At Home and in the Field

Ethnographic Encounters in Asia and the Pacific Islands
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-0-8248-5379-2
Verlag: University of Hawaii Press

Buch, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 544 g

Crossing disciplinary boundaries, At Home and in the Field is an anthology of twenty-first century ethnographic research and writing about the global worlds of home and disjuncture in Asia and the Pacific Islands. Unique in its inclusion of ""homework""—ethnography that directly engages with issues and identities in which the ethnographer finds political solidarity and belonging in fields at home—the anthology contributes to growing trends that complicate the distinction between ""insiders"" and ""outsiders."" In its focus on Asia and the Pacific Islands, the collection offers ethnographic updates on topics that range from ritual money burning in China to the militarization of Hawai'i to the cultural power of robots in Japan. Thought provoking, sometimes humorous, these cultural encounters will resonate with readers and provide valuable talking points for exploring the human diversity that makes the study of ourselves and each other simultaneously rewarding and challenging.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Finney, Suzanne S

Mostafanezhad, Mary

Pigliasco, Guido Carlo

Young, Forrest Wade

Über Autor(innen)

Suzanne S. Finney is president of the Maritime Archaeology and History of the Hawaiian Islands Foundation (MAHHI).

Mary Mostafanezhad is assistant professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Hawai'i at M?noa, USA.

Guido Carlo Pigliasco is adjunct assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Hawai'i at M?noa, USA and a foreign law consultant in the State of Hawaii.

Forrest Wade Young is lecturer in anthropology and Pacific Island studies at the University of Hawai'i at M?noa, USA.