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Anthropology, Development and Modernities : Exploring Discourse, Counter-Tendencies and Violence by Norman Long (1999, Uk-B Format Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherTaylor & Francis Group
ISBN-10041520500X
ISBN-139780415205009
eBay Product ID (ePID)11038291178
Product Key Features
Number of Pages256 Pages
Publication NameAnthropology, Development and Modernities : Exploring Discourse, Counter-Tendencies and Violence
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1999
SubjectArchaeology, Developmental / General, Anthropology / General, Criminology
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaSocial Science, Psychology
AuthorNorman Long
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
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Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight16.6 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.2 in
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Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN98-054357
Table Of ContentPreface Acknowledgements 1 Reconfiguring modernity and development from an anthropological perspective 2 Creating or regulating development: representing modernities through language and discourse 3 Modernisation without the market? The case of the 'Soviet East' 4 Islamisms and the decivilising processes of globalisation 5 The spectacle of modernity: blood, microscopes and mirrors in colonial Tanganyika 6 Development discourse and its subversion: decivilisation, depoliticisation and dispossession in West Africa 7 On the anticipation of violence: modernity and identity in Southern Sri Lanka 8 At the frontiers of the modern state in post-war Guatemala 9 Vital force, avenging spirits and zombies: discourses on drug addiction among Surinamese Creole migrants in Amsterdam 10 Consuming modernity: mutational processes of change 11 Exploring local/global transformations: a view from anthropology
SynopsisWhile the diffusion of modernity and the spread of development schemes may bring prosperity, optimism and opportunity for some, for others it has brought poverty, a deterioration in quality of life and has given rise to violence. This collection brings an anthropological perspective to bear on understanding the diverse modernities we face in the contemporary world. It provides a critical review of interpretations of development and modernity, supported by rigorous case studies from regions as diverse as Guatemala, Sri Lanka, West Africa and contemporary Europe. Together, the chapters in this volume demonstrate the crucial importance of looking to ethnography for guidance in shaping development policies. Ethnography can show how people's own agency transforms, recasts and complicates the modernities they experience. The contributors argue that explanations of change framed in terms of the dominantdiscourses and institutions of modernity are inadequate, and that we give closer attention to discourses, images, beliefs and practices that run counter to these yet play a part in shaping them and giving them meaning. Anthropology, Development and Modernities deals with the realities of people's everyday lives and dilemmas. It is essential reading for students and scholars in anthropology, sociology and development studies. It should also be read by all those actively involved in development work., This book provides a critical review of the varied interpretations of modernity and development supported by original case studies from the Netherlands, the former USSR, Tanzania, Sri Lanka and Guatemala.
LC Classification NumberGN397.7.D44A47 2000
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