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Empires, Nations, and Natives: Anthropology and State-Making
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Description for Empires, Nations, and Natives: Anthropology and State-Making
Paperback. By drawing on the social history of the social sciences, the sociology of scientific knowledge, and the ethnography of the State, these essays show how anthropology and state-building should be considered as intertwined processes Editor(s): L'Estoile, Benoit De; Neiburg, Federico; Sigaud, Lygia. Num Pages: 344 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 3J; JHMC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503.
Empires, Nations, and Natives is a groundbreaking comparative analysis of the interplay between the practice of anthropology and the politics of empires and nation-states in the colonial and postcolonial worlds. It brings together essays that demonstrate how the production of social-science knowledge about the “other” has been inextricably linked to the crafting of government policies. Subverting established boundaries between national and imperial anthropologies, the contributors explore the role of anthropology in the shifting categorizations of race in southern Africa, the identification of Indians in Brazil, the implementation of development plans in Africa and Latin America, the construction of Mexican and ... Read more
Empires, Nations, and Natives is a groundbreaking comparative analysis of the interplay between the practice of anthropology and the politics of empires and nation-states in the colonial and postcolonial worlds. It brings together essays that demonstrate how the production of social-science knowledge about the “other” has been inextricably linked to the crafting of government policies. Subverting established boundaries between national and imperial anthropologies, the contributors explore the role of anthropology in the shifting categorizations of race in southern Africa, the identification of Indians in Brazil, the implementation of development plans in Africa and Latin America, the construction of Mexican and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822336174
SKU
V9780822336174
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About L´estoile
Benoît de L'Estoile teaches social anthropology at the École Normale Supérieure and at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, both in Paris. Federico Neiburg teaches social anthropology at the Museu Nacional, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Lygia Sigaud teaches social anthropology at the Museu Nacional, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
Reviews for Empires, Nations, and Natives: Anthropology and State-Making
“Empires, Nations, and Natives is a refreshing collection, notable for the quality and depth of research into different ‘national anthropologies’ in Europe, the Americas, and South Africa, and for the ability of the authors and editors to bring out the linkages among such intellectual traditions. The book provokes important reflections on questions of empire, colonialism, cultural difference, democratic government, and ... Read more