The Anthropology of Parliaments offers a fresh, comparative approach to analysing parliaments and democratic politics, drawing together rare ethnographic work by anthropologists and politics scholars from around the world. Crewe’s insights deepen our understanding of the complexity of political institutions. She reveals how elected politicians navigate relationships by forging alliances and thwarting opponents; how parliamentary buildings are constructed as sites of work, debate and the nation in miniature; and how politicians and officials engage with hierarchies, continuity and change. This book also proposes how to study parliaments through an anthropological lens while in conversation with other disciplines. The dive into ethnographies from across Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific Region demolishes hackneyed geo-political categories and culminates in a new comparative theory about the contradictions in everyday political work. This important book will be of interest to anyone studying parliaments but especially those in the disciplines of anthropology and sociology; politics, legal and development studies; and international relations.

基于爲期31个月的民族誌田野调查，作者介绍了在大吉岭因爲茶而翻天复地的变化里，凸显的农业生产与消费全球化后产生的问题。通过目睹、倾听、研究，作者描述了地理标誌、公平贸易或大吉岭地区的廓尔喀独立运动等很少被提及的细节。这些看似高举“正义”大纛的行动，迴避了大吉岭当地因爲全球产业链的茶叶生产消费所导致的“道义经济”（moral economy）崩解，这也导致公衆对今日大吉岭茶产业中的不正义“视而不见”——这正是书中最核心的批判。

Early in its history, anthropology was a visual as well as verbal discipline. But as time passed, visually oriented professionals became a minority among their colleagues, and most anthropologists used written words rather than audiovisual modes as their professional means of communication. Today, however, contemporary electronic and interactive media once more place visual anthropologists and anthropologically oriented artists within the mainstream. Digital media, small-sized and easy-to-use equipment, and the Internet, with its interactive and public forum websites, democratize roles once relegated to highly trained professionals alone. However, having access to a good set of tools does not guarantee accurate and reliable work. Visual anthropology involves much more than media alone. This book presents visual anthropology as a work-in-progress, open to the myriad innovations that the new audiovisual communications technologies bring to the field. It is intended to aid in contextualizing, explaining, and humanizing the storehouse of visual knowledge that university students and general readers now encounter, and to help inform them about how these new media tools can be used for intellectually and socially beneficial purposes. Concentrating on documentary photography and ethnographic film, as well as lesser-known areas of study and presentation including dance, painting, architecture, archaeology, and primate research, the book's fifteen contributors feature populations living on all of the world's continents as well as within the United States. The final chapter gives readers practical advice about how to use the most current digital and interactive technologies to present research findings.

"Made to be Seen" brings together leading scholars of visual anthropology to examine the historical development of this multifaceted and growing field. Expanding the definition of visual anthropology beyond more limited notions, the contributors to "Made to be Seen" reflect on the role of the visual in all areas of life. Different essays critically examine a range of topics: art, dress and body adornment, photography, the built environment, digital forms of visual anthropology, indigenous media, the body as a cultural phenomenon, the relationship between experimental and ethnographic film, and more. The first attempt to present a comprehensive overview of the many aspects of an anthropological approach to the study of visual and pictorial culture, "Made to be Seen" will be the standard reference on the subject for years to come. Students and scholars in anthropology, sociology, visual studies, and cultural studies will greatly benefit from this pioneering look at the way the visual is inextricably threaded through most, if not all, areas of human activity.

"The Predicament of Culture" is a critical ethnography of the West in its changing relations with other societies. Analyzing cultural practices such as anthropology, travel writing, collecting, and museum displays of tribal art, Clifford shows authoritative accounts of other ways of life to be contingent fictions, now actively contested in postcolonial contexts. His critique raises questions of global significance: Who has the authority to speak for any group's identity and authenticity? What are the essential elements and boundaries of a culture? How do self and "the other" clash in the encounters of ethnography, travel, and modern interethnic relations? In discussions of ethnography, surrealism, museums, and emergent tribal arts, Clifford probes the late-twentieth century predicament of living simultaneously within, between, and after culture.

Prousts famous madeleine captures the power of food to evoke some of our deepest memories. Why does food hold such power? What does the growing commodification and globalization of food mean for our capacity to store the past in our meals in the smell of olive oil or the taste of a fresh-cut fig? This book offers a theoretical account of the interrelationship of culture, food and memory. Sutton challenges and expands anthropologys current focus on issues of embodiment, memory and material culture, especially in relation to transnational migration and the flow of culture across borders and boundaries. The Greek island of Kalymnos in the eastern Aegean, where Islanders claim to remember meals long past -- both humble and spectacular provides the main setting for these issues, as well as comparative materials drawn from England and the United States. Despite the growing interest in anthropological accounts of food and in the cultural construction of memory, the intersection of food with memory has not been accorded sustained examination. Cultural practices of feasting and fasting, global flows of food as both gifts and commodities, the rise of processed food and the relationship of orally transmitted recipes to the vast market in speciality cookbooks tie traditional anthropological mainstays such as ritual, exchange and death to more current concerns with structure and history, cognition and the anthropology of the senses. Arguing for the crucial role of a simultaneous consideration of food and memory, this book significantly advances our understanding of cultural processes and reformulates current theoretical preoccupations.

To feed a quarter of the world’s population on only seven percent of the world’s cultivated land and at the same time to have developed a renowned cuisine is perhaps the most exemplary achievement of the Chinese people. What accounts for their success? And what can be learned from it in this age of widespread hunger? E.N. Anderson’s comprehensive, entertaining historical and ethnographic account of Chinese food from the Bronze Age to the twentieth century shows how food has been central to Chinese governmental policies, religious rituals, and health practices from earliest times. The historical survey of agricultural and culinary customs, in the first half of the book, offers a wealth of fact and interpretation on such topics as the effect of government policy on agricultural innovation; the relation of medical beliefs to appetizing cuisine; the recycling of waste products on the farm; the traditional absence of food taboos (including the practicality of eating one’s pests, or feeding them to pigs and chickens, instead of poisoning them and the environment); and the key factors in the gourmet quality of Chinese food from the simplest to the most elaborate dishes. Without glossing over the occurrences of famine China’s history, Anderson concludes that the full story is one of remarkable success in feeding maximum populations over the millennia. Underpinning this accomplishment, he cites China’s traditional stress on food as the basis of the state and as fundamental not only to individual well-being but to the enjoyment of life. Anderson turns to present-day China in the latter half of the book, describing in rich and enticing detail the regional varieties in Chinese diet, food preparation, and rituals of eating and drinking. These lively, readable chapters as well as those in the first half of The Food of China make it a prime source for anyone—general readers and scholars alike—with an interest in Chinese history or food.

Anthropologists who have lost their senses write ethnographies that are often disconnected from the worlds they seek to portray. For most anthropologists, Stoller contends, tasteless theories are more important than the savory sauces of ethnographic life. That they have lost the smells, sounds, and tastes of the places they study is unfortunate for them, for their subjects, and for the discipline itself. The Taste of Ethnographic Things describes how, through long-term participation in the lives of the Songhay of Niger, Stoller eventually came to his senses. Taken together, the separate chapters speak to two important and integrated issues. The first is methodological-all the chapters demonstrate the rewards of long-term study of a culture. The second issue is how he became truer to the Songhay through increased sensual awareness.

What is the place of quality in contemporary capitalism? How is a product as ordinary as a bag of tea valued for its quality? In her innovative study, Sarah Besky addresses these questions by going inside an Indian auction house where experts taste and value mass-market black tea, one of the world’s most recognized commodities. Pairing rich historical data with ethnographic research among agronomists, professional tea tasters and traders, and tea plantation workers, Besky shows how the meaning of quality has been subjected to nearly constant experimentation and debate over the history of the tea industry. Working across political economy, science and technology studies, and sensory ethnography, Tasting Qualities argues for an approach to quality that sees it not as a final destination for economic, imperial, or post-imperial projects but as an opening for those projects.

★ 比肩《忧郁的热带》，击败时间的民族志书写 ★ 作者师从法国国宝级人类学家克洛德·列维-斯特劳斯 ★ 美国当代小说大师保罗·奥斯特翻译本书英文版并作序推荐 我相信，你简直无法不爱上这本书。 作者写作时的慎重与耐心，观察之犀利，其中的幽默，思维之严谨与书中的悲悯——这些 品质相得益彰，共同造就了这部重要又令人难忘的著作。这是一个人经历的真实故事，提出的都是最根本性的问题：一个人类学家是如何得知信息的，两种文化之间会进行什么样的交易，人们会在什么样的情况下保守秘密？ 在为我们刻画这个未知的文明时，克拉斯特的写作带着优秀小说家的狡黠。他对细节的关注一丝不苟、无比精确；而他那种将自己的思想融汇为胆大又自洽的论点的能力往往令人称奇。他是那种极为少见的、毫不犹豫就采取第一人称写作的学者，而最终的成果不仅仅是一幅他所研究的民族的肖像，也是一幅他本人的自画像。 —— 保罗·奥斯特 -------------------------------------- 与南美丛林中最后的食人部落一同生活，见证出生、成年、婚配、死亡、节日、祭祀…… 浸入瓜亚基人的生活与头脑，真挚发问： 人类能不能放弃追求一切，告别惶惶不可终日， 拒绝屈服权力，也拒绝过度生产，更从容、自由、坚定地生活，摆脱外部世界的束缚？ -------------------------------------- 瓜亚基人，一群生活在巴拉圭密林中的印第安人。他们以打猎、采集为生，有自己的语言、风俗与社会制度。16世纪起，西方殖民者和当地居民一道，不断占领、吞食他们生活的领地，他们躲避、抗争、流亡、被“安置”……到了20世纪60年代末，这个部落的人口已不足三十。 1963年，本书作者、法国人类学家皮埃尔·克拉斯特在瓜亚基人被安置于定居点后进入了这个部落，与他们一同生活，对他们在生育、死亡、饮食、求偶、部落管理、性向认同、劳动分工等方面进行了细致入微的观察和书写。 在书中，克拉斯特直面瓜亚基人的残忍、习俗之状况，以及他们缓慢的衰亡。这是一种充满人情味的民族志书写，情感充溢全篇：克拉斯特于瓜亚基人一同经历了生育、成年、死亡与逃亡；它也是一种客观的民族志，摈弃了一切道德偏见：面对瓜亚基人的吃人风俗，卡拉斯特并没有止步于猎奇与惊叹，而给予他们最大程度的理解。 法国著名哲学家吉尔·德勒兹面对这部作品，感叹道：“这本奇妙的著作标志了一种新型民族学的开端：它富于感性、积极于行动，又充满政治性；它是‘种族大屠杀’一词彻底的对立面。”

We live in a visual culture, and visual evidence is increasingly central to social research. In this collection an international range of experts explain how they have used visual methods in their own research, examine their advantages and limitations, and show how they have been used alongside other research techniques. Contributors explore the following ideas: self and identity visualizing domestic space visualizing urban landscapes visualizing social change. The collection showcases different methods in different contexts through the examination of a variety of topical issues. Methods covered include photo and video diaries, the use of images produced by respondents, the use of images as prompts in interviews and focus groups, documentary photography, photographic inventory and visual ethnography. The result is an exciting and original collection that will be indispensable for any student, academic or researcher interested in the use of visual methods.

In the midst of spiraling ecological devastation, multispecies feminist theorist Donna J. Haraway offers provocative new ways to reconfigure our relations to the earth and all its inhabitants. She eschews referring to our current epoch as the Anthropocene, preferring to conceptualize it as what she calls the Chthulucene, as it more aptly and fully describes our epoch as one in which the human and nonhuman are inextricably linked in tentacular practices. The Chthulucene, Haraway explains, requires sym-poiesis, or making-with, rather than auto-poiesis, or self-making. Learning to stay with the trouble of living and dying together on a damaged earth will prove more conducive to the kind of thinking that would provide the means to building more livable futures. Theoretically and methodologically driven by the signifier SF—string figures, science fact, science fiction, speculative feminism, speculative fabulation, so far—Staying with the Trouble further cements Haraway's reputation as one of the most daring and original thinkers of our time.

今日中国正行驶在文化变迁的高速路上，人类学这门年轻而富朝气的学科正可提供宝贵的参照。它教会我们以宽容的心态，理解他人的观念与文化实践，同时也让我们自己的生命焕发更明亮的光彩。 这本独具特色、富有启发性的人类学导论，遵循以问题为基础的独特指导原则，每章都围绕一个关键问题精心组织，用相关田野故事揭示身处田野的人类学家将会遇到的潜在问题、挑战和后果。透过亲身田野经历，与其才华横溢的个人教学风格，作者生动地展现了人类学家所面对的核心概念与问题，有助于学生深入掌握人类学研究人类行为和观念的方法，并有机会在读过本书后，在本文化和异文化的生活中，继续像人类学家一样思考。

This inexpensive text/workbook provides exercises that will enhance the undergraduate anthropology student’s confidence, competitiveness, and resourcefulness in finding work related to anthropology.

社会学界最高奖项 赖特·米尔斯奖 《洛杉矶时报》年度图书 全球各院校社科课程 阅读书目 《街角社会》作者 威廉·怀特力荐—— “《人行道王国》延续了参与式观察的最佳传统。如果我仍在教书，我会让我所有的学生读读这本书。” · 一部深刻、复杂、感人的纪实作品 猛地将你从自己 的生活经验中拉出来，然后扔向另一个世界。 充满社会道义的关怀、顾虑和尊敬。 · ⊹内容简介⊹ 人行道的秩序、安全来自何处？怎样的人行道，才能维系个体的尊严，让人们拥有更好的城市生活？ · 本书关注在街头讨生活的人。他们在街上摆摊、睡觉、捡垃圾，游走在法律边缘，看似制造了混乱和威胁。但社会学家米切尔通过长达5年的参与式观察，深入街头人的生命世界，解释了人行道生活的社会结构和日常互动的逻辑。他提出，在街头谋生的人，实则借由在人行道上创造性地寻求生存空间，生成了一套非正式社会控制体系，维系着人行道的秩序和安全；而他们也得以“诚实谋生”，扭转自己的人生。米切尔提醒城市治理者，以及任何一位想要理解城市复杂生活的人，非正式经济和社会生活有巨大的、无可替代的价值，同时也不必然在审美上令人不悦。这有助于我们反思社会治理的局限，和城市生活更人性化的可能。 ∞ 《人行道王国》作为一个关于街道精神生活的重要研究，还包含了 社会学研究方法的详细说明和深刻反思 普利策奖得主奥维·卡特70余幅田调照片 街头书贩，一位研究对象，亲自书写的后记 · 这部迷人的研究揭示了今日都市生活的复杂性：它的活力、它的秩序和矛盾，以及它为陌生人提供共情的神奇可能。 · ⊹学界和媒体界力荐⊹ 一部读起来鼓舞人心，细看之下观点饱满的作品。在民族志被陈词滥调所威胁的当下，《人行道王国》重新燃起我们对民族志的热情，打开崭新的可能。 ——乔治·E.马库斯，美国著名人类学家，《写文化》合著者 · 《人行道王国》延续了参与式观察的最佳传统。如果我仍在教书，我会让我所有的学生读读这本书。 ——威廉·怀特，《街角社会》作者，美国艺术和科学研究院院士 · 对都市生活问题的探究方式令人激动且深具原创性，信息量以长年累月密集的参与观察和对社会科学的深入理解为支撑。没人能如此成功地融合理论和关于城市街道的私密知识。田野调查中的大师之作。 ——霍华德·S.贝克，美国著名社会学家，符号互动论和标签理论的代表人物 · 邓奈尔绝对是这个时代杰出的民族志作家之一：他向我们呈现一个通常不为人所知的街道世界。这是一部深刻的、复杂的、感人的著作，猛地将你从自己的生活经验中拉出来，然后扔向另一个世界。 ——萨斯基雅·萨森，著名人类学家 · 人行道将会彻底改变我们对“公共空间”的想法。 ——罗宾·D.G.凯利，美国历史学家 · 我认为这部具有示范意义的民族志会成为一代又一代读者的读物。整本书显示出充满社会道义的关怀、顾虑和尊敬。邓奈尔用理论来理解和阐述他的观察，而非为了自己。就像所有经典的田野工作者那样，他心胸开放，会学习，会改变，而这正是民族志经验所带来的。 ——琼·卡塞尔，美国人类学家，执教于华盛顿大学 · 《人行道》是一场学识盛宴，会激励每一个学生。我将它用作我都市研究课程的阅读书目，并作为社会学入门的关键阅读材料。——哈维·莫罗奇（Harvey Molotch），美国著名社会学家 · 一部关于纽约格林尼治村贫穷街头摊贩的研究著作，细致入微……加深我们对种族、贫穷的理解，以及让我们明白我们都是如何对待他们的。 ——《科克斯书评》 ——————————————————————————— 《人行道王国》在普林斯顿大学、纽约大学等一系列课程中均属优秀的延伸教材： · 社会学入门：这本书能告诉你如何在微观和宏观之间创造重要的联结；如何做一个研究项目；社会学如何能改变常识。 · 都市研究：公共空间如何被男人和女人、黑人和白人、富人和穷人利用且争夺，以及街头生活和政治经济结构如何交互发生作用。 · 研究方法：民族志如何书写；本书附有一份对方法论的详细说明，并以研究对象之一哈基姆·哈桑的文章作为后记。 · 越轨行为：针对无家可归者的处理方式如何成为标签化的过程；质问政策中的“破窗”理论。 · 法律和社会：近距离检视正式和非正式社会控制之间的关系。 · 文化人类学：《人行道王国》纳入了当下对方法发展中的丰富命题，包括再现、书写和正当性；延续艾略特·列堡的传统，讨论了亘久不衰的问题：不平等的社会和文化经验；一部对美国边缘群体文化的生动研究。 · 文化研究：摊贩和拾荒者如何利用文化知识在公共空间中生存。

In this powerful volume, ten original ethnographies explore two important issues: the ways in which people confront the threats and disruptions of contemporary life, and the ways in which researchers can most effectively study the modern metropolis. With its twofold agenda, the volume emerges as a multi-layered dialogue between researcher and researched, participant and observer, educator and educated. These essays, produced in a refreshing collaborative effort by a senior scholar and ten graduate students, examine many facets of American urban life, among them new social movements that mobilize and work on behalf of people with AIDS and that fight against nuclear war; the decisive roles South East Asian women play in building new immigrant communities; and school programs for African-American children. Ethnography Unbound also explores the value of participant observation and the extended case method in social research, underlining how these methodological approaches deepen and enrich scholarship in the social sciences. The book poses theoretical and methodological questions in an open and lucid manner, prodding a rethinking of ethnographic research. Scholars and students alike will find it an essential text for the study of methodology and contemporary American life.

Between the early 1950s and the accelerated demolition and construction of Beijing's “old city” in preparation for the 2008 Olympics, the residents of Dashalar—one of the capital city's poorest neighborhoods and only a stone's throw from Tian’anmen Square—lived in dilapidated conditions without sanitation. Few had stable employment. Today, most of Dashalar's original inhabitants have been relocated, displaced by gentrification. In Beijing from Below Harriet Evans captures the last gasps of subaltern life in Dashalar. Drawing on oral histories that reveal memories and experiences of several neighborhood families, she reflects on the relationships between individual, family, neighborhood, and the state; poverty and precarity; gender politics and ethical living; resistance to and accommodation of party-state authority. Evans contends that residents' assertion of belonging to their neighborhood signifies not a nostalgic clinging to the past, but a rejection of their marginalization and a desire for recognition. Foregrounding the experiences of the last of Dashalar's older denizens as key to understanding Beijing's recent history, Evans complicates official narratives of China's economic success while raising crucial questions about the place of the subaltern in history.

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