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On October 15, 1964 Billy Mills became the only American to win an
Olympic Gold Medal for the 10,000 meters. It was but one notable
triumph in sports by a Native American. Yet, unlike Mills's
achievement, most significant contributions from Native Americans
have gone unheralded. From individual athletes, teams, and events,
it is clear that the "Vanishing Americans" are not vanishing-but
they are sadly overlooked. The Native American Identity in Sports:
Creating and Preserving a Culture not only includes, but goes
beyond the great achievements of Billy Mills to note numerous other
instances of Native American accomplishment and impact on sports.
This collection of essays examines how sport has contributed to
shaping and expressing Native American identity-from the attempt of
the old Indian Schools to "Americanize" Native Americans through
sport to the "Indian mascot" controversy and what it says about the
broader public view of Native Americans. Additional essays explore
the contemporary use of the traditional sport Toka to combat
obesity in some Native American communities, the Seminoles'
commercialization of alligator wrestling-a "Native" sport that was,
in fact, only developed as a sport due to interest from
tourists-and much more. The contributions to this volume not only
tell the story of Native Americans' participation in the world of
sports, but also how Native Americans have changed and enriched the
sports world in the process. For anyone interested in the deep
effect sport has on culture, The Native American Identity in Sports
is an indispensable read.
On October 15, 1964 Billy Mills became the only American to win an
Olympic Gold Medal for the 10,000 meters. It was but one notable
triumph in sports by a Native American. Yet, unlike Mills's
achievement, most significant contributions from Native Americans
have gone unheralded. From individual athletes, teams, and events,
it is clear that the "Vanishing Americans" are not vanishing-but
they are sadly overlooked. The Native American Identity in Sports:
Creating and Preserving a Culture not only includes, but goes
beyond the great achievements of Billy Mills to note numerous other
instances of Native American accomplishment and impact on sports.
This collection of essays examines how sport has contributed to
shaping and expressing Native American identity-from the attempt of
the old Indian Schools to "Americanize" Native Americans through
sport to the "Indian mascot" controversy and what it says about the
broader public view of Native Americans. Additional essays explore
the contemporary use of the traditional sport Toka to combat
obesity in some Native American communities, the Seminoles'
commercialization of alligator wrestling-a "Native" sport that was,
in fact, only developed as a sport due to interest from
tourists-and much more. The contributions to this volume not only
tell the story of Native Americans' participation in the world of
sports, but also how Native Americans have changed and enriched the
sports world in the process. For anyone interested in the deep
effect sport has on culture, The Native American Identity in Sports
is an indispensable read.
Viewing an American Ethnic Community is a work based on the
author's love of his heritage. Salamone, a professor of
anthropology, believes that each ethnic community must adapt to the
social and cultural circumstances in which it finds itself. Thus,
while sharing much with other Italian-American communities, the
Italians of Rochester were also different in significant ways
because of the history, culture, and society-including other ethnic
groups-to which they adapted. This photo-book is a small record of
the city of Rochester and its Italian community, showing mainly the
happy times in the city and of the community, for the joys always
trumped the problems. The author wishes to thank Jesse Gimbel for
his professional help with the photos.
The Hausa of Nigeria is the culmination of thirty-nine years of
anthropological thought and research and many field trips to
Nigeria. It is an ethnographic reflection of intense field work in
Yauri and the surrounding areas that border it, as well as many
trips to archives, libraries, and interview sites. It is also the
result of discussions with colleagues, especially Salamone's
mentor, Charles Frantz, who directed Salamone to Nigeria and who
has aided the author's many years of study of the Hausa over time.
Frantz's work on ethnicity, as well as ethics in anthropology, has
served to provide a standard for Salamone's own endeavors. This
work looks at the notion of identity formation and its relationship
to history, religion, warfare, gender, economics and various other
dimensions of Hausa life, as well as minority group relationships
and creolization.
The Culture of Jazz is a collection of essays that view jazz from
an anthropological perspective. It focuses on aspects of jazz
culture and the ways in which jazz scrutinizes the American
lifestyle. Jazz musicians filter their perspective on culture based
on African roots. They have an obligation to tell truth to power
and provide views of alternative realities. These essays explore
many dimensions of the jazz life and its perspectives on cultural
realities. Heavily influenced by the perspectives of Neil Leonard
and Alan Merriam, The Culture of Jazz covers a broad range of
topics making it an unparalleled compilation.
Fieldwork has been combined with archival research conducted in the
United Kingdom, the United States, and Nigeria to explicate the
manner in which the Sudan United Mission strove to create a
Christian Northern Nigerian identity in order to combat a Muslim
Hausa identity. To accomplish this transformation, the missionaries
created a home for freed Nigerian slaves; it was named after Lucy
Guinness Kumm, one of its founders. The story of the home and its
use takes place in the midst of Lord Lugard's colonial ideal of
indirect rule and the working misunderstanding in which local
rulers presumably conducted local affairs in an independent manner
free from direction from the colonial government. The reality was
much different and each of the participants chose to
'misunderstand' the actions, motives, and histories of the others.
These included indigenous Muslim rulers, so-called 'pagans,'
colonial officials, and missionaries. In the midst of numerous
intrigues, the Sudan United Mission took care of over 200 freed
slave children and initiated significant educational reforms. The
depiction of a plural society and its expatriates is a major
contribution. The book has value for studies in education, colonial
history, and cultural anthropology.
In Reflections on Theory and History in Anthropology, author Frank
Salamone examines his more than 30 years of experience in the field
of cultural anthropology. During this time, he has conducted
fieldwork and archival research in places such as Nigeria, Kenya,
Canada, Venezuela, and the United States. Through his work he has
explored religious conversion, the comparisons between Islam and
Christianity, the nature of fieldwork, ethics, ethnicity and its
political aspects, development, and the history of anthropology. In
this rich memoir, Salamone reflects upon his experiences as an
anthropologist and offers an optimistic, yet realistic, appraisal
of the field's past, present, and future.
In this book, Frank A. Salamone looks at the United States in the
1950s through its popular culture. He examines movies,
transportation, television, advertising, music, fads, and all other
aspects of the period. Its famous celebrities are placed in context
and examined from that perspective. Popular Culture in the Fifties
becomes a social history of the fifties, one which examines the
culture with a loving but critical eye.
Scholars, especially Napoleon Chagnon, have portrayed the Yanomami
as fierce people. Yanomami themselves resent that portrayal and
state that they are no more fierce than those who label them.
Moreover, a number of scholars argue that such a portrayal has had
dire consequences for these Indian people. Governments and their
subjects tend to regard them as primitive and not really part of
their citizenry. Recent quarrels between the Salesian missionaries
and Napoleon Chagnon have highlighted this debate. This book
examines this dispute in detail and presents the views of the
Salesians, New Tribes, and the Yanomami in response to outsiders'
interpretations.
Some of the best scholars in the field of the anthropology of
indigenous systems of theology such as Mary Douglas, Morton Klass,
and Edith Turner are represented here. Explorations in Anthropology
and Theology treats indigenous systems of religious thought,
including 'popular' American secular rituals, with the respect and
attention usually reserved for only the 'higher religions, '
covering topics such as feminist spirituality, traditional
religions and the impact of modernization, alternative approaches
to the sacred, implications for fieldwork, and the relationship and
relevance of theology and anthropology to one another. The result
is a stimulating exploration of a new field of research that is
still being shaped and defined, the anthropology of theology.
Papers represent most of the major ethnographic areas of the world,
including Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe, the United States
and the Artic. Recommended for various courses in theology,
anthropology of religion, symbolic anthropology, and fieldwork.
In 2016, Edith Turner passed away. She left behind an intellectual
legacy that, together with her husband, Victor Turner, transformed
modern anthropology. This edited collection focuses on Victor and
Edith Turner's significant theoretical contributions, including
their work on communitas, liminality, pilgrimage, friendship,
fieldwork, self-reflection, affective culture, religion, spirits,
and faith. This collection includes retrospectives on the personal
lives of Edith and Victor, as provided by their son; a close look
at Edith's work on last rites, for which she studied and
contemplated her own demise; an examination of Edith's faith and
belief system in light of her personal research interests; and
contemporary applications of the Turners's theories in relation to
modern social processes. Contributors touch on a variety of topics,
including current political upheavals and inversions, the values of
friendship and bonding, the importance of music as affective
culture, jazz as a pilgrimage, and deeper theoretical issues
surrounding the concept of liminality. This work illustrates the
Turners' enduring theoretical and affective contributions and
emphasizes the great importance they placed on studying and
understanding what it means to be human. We continue to learn from
their example.
This work grew out of the Northeast Popular Culture Conference at
Dartmouth University in New Hampshire in October 2008. It presents
material noting how American popular culture has had an influence
throughout the world. Chapters range from Nigeria, Ghana, Japan,
China and points in between. Topics cover music, art, holidays,
romance, and toys. In all, the book illustrates the vast scope and
popularity of American popular culture both in the world and on it.
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