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Regna Darnell is a professor of anthropology at the University of Western Ontario. She is the author of several books including Invisible Genealogies: A History of Americanist Anthropology (Nebraska, 2001), and Edward Sapir: Linguist, Anthropologist, Humanist.
List of contents
Editor's Introduction Regna DarnellRitual, Sanctity and Cybernetics Roy A. RappaportBrazilian Racial Terms: Some Aspects of Meaning and Learning Roger SanjekThe Potlatch: A Structural Analysis Abraham Rosman and Paula G. RubelPrejudice and Its Intellectual Effect in American Anthropology: An Ethnographic Report Francis L. K. HsuOn Key Symbols Sherry B. OrtnerSheep in Navajo Culture and Social Organization Gary WitherspoonVerbal Art as Performance Richard BaumanWorld Picture, Anthropological Frame Robert McC. AdamsThe Anthropologist as Expert Witness Lawrence RosenWhatever Happened to the Id? Melford E. SpiroLinguistic Knowledge and Cultural Knowledge: Some Doubts and Speculations Roger M. KeesingTibetan Fraternal Polyandry: A Test of Sociobiological Theory Cynthia M. Beall and Melvyn C. GoldsteinThe Golden Marshalltown: A Parable for the Archeology of the 1980s Kent V. FlanneryTypes Distinct from Our Own: Franz Boas on Jewish Identity and Assimilation Leonard B. GlickOther Times, Other Customs: The Anthropology of History Marshall SahlinsAnti Anti-Relativism Clifford GeertzHominoid Evolution and Hominoid Origins David PilbeamCulture as Consensus: A Theory of Culture and Informant Accuracy Kimball Romney, Susan C. Weller, and William H. BatchelderA Discourse-Centered Approach to Language and Culture Joel SherzerKnowledge, Power, and the Individual in Subarctic Hunting Societies Robin RidingtonTheories of Social Honor Elvin HatchKalapalo Biography: Psychology and Language in a South American Oral History Ellen B. BassoFacing Power--Old Insights, New Questions Eric R. WolfEvolution of the Human Capacity for Beliefs Ward H. GoodenoughArt, Science, or Politics? The Crisis in Hunter-Gatherer Studies Richard B. LeeEmpowering Place: Multilocality and Multivocality Margaret C. RodmanContested Pasts and the Practice of Anthropology Jonathan D. Hill"Our Ancestors the Gauls": Archaeology, Ethnic Nationalism, and the Manipulation of Celtic Identity in Modern Europe Michael DietlerHow Native Is a "Native" Anthropologist? Kirin NarayanArchaeology, Anthropology, and the Culture Concept Patty Jo Watson
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Regna Darnell is a professor of anthropology at the University of Western Ontario. She is the author of several books including Invisible Genealogies: A History of Americanist Anthropology (Nebraska, 2001), and Edward Sapir: Linguist, Anthropologist, Humanist.
Summary
The 30 selections in this volume reflect the notable trends and accomplishments in American anthropology during the closing decades of the millennium.
