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.
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 the Author
Jonathan Xavier Inda is Associate Professor in the Department of Chicana/o Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Among his publications are Targeting Immigrants: Government, Technology, and Ethics (Blackwell, 2006) and the edited volumes Anthropologies of Modernity: Foucault, Governmentality, and Life Politics (Blackwell, 2005) and Race, Identity, and Citizenship (Blackwell, 1999).
Renato Rosaldo is Professor of Anthropology at New York University and Lucie Stern Professor in the Social Sciences Emeritus at Stanford University. He is the author of Culture and Truth (1989) and Ilongot Headhunting, 1883-1974 (1980), and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Features
Collects some of the finest 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
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 a fresh introduction, new selections, section introductions, and recommendations for further reading
