992).

Inhaltsangabe

Synposis of Contents.

Notes on Contributors.

Introduction: What is the 'Anthropology' of 'AmericanIndians'?.

Part I: Environments and Populations.

Part II: Political, Social, and Economic Organization.

Part III: Knowledge and Expressive Culture.

Part IV: Colonialism, Native Sovereignty, Law, and Policy.

Part V: Cultural Politics and the Colonial Situation.

Part VI: Anthropological Method and Postcolonial Practice.

Index

Rezensionen

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"Biolsi has produced a rich and comprehensive overview of thefield by drawing on senior figures and younger scholars, academicsand public intellectuals, and Native and non-Native voices. Thisvolume is required reading for anyone wishing to enter, revisit, oradvance the practice of Native American anthropology."
Philip Deloria, University of Michigan

"This invaluable volume offers the perspectives of individualswhose intellectual, social, emotional, and pragmatic commitment tobetter understanding our world have earned the respect andattention of Native and non-Native audiences."
Tsianina Lomawaima, University of Arizona

"This is a sterling compilation, expertly edited, thatinterrogates the dynamic and often contentious relationship betweenindigenous peoples and anthropologists."
David Wilkins, University of Minnesota