Practicing Ethnography in a Globalizing World
An Anthropological Odyssey
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
| Author: | June C. Nash | ISBN: | 9780759113992 |
| Publisher: | AltaMira Press | Publication: | December 28, 2006 |
| Imprint: | AltaMira Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | June C. Nash |
| ISBN: | 9780759113992 |
| Publisher: | AltaMira Press |
| Publication: | December 28, 2006 |
| Imprint: | AltaMira Press |
| Language: | English |
In this book distinguished anthropologist June Nash demonstrates how ethnography can illuminate a wide array of global problems. She describes encounters with an urban U.S. community undergoing de-industrialization, with Mandalay rice cultivators accommodating to post-World War II independence through animistic pratices, with Mayans mobilizing for autonomy, and with Andean peasants and miners confronting the International Monetary Fund. Havin worked in a great variety of cultural settings around the world, Nash challenges us to expand our anthropological horizons and to think about local problems in a global manner.
In this book distinguished anthropologist June Nash demonstrates how ethnography can illuminate a wide array of global problems. She describes encounters with an urban U.S. community undergoing de-industrialization, with Mandalay rice cultivators accommodating to post-World War II independence through animistic pratices, with Mayans mobilizing for autonomy, and with Andean peasants and miners confronting the International Monetary Fund. Havin worked in a great variety of cultural settings around the world, Nash challenges us to expand our anthropological horizons and to think about local problems in a global manner.
