Disruptive voices and the singularity of histories

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Disruptive voices and the singularity of histories / edited by Regna Darnell and Frederic W. Gleach.

Darnell, Regna, (editor.). Gleach, Frederic W. (Frederic Wright), 1960- (editor.).

Summary:

Histories of Anthropology Annual presents diverse perspectives on the discipline's history within a global context, with a goal of increasing awareness and use of historical approaches in teaching, learning, and conducting anthropology. The series includes critical, comparative, analytical, and narrative studies involving all aspects and subfields of anthropology. Volume 13, Disruptive Voices and the Singularity of Histories, explores the interplay of identities and scholarship through the history of anthropology, with a special section examining fieldwork predecessors and indigenous communities in Native North America. Individual contributions explore the complexity of women's history, indigenous history, national traditions, and oral histories to juxtapose what we understand of the past with its present continuities. These contributions include Sharon Lindenburger's examination of Franz Boas and his navigation with Jewish identity, Kathy M'Closkey's documentation of Navajo weavers and their struggles with cultural identities and economic resources and demands, and Mindy Morgan's use of the text of Ruth Underhill's O'odham study to capture the voices of three generations of women ethnographers. Because this work bridges anthropology and history, a richer and more varied view of the past emerges through the meticulous narratives of anthropologists and their unique fieldwork, ultimately providing competing points of access to social dynamics. This volume examines events at both macro and micro levels, documenting the impact large-scale historical events have had on particular individuals and challenging the uniqueness of a single interpretation of "the same facts."

Record details

ISBN: 9781496218384
ISBN: 1496218388
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 365 pages)
Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2019]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Editors' Introduction; 1. Totalitarian Critique; 2. Ich Bin Jüdischer Abstammung (I Am of Jewish Lineage); 3. A Document in an Unexpected Place; 4. Diasporas Of and By Design; 5. Mock Rituals, Sham Battles, and Real Research; 6. Indigenous Studies in Argentina; Voicing the Ancestors; 7. Fieldwork Predecessors and Indigenous Communities in Native North America; 8. No Object without Its Story; 9. Encounters in Ontario; 10. The Boas Plan; 11. Look Once More at the Old Things; 12. Rereading Deloria
Source of Description Note:: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 04, 2019).