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Titolo: In the Realm of the Diamond Queen
Condizione: Nuovo
EAN: 9780691000510
ISBN: 9780691000510
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Formato: Tascabile
Data di pubblicazione: 21/11/1993
Altezza: 235mm
Lunghezza: 152mm
Peso: 539g
Autore: Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing
Lingua: inglese
SubtÃtulos: Marginality in an Out-of-the-Way Place
ISBN-10: 0691000514
Description: In this highly original and much-anticipated ethnography, Anna Tsing challenges not only anthropologists and feminists but all those who study culture to reconsider some of their dearest assumptions. By choosing to locate her study among Meratus Dayaks, a marginal and marginalized group in the deep rainforest of South Kalimantan, Indonesia, Tsing deliberately sets into motion the familiar and stubborn urban fantasies of self and other. Unusual encounters with her remarkably creative and unconventional Meratus friends and teachers, however, provide the opportunity to rethink notions of tradition, community, culture, power, and gender--and the doing of anthropology. Tsing's masterful weaving of ethnography and theory, as well as her humor and lucidity, allow for an extraordinary reading experience for students, scholars, and anyone interested in the complexities of culture.Engaging Meratus in wider conversations involving Indonesian bureaucrats, family planners, experts in international development, Javanese soldiers, American and French feminists, Asian-Americans, right-to-life advocates, and Western intellectuals, Tsing looks not for consensus and coherence in Meratus culture but rather allows individual Meratus men and women to return our gaze. Bearing the fruit from the lively contemporary conversations between anthropology and cultural studies, In the Realm of the Diamond Queen will prove to be a model for thinking and writing about gender, power, and the politics of identity.
Paese di origine: US
Genere: Society & Culture
Soggetto: Social Sciences, Gender Sex & Relationships
Title Format: Paperback
Anno di pubblicazione: 1993
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