The Anthropology of Globalization: A Reader - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1405136138 ISBN 13: 9781405136136

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2007

Synopsis

Updated with a fresh introduction and brand new selections, the second edition of The Anthropology of Globalization collects some of the decade’s finest work on globalization, focusing on the increasing interconnectedness of people around the world, and the culturally specific ways in which these connections are mediated.

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• Provides a rich introduction to the subject
  
• Grounds the study of globalization ethnographically by locating global processes in everyday practice
  
• Addresses the global flow of capital, people, commodities, media, and ideologies
  
• Offers extensive geographic coverage: from Africa and Asia to the Caribbean, Europe, and North America
  
• Updated edition includes new selections, section introductions, and recommendations for further reading

About this title

Book Description

Over the last decade globalization has captured the public and academic imagination. This second edition of The Anthropology of Globalization provides an exciting introduction to the flows and interconnections of globalization, focusing simultaneously on the large-scale processes through which various cultures are becoming increasingly interconnected, and on the ways that people around the world mediate these processes in culturally specific ways. Editors Inda & Rosaldo have collected some of the finest work on globalization published in English over the past decade in order to provided readers with a rich introduction to the subject. This updated edition also includes helpful section introductions and recommendations for further readings.

From the Back Cover

The Anthropology of Globalization provides an exciting introduction to global change, focusing simultaneously on the large-scale processes through which various cultures are becoming increasingly interconnected, and on the ways that people around the world mediate these processes in culturally specific ways. This new edition also addresses the limits of global mobility and connection.

Inda and Rosaldo have assembled some of the finest and newest work on globalization published in English by both established and emerging anthropologists, including Arjun Appadurai, Anna Tsing, Aihwa Ong, Didier Fassin, Sally Engle Merry, Tom Boellstorff, Karen Ho, and Andrew Lakoff. Beginning with a revised contribution by the editors, this second edition also includes new readings, helpful section introductions, and recommendations for further reading. Itprovides readers with a valuable resource on local and global processes that both promote and constrain movement and linkage.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1405136138
• ISBN 13: 9781405136136
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 496
• Editor: Inda Jonathan Xavier, Rosaldo Renato