Contesting Culture by Gerd Baumann
This innovative 1996 study presents an account of the interaction of people from different ethnic backgrounds who live in Southall, the most densely populated, multi-ethnic ghetto in the London area. Breaking with the tradition of studying a single ethnic community, Gerhard Baumann treats Southall as a social field, in which various immigrant groups come to terms with one another and with the dominant, if distant, host culture. The people of Southall affirm ethnic distinctiveness in some contexts, but they are also engaged in rethinking their identities and in debating the meaning of their cultural heritage. This book is at once a vivid ethnographic account of an aspect of contemporary British life, and a challenge to the conventional discourse of community studies.-
Outline of a Theory of Practice
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Kinship and Marriage
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The Anthropology of Numbers
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Ritual and Religion in the Making of Humanity
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Production and Reproduction
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Muslim Society
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The Architecture of Memory
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Kinship and Class in the West Indies
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World Conqueror and World Renouncer
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Power and Intimacy in the Christian Philippines
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Spirits of Protest
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The Roads of Chinese Childhood
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Resources and Population
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Mangrove Man
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The Trading Crowd
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Mass Culture and Modernism in Egypt
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The Making of the Modern Greek Family
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Power and Religiosity in a Post-Colonial Setting
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Social Inequality in a Portuguese Hamlet
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People and the State
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Individual and Society in Guiana
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Priests, Witches and Power
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Religion and Custom in a Muslim Society
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Tradition as Truth and Communication
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Bartered Brides
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Hunters and Herders of Southern Africa
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Spirit Possession and Personhood among the Kel Ewey Tuareg
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Varieties of Javanese Religion
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Strategies and Norms in a Changing Matrilineal Society
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The New Racism in Europe
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South Coast New Guinea Cultures
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Overlooking Nazareth
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The Fish People
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Identity through History
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A Place of their Own
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Tradition and Modernity in the Mediterranean
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Stealing People's Names
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Casting out Anger
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Elite Politics in Rural India
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The Making of the Basque Nation
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The Abandoned Narcotic
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People of the Zongo
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Native Lords of Quito in the Age of the Incas
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The Bedouin of Cyrenaica
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Women and Property in Morocco
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Fifteen Generations of Bretons
"..provides an important...view of identity formation, stressing its instrumental function over other aspects of identity production and negotiation." Kathleen Hall, Religious Studies Review
"...this book provides one of the better starting points for discussions of ethnicity in contemporary Europe." David Beriss, H-Net Reviews
"...this book provides one of the better starting points for discussions of ethnicity in contemporary Europe." David Beriss, H-Net Reviews
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780521555548 |
| ISBN 10 | 052155554X |
| Title | Contesting Culture |
| Author | Gerd Baumann |
| Series | Cambridge Studies In Social And Cultural Anthropology |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1996-04-26 |
| Number of pages | 242 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |