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Working Class Experiences of Social Inequalities in (Post-) Industrial Landscapes - Feelings of Class (Paperback): Lars Meier Working Class Experiences of Social Inequalities in (Post-) Industrial Landscapes - Feelings of Class (Paperback)
Lars Meier
R1,200 Discovery Miles 12 000 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Based on qualitative research among industrial workers in a region that has undergone deindustrialisation and transformation to a service-based economy, this book examines the loss of status among former manual labourers. Focus lies on their emotional experiences, nostalgic memories, hauntings from the past and attachments to their former places of work, to transformed neighbourhoods, as well as to public space. Against this background the book explores the continued importance of class as workers attempt to manage the declining recognition of their skills and a loss of power in an "established-outsider figuration". A study of the transformation of everyday life and social positions wrought by changes in the social structure, in urban landscapes and in the "structures of feeling", this examination of the dynamic of social identity will appeal to scholars of sociology, anthropology and geography with interests in post-industrial societies, social inequality, class and social identity.

The Temporalities of Waste - Out of Sight, Out of Time (Paperback): Fiona Allon, Ruth Barcan, Karma Eddison-Cogan The Temporalities of Waste - Out of Sight, Out of Time (Paperback)
Fiona Allon, Ruth Barcan, Karma Eddison-Cogan
R1,216 Discovery Miles 12 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book investigates the complex and unpredictable temporalities of waste. Reflecting on waste in the context of sustainability, materiality, social practices, subjectivity and environmental challenges, the book covers a wide range of settings, from the municipal garbage crisis in Beirut, to food rescue campaigns in Hong Kong and the toxic by-products of computer chip production in Silicon Valley. Waste is one of the most pressing issues of the day, central to environmental challenges and the development of healthier and more sustainable futures. The emergence of the new field of discard studies, in addition to expanding research across other disciplines within the social sciences, is testament to the centrality of waste as a crucial social, material and cultural problem and to the need for multi- and transdisciplinary approaches like those provided in this volume. This edited collection seeks to develop a framework that understands the material properties of different kinds of waste, not as fixed, stable or singular but asdynamic, relational and often invisible. It brings together new and cutting-edge research on the temporalities of waste by a diverse range of international authors. Collectively, this research presents a persuasive argument about the need to give more credence to the capacities of waste to provoke us in materially and temporally complex ways, especially those substances that complicate our understandings of life as bounded duration. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of the environmental humanities, cultural studies, anthropology and human geography.

Plural Heritages and Community Co-production - Designing, Walking, and Remembering (Paperback): Christopher Whitehead, Tom... Plural Heritages and Community Co-production - Designing, Walking, and Remembering (Paperback)
Christopher Whitehead, Tom Schofield, Goenul Bozoglu
R1,203 Discovery Miles 12 030 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Plural Heritages and Community Co-production is a landmark contribution on the nature and plurality of heritages and how they can be creatively and ethically presented in urban space. Providing an overview of the concept of plural heritages, this book explores the theory, politics, and practice of community co-production as they intersect with currents in critical heritage thinking, walking as ethnography, and digital design methods. Told through a central case study in Istanbul, Turkey, this volume aligns with cultural and political imperatives to consider the plural values, meanings, affects, and relativities of heritage sites for the multiple communities who live - or, as for diaspora and displaced groups, have lived - with them. It suggests a range of methods for locating and valorising alternative perspectives to those centrally deployed through museums or other institutions, such as UNESCO World Heritage listing, while also exploring the complexities of the past in the present and the ontology of heritage. Plural Heritages and Community Co-production will be of great interest to researchers, academics, postgraduate students in the fields of heritage and memory studies, museum studies, history, geography, cultural studies, sociology, anthropology, and politics. The book will also be of interest to heritage professionals, policy makers, and site managers involved in community engagement and participation.

The Time of Anthropology - Studies of Contemporary Chronopolitics (Paperback): Elisabeth Kirtsoglou, Bob Simpson The Time of Anthropology - Studies of Contemporary Chronopolitics (Paperback)
Elisabeth Kirtsoglou, Bob Simpson
R1,207 Discovery Miles 12 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Time of Anthropology provides a series of compelling anthropological case studies that explore the different temporalities at play in the scientific discourses, governmental techniques and policy practices through which modern life is shaped. Together they constitute a novel analysis of contemporary chronopolitics. The contributions focus on state power, citizenship, and ecologies of time to reveal the scalar properties of chronopolitics as it shifts between everyday lived realities and the macro-institutional work of nation states. The collection charts important new directions for chronopolitical thinking in the future of anthropological research.

Urban Makers - Parallel Narratives on Grassroots Practices and Tensions (Paperback): Emanuele Guidi Urban Makers - Parallel Narratives on Grassroots Practices and Tensions (Paperback)
Emanuele Guidi
R576 Discovery Miles 5 760 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
White Innocence - Paradoxes of Colonialism and Race (Paperback): Gloria Wekker White Innocence - Paradoxes of Colonialism and Race (Paperback)
Gloria Wekker
R739 R654 Discovery Miles 6 540 Save R85 (12%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In White Innocence Gloria Wekker explores a central paradox of Dutch culture: the passionate denial of racial discrimination and colonial violence coexisting alongside aggressive racism and xenophobia. Accessing a cultural archive built over 400 years of Dutch colonial rule, Wekker fundamentally challenges Dutch racial exceptionalism by undermining the dominant narrative of the Netherlands as a "gentle" and "ethical" nation. Wekker analyzes the Dutch media's portrayal of black women and men, the failure to grasp race in the Dutch academy, contemporary conservative politics (including gay politicians espousing anti-immigrant rhetoric), and the controversy surrounding the folkloric character Black Pete, showing how the denial of racism and the expression of innocence safeguards white privilege. Wekker uncovers the postcolonial legacy of race and its role in shaping the white Dutch self, presenting the contested, persistent legacy of racism in the country.

Uncovering Memory - Filming In South Africa, Germany, Poland And Bosnia/Herzegovina (Paperback): Tanja Sakota Uncovering Memory - Filming In South Africa, Germany, Poland And Bosnia/Herzegovina (Paperback)
Tanja Sakota
R420 R328 Discovery Miles 3 280 Save R92 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

The book is an interdisciplinary work shaped around films made by different workshop participants using film to access personal interpretations of space and place. It is focused on interacting and engaging with remembering through different memory sites.

Travelling along a timeline of memory, Tanja Sakota takes us on a journey through South Africa, Germany, Poland and Bosnia/Herzegovina. Using a camera and short film format, Sakota hosts several workshops in different countries focused on interacting and engaging with remembering through different memory sites. The author sits at the core but the book is an interdisciplinary work shaped around films made by different workshop participants using film to access personal interpretations of space and place.

Questions that underpin the uncovering of memories are: How does one use a camera to make the invisible visible? How does one remember events that one hasn’t necessarily experienced? How does one use film to interrogate the past from the future present?

As the journey evolves, workshop participants and readers alike enter into a conversation around practice-based research, autoethnography and film.

Rewilding Food and the Self - Critical Conversations from Europe (Hardcover): Tristan Fournier, Sebastien Dalgalarrondo Rewilding Food and the Self - Critical Conversations from Europe (Hardcover)
Tristan Fournier, Sebastien Dalgalarrondo
R3,620 Discovery Miles 36 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

contributes to the return to nature movement that is very much in vogue in contemporary European societies, by examining the place of food and eating in the rewilding process. focuses on the ways in which the hunter-gatherer livelihood has been transformed into a resilient, simpler and ecological way of life. shows how some practices which aim to reconnect with natural processes are developing within a market economy. will be of great interest to students and scholars of food studies, human-nature relationships, food culture and the anthropology of consumption and sustainable diets.

On Becoming Bilingual - Children's Experiences Across Homes, Schools, and Communities (Hardcover): Patricia... On Becoming Bilingual - Children's Experiences Across Homes, Schools, and Communities (Hardcover)
Patricia Baquedano-Lopez, Paul B Garrett
R3,761 Discovery Miles 37 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

On Becoming Bilingual: Children's Experiences across Homes, Schools, and Communities provides a theoretical and methodological introduction to research on children's participation in and across a multiplicity of activities where they display complex linguistic and sociocultural knowledge. From a perspective that engages intersections of language, race, and class, the book reviews foundational and recent studies highlighting innovations, trends, and future directions for research. The book offers a helpful set of resources, including guiding questions at the start of each chapter, links to online and bibliographic sources, discussion questions and activities, and a glossary of key terms. This book is intended for scholars and students in language-oriented fields of study who are interested in learning about how bilingual children engage with, negotiate, and transform their social worlds.

Doing Anthropology - A Guide By and For Students and Their Professors (Hardcover): Simone Dennis, Andrew Dawson Doing Anthropology - A Guide By and For Students and Their Professors (Hardcover)
Simone Dennis, Andrew Dawson
R3,785 Discovery Miles 37 850 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This textbook is written by well-established anthropology professors for, and with, their undergraduate students. It explores what anthropological thinking is, what anthropological approaches are, and how these are applied in real-world settings. It provides a thorough introduction to key methods, theories and the disciplinary value of contemporary anthropology. This book deliberately steps beyond the standard textbook format. Undergraduate students reveal the processes by which they came to understand and apply anthropological knowledge using everyday experiences and common life events as examples, while also showcasing the research that student authors produced as a result of understanding and operationalising those processes. This fresh take showcases what can be done with anthropological knowledge, not what you can do with anthropology when you've achieved the rank of professor. This book is accompanied by practical exercises, and podcasts that relate to each of the chapters. Podcasts extend beyond the textbook as live resources, with episodes on a regular basis. This is an accessible, lively, active text that prepares students to outbound disciplinary knowledge. This unique and engaging textbook will be core reading for undergraduate anthropology students, as well as a source of teaching inspiration for lecturers of undergraduate anthropology units. It would also be a useful text for undergraduate students conducting ethnographic research.

Religion and Transnational Citizenship in the African Diaspora - Akan London (Hardcover): Mattia Fumanti Religion and Transnational Citizenship in the African Diaspora - Akan London (Hardcover)
Mattia Fumanti
R3,767 Discovery Miles 37 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book focuses on Akan-speaking Ghanaians in London and explores in detail the experience of African migrants living in Britain, investigating how they construct their British citizenship through their membership of the church. Building on extensive ethnographic research in London and Ghana, the author explores the relationship between religion and citizenship, the emergence of transnational subjectivities, and the making of diaspora aesthetics among African migrants. Starting from the understanding that citizenship is dialogical, a status mediated by a subject's multiple and intersecting identities, the author highlights the limitations of existing conceptualisations of migrant citizenship. Anchored in a case study of the British/Ghanaian Methodist Church as a transnational religious organisation and cultural polity, the book explores diasporic religious subjectivities as both cosmopolitan and transnational, while being configured in emotionally and morally significant ways by the Methodist Church, as well as family, ethnicity, and nation. Interdisciplinary by nature, this book will be of interest to a wide range of researchers and scholars across the social sciences and humanities working in the fields of anthropology, religion, sociology, postcolonial studies, and African studies, and additionally policy makers interested in diaspora and migration studies.

Two-Dimensional People - Lives, Desires, and Social Attitudes in a Changing Chinese Village (Hardcover): Tan Tongxue Two-Dimensional People - Lives, Desires, and Social Attitudes in a Changing Chinese Village (Hardcover)
Tan Tongxue; Contributions by Qiusha Lv
R4,064 Discovery Miles 40 640 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Based on almost eight years of fieldwork in a town and a village in South China, this book analyzes contradictions among various dimensions of the peasant economy, social relationships, popular religion, and local politics in rural China. Compared to many anthropological, sociological, and political studies of rural China, which regard Chinese peasants as one-dimensionally materialistic, politically conservative, egocentric (lacking public-mindedness, as in anthropologist Yan Yunxiang's notion of the "uncivil individual"), with collapsed beliefs, and thinking only of the present (or the "today-ness of today" according to anthropologist Liu Xin), this book shows that people in contemporary rural China are actually "two-dimensional": trying to combine the calculation of self-interest with affective networks of reciprocity, but often falling into awkwardness or cynicism, in a paradoxical symbiosis between nihilism and transcendence. While Marcuse used the words of Benjamin to analyze "one-dimensional man," writing "Only for the sake of the hopeless ones have we been given hope," this book writes of two-dimensional people, "Only when the vast majority of ordinary people can find hope in everyday life can we finally be given hope!" This book will be of interest to scholars and students of Sociology, Anthropology and East Asian Studies. It will also be a great read to those who are interested in contemporary China in general.

Migration and Intercultural Psychoanalysis - Unconscious Forces and Clinical Issues (Paperback): Ina Klingenberg, Kristin White Migration and Intercultural Psychoanalysis - Unconscious Forces and Clinical Issues (Paperback)
Ina Klingenberg, Kristin White
R855 Discovery Miles 8 550 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

How does migration affect us in the deeper layers of our minds, where forces are at work that affect our mental and physical health, our experiences in the world and our behaviour? This edited volume brings together contributions on the social, historical and personal aspects of migration from a psychoanalytic viewpoint. Clinical perspective is combined with a wider view that makes use of psychoanalytic concepts and experience to understand problematic issues around migration today. Later chapters take the historical background into account: the history of psychoanalysis itself is a history of migration, beginning with Freud's experiences of migration, in particular his escape from Vienna to London at the end of his life, to answer questions regarding migration, refugees, living in a 'multicultural society' and living in a 'foreign culture'. Taking on the challenge of looking at the multi-layered, often subtle, yet powerful emotional and unconscious layers of meaning around migration, this book brings together practice and theory and will be of great interest to psychoanalysts, psychotherapists and those with an interest in the working of the mind in an intercultural context.

Women and Peacebuilding in Africa (Hardcover): Anna Chitando Women and Peacebuilding in Africa (Hardcover)
Anna Chitando
R3,833 Discovery Miles 38 330 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This volume re-centres African women scholars in the discourse on African women and peacebuilding, combining theoretical reflections with case studies in a range of African countries. The chapters outline the history of African women's engagement in peacebuilding, introducing new and neglected themes such as youth, disability, and religious peacebuilding, and laying the foundations for new theoretical insights. Providing case studies from across Africa, the contributors highlights the achievements and challenges characterising women's contributions to peacebuilding on the continent. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of peacebuilding, African security and gender.

Citizenship in Contemporary Times - The Indian Context (Hardcover): Gorky Chakraborty Citizenship in Contemporary Times - The Indian Context (Hardcover)
Gorky Chakraborty
R3,781 Discovery Miles 37 810 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

1. This book contemporizes the citizenship debate in India and highlights the ramifications of such a process by bringing in scholars from different disciplinary background, age and experience, to analyze 'citizenship' in India in contemporary times and enrich the existing repository. 2. The book will have an international appeal as debates surrounding citizenship have once again gripped the world. Although primarily rooted in contemporary India, this book provides rich reference material on understanding the changing interpretation of the state in terms of identifying a citizen and thereby its ramifications for various religious and linguistic communities in the country, which when compared with experiences from other parts of the world certainly promises to add to the repository of academic literature. 3. It will be of interest to departments of sociology, social anthropology, political science, human geography, demography, history and economics across the US/UK. It will also appeal to policy makers, think-tanks, researchers, and human rights activists.

The Sum of Us - What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together (Paperback, Main): Heather McGhee The Sum of Us - What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together (Paperback, Main)
Heather McGhee
R257 Discovery Miles 2 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 'With intelligence and care (as well as with a trove of sometimes heartbreaking and sometimes heart-opening true stories) Heather McGhee shows us what racism has cost all of us' - Elizabeth Gilbert Picked for the Financial Times Summer Books by Gillian Tett What would make a society drain its public swimming baths and fill them with concrete rather than opening them to everyone? Economics researcher Heather McGhee sets out across America to learn why white voters so often act against their own interests. Why do they block changes that would help them, and even destroy their own advantages, whenever people of colour also stand to benefit? Their tragedy is that they believe they can't win unless somebody else loses. But this is a lie. McGhee marshals overwhelming economic evidence, and a profound well of empathy, to reveal the surprising truth: even racists lose out under white supremacy. And US racism is everybody's problem. As McGhee shows, it was bigoted lending policies that laid the ground for the 2008 financial crisis. There can be little prospect of tackling global climate change until America's zero-sum delusions are defeated. The Sum of Us offers a priceless insight into the workings of prejudice, and a timely invitation to solidarity among all humans, 'to piece together a new story of who we could be to one another'.

Wild Thought - A New Translation of "la Pensee Sauvage" (Paperback): Claude Levi-Strauss Wild Thought - A New Translation of "la Pensee Sauvage" (Paperback)
Claude Levi-Strauss; Translated by Jeffrey Mehlman, John Leavitt
R577 R481 Discovery Miles 4 810 Save R96 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Perhaps the most influential anthropologist of his generation, Claude Levi-Strauss left a profound mark on the development of twentieth-century thought, equal to that of phenomenology and existentialism. Through a fertile mixture of insights gleaned from linguistics and from sociology and ethnology, Levi-Strauss elaborated his theory of structural unity in culture and became the preeminent representative of structural anthropology. La Pensee sauvage, published in French in 1962, was his crowning achievement. Ranging over philosophies, historical periods, and human societies, it challenged the prevailing assumption of the superiority of modern Western culture and sought to explain the unity of human intellection. Unfortunately titled The Savage Mind when it first published in English in 1966, the original translation nevertheless sparked a fascination with Levi-Strauss's work among generations of Anglophone readers. Wild Thought: A New Translation of "La Pensee sauvage" rekindles that spark with a fresh and accessible new translation. Including critical annotations for the contemporary reader, it restores the accuracy and integrity of the book that changed the course of twentieth-century thought, making it an indispensable addition to any philosophical and anthropological library.

Michel the Giant - An African in Greenland (Paperback): Tete-Michel Kpomassie Michel the Giant - An African in Greenland (Paperback)
Tete-Michel Kpomassie; Translated by James Kirkup, Ros Schwartz
R240 R192 Discovery Miles 1 920 Save R48 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

The gripping true story of one man's ten year expedition from a village in West Africa to the Arctic Circle WITH A NEW AFTERWORD BY THE AUTHOR Scorching heat, rich, fertile soil, and treacherous snakes marked the landscape in which Tete-Michel grew up in 1950s Togo, West Africa. When he discovered a book on Greenland as a teen, this distant land became an instant obsession - he was determined to journey to the place these pages had revealed to him and embarked on the adventure of a lifetime. A book of rich and immersive travel writing, Michel the Giant invites the reader to journey alongside an audacious Kpomassie as he makes his way from the equator to the bitter cold of the artic and settles into life with the Inuit peoples, adapting to their foods and customs. Part memoir, part anthropological observation this captivating narrative teems with nuanced observations on community, belonging and the universality of human experience. This title has been previously published as An African in Greenland

A Multidisciplinary Approach to Embodiment - Understanding Human Being (Hardcover): Nancy K. Dess A Multidisciplinary Approach to Embodiment - Understanding Human Being (Hardcover)
Nancy K. Dess
R1,505 Discovery Miles 15 050 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

1. Brings together a range of diverse academic disciplines on the topic of embodiment, including: anthropology; astrophysics; evolutionary, cell, molecular, and developmental biology; cognitive science; cognitive and developmental psychology; communication; geology; kinesiology; philosophy; political science and sociology. 2. Includes material on two hot topics: engagement with human corporeality and VR. 3. Short, pithy, and accessible chapters that will challenge the reader and present cutting-edge scholarship.

Ritual Servitudes and Christian Social Practices in Ghana - The Hidden Spaces of Otherness in Religion (Hardcover): David... Ritual Servitudes and Christian Social Practices in Ghana - The Hidden Spaces of Otherness in Religion (Hardcover)
David Stiles-Ocran
R3,623 Discovery Miles 36 230 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book explores the kinds of Christian service or diaconia that develop in non-institutionalized practices for supporting survivors of indigenous ritual servitude or Trokosi in Africa. Drawing on empirical research from Ghana, it examines the possibilities of freedom, equality, and dignity for liberated Trokosi and the manner in which these women's experiences constitute a repudiation of dominant patriarchal family systems. With close attention to the work of indigenous parachurches - which function outside of institutionalized churches - in challenging the contemporary practice of ritual slavery and offering its survivors a lived space in which they need not remain "hidden" as they seek restoration and integration into wider society, Ritual Servitudes and Christian Social Practices in Ghana will appeal to scholars of sociology, theology, and religion with interests in gender, contemporary ministries and African religion.

The Rural-Urban Nexus in India's Economic Transformation (Hardcover): Tsukasa Mizushima The Rural-Urban Nexus in India's Economic Transformation (Hardcover)
Tsukasa Mizushima
R3,775 Discovery Miles 37 750 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book describes and analyzes the transformation of Indian economy taking into account historical changes and present dynamics of the rural-urban nexus. India has recently experienced a period as a high-performing economy, with the great improvement of indices of human development, including literacy rates, life expectancy, child mortality rates and others. In contrast to this bright outlook, features such as the retarded growth of women's average height, the noticeable gap between male and female population, the overwhelming proportion of informal employment in the manufacturing sector, or increasing pollution overshadow India's future, in some cases pose a threat to lifestyle and environment. Examining the rural-urban nexus where the new transformative dynamics of Indian socio-economy is most conspicuous, the contributors to this book shed light on the actual changes taking place at the bottom of Indian society through regional comparisons and spatial differentiation. The book offers unique perspectives on the topic produced mostly by Japanese scholars, including analysis of original data, that have hitherto been unavailable and inaccessible to an international audience. As the first book published on the rural-urban nexus in India, this book will be of interest to researchers studying South Asian History, Economics, Politics, Geography, Sociology and Anthropology, Development Studies and Economic History.

The Cultural Heritage of Nagaland (Hardcover): G. Kanato Chophy, Sarit K Chaudhuri The Cultural Heritage of Nagaland (Hardcover)
G. Kanato Chophy, Sarit K Chaudhuri
R3,788 Discovery Miles 37 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume gives an in-depth account of cultural heritage of Nagaland covering important themes like cultural beliefs, traditional knowledge, material culture, and social institutions. Contributors from diverse dis ciplines and backgrounds have delved into the cultural heritage of the state's variegated tribes. Nagaland a hilly state in North-East India had been the centre of British colonialism and American Baptist mission. This cultural contact is significantly reflected in the socio-cultural life, and the contributors have shed light on the continuities and changes. This volume highlights the multiplicity of cultural traditions that are specific to various tribes inhabiting sixteen districts of Nagaland, since their experiences of modernity and cultural contact with 'others' have been diverse. The contributors have mainly focussed on the cultural heritage of the majority Naga tribes, but other tribes like the Kukis and Kacharis are part and parcel of the cultural melting pot of Nagaland, and this volume in a way underscores the cultural exchange and interactions. Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the print version of this book in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

The Shamaness in Asia - Gender, Religions and the State (Hardcover): Davide Torri, Sophie Roche The Shamaness in Asia - Gender, Religions and the State (Hardcover)
Davide Torri, Sophie Roche
R3,258 Discovery Miles 32 580 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book concentrates on female shamanisms in Asia and their relationship with the state and other religions, offering a perspective on gender and shamanism that has often been neglected in previous accounts. An international range of contributors cover a broad geographical scope, ranging from Siberia to South Asia, and Iran to Japan. Several key themes are considered, including the role of bureaucratic established religions in integrating, challenging and fighting shamanic practices, the position of women within shamaniccomplexes, and perceptions of the body,. Beginning with a chapter that places the shamaness at the centre of the discussion, chapters then approach these issues in a variety of ways, from historically informed accounts, to presenting the findings of extensive ethnographic research by the authors themselves. Offering an important counterbalance to male dominated accounts of shamanism, this book will be of great interest to scholars of Indigenous Peoples across Religious Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, and Gender Studies.

Getting Through Security - Counterterrorism, Bureaucracy, and a Sense of the Modern (Paperback): Mark Maguire, David A Westbrook Getting Through Security - Counterterrorism, Bureaucracy, and a Sense of the Modern (Paperback)
Mark Maguire, David A Westbrook
R1,089 Discovery Miles 10 890 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Getting Through Security offers an unprecedented look behind the scenes of global security structures. The authors unveil the "secret colleges" of counterterrorism, a world haunted by the knowledge that intelligence will fail, and Leviathan will not arrive quickly enough to save everyone. Based on extensive interviews with both special forces and other security operators who seek to protect the public, and survivors of terrorist attacks, Getting Through Security ranges from targeted European airports to African malls and hotels to explore counterterrorism today. Maguire and Westbrook reflect on what these practices mean for the bureaucratic state and its violence, and offer suggestions for the perennial challenge to secure not just modern life, but humane politics. Mark Maguire has long had extraordinary access to a series of counterterrorism programs. He trained with covert behavior detection units and attended secret meetings of international special forces. He found that security professionals, for all the force at their command, are haunted by ultimately intractable problems. Intelligence is inadequate, killers unexpectedly announce themselves, combat teams don't arrive quickly enough, and for a time an amorphous public is on its own. Such problems both challenge and occasion the institutions of contemporary order. David Westbrook accompanied Maguire, pushing for reflection on what the dangerous enterprise of securing modern life means for key concepts such as bureaucracy, violence, and the state. Introducing us to the "secret colleges" of soldiers and police, where security is produced as an infinite horizon of possibility, and where tactics shape politics covertly, the authors relate moments of experimentation by police trying to secure critical infrastructure and conversations with special forces operators in Nairobi bars, a world of shifting architecture, technical responses, and the ever-present threat of violence. Secrecy is poison. Government agencies compete in the dark. The uninformed public is infantilized. Getting Through Security exposes deep flaws in the foundations of bureaucratic modernity, and suggests possibilities that may yet ameliorate our situation.

Adolescent Life and Ethos - An Ethnography of a US High School (Hardcover): Heewon Chang Adolescent Life and Ethos - An Ethnography of a US High School (Hardcover)
Heewon Chang
R2,745 Discovery Miles 27 450 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1992, this Asian-authored book presents a cultural description and interpretation of American high school adolescent life and ethos, based on anthropological fieldwork in a semi-rural school and its surrounding community in Oregon. It combines a realistic account of late 1980s adolescent culture and a confessional tale of the Asian ethnographer's fieldwork experiences among American youngsters. The three main parts of the book focus on a portrayal of adolescent daily life, an interpretation of these young people's cultural values and ideals, and a reflection on the ethnographer's fieldwork experiences respectively. Part 1, Adolescent Life, includes five chapters presenting a brief version of a key informant life history, a profile of the school, a portrait of the community, a sketch of a typical school day, and adolescent life out of school. Divided into four chapters, Part 2, Adolescent Ethos, identifies three dimensions of adolescent ethos and analyzes dynamics between the dimensions and reflecting ideals. The last chapter of this part, 'The Duality of Ideals' discusses how adolescents negotiated themselves in a complicated web of various ideals pressing on them. Part 3, Doing Ethnography, reports procedural and personal aspects of doing ethnographic research in two separate chapters. The former discusses each step from locating a field to writing an ethnography; the latter describes personal feelings and scholarly thoughts which occurred during and after fieldwork. Adopting the most inconspicuous, unobtrusive form of research methods (she even dressed like them and acted with and among them), the ethnographer tried to listen to the young people's voices, peek into their lives from outside, and look out at the world through their eyes.

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