Practicing ethnography in a globalizing world : an anthropological odyssey / June C. Nash.

Author/creator Nash, June C.
Format Book
Publication InfoLanham, MD : AltaMira Press, ©2007.
Descriptionxi, 292 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
Ethnology--Research.
Ethnology--Fieldwork.
Ethnology--Methodology.
Culture and globalization.

Contents When isms become wasms : paradigms lost and regained -- The notion of the limited good and the specter of the unlimited good -- Women in between : globalization and the new enlightenment -- Multiple perspectives on Burmese Buddhism and nat worship -- The limits of naïveté in anthropological fieldwork : the 1954 U.S.-instigated coup in Guatemala -- Social movements in global circuits -- Interpreting social movements : Bolivian resistance to economic conditions imposed by the IMF -- The export of militarization : counterinsurgency warfare in the periphery -- At home with the military-industrial complex.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 255-275) and index.
LCCN 2006022777
ISBN0759108803 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0759108811 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780759108806
ISBN9780759108813

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks GN345 .N38 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold