Identity destabilised : living in an overheated world / edited by Thomas Hylland Eriksen and Elisabeth Schober.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Eriksen, Thomas Hylland

Schober, Elisabeth.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Group identity.

Identity (Philosophical concept).

Physical Description:

ix, 260 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto Press, [2016]

Summary:

This book explores social identities in today's 'overheated' world, seen from an anthropological perspective. The focus is on contradictions, tensions and paradoxes: How can an identity be stable if its border is constantly shifting? How does belonging work in new cities? And what can indigenous peoples do to retain a sense of self in a fast-moving neoliberal world? Ethnographically rich and diverse in its scope, Identity Destabilised contains chapters from many parts of the world, including the Philippines, Israel, Australia, the Cape Verde Islands and Afghanistan. The authors investigate how identity changes in response to contemporary forces, from rapid industrialisation, the enforced return of migrants and the silencing of indigenous groups to sudden population growth in boomtowns and the touristification of local culture. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction: The Art of Belonging in an Overheated World / Thomas Hylland Eriksen Eriksen, Thomas Hylland, Elisabeth Schober Schober, Elisabeth 1

2 Down With Identity! Long Live Humanity! / Jeremy MacClancy MacClancy, Jeremy 20

3 Frozen Cosmopolitanism: Coping with Radical Deceleration in Cape Verdean Contexts of Forced Return Migration / Heike Drotbohm Drotbohm, Heike 42

4 'We Are All Strangers Here': Transforming Land and Making Identity in a Desert Bcomtown / Astrid B. Stensrud Stensrud, Astrid B. 59

5 Identifying with Accelerated Change: Modernity Embodied in Gladstone, Queensland / Thomas Hylland Eriksen Eriksen, Thomas Hylland

6 Guarding the Frontier: On Nationalism and Nostalgia in an Israeli Border Town / Cathrine Thorleifsson Thorleifsson, Cathrine 99

7 Cultural Wounding and Healing: Change as Ongoing Cultural Production in a Remote Indigenous Australian Community / Amanda Kearney Kearney, Amanda 114

8 Indigenous Endurance amidst Accelerated Change? The US Military, South Korean Investors and the Aeta of Subic Bay, the Philippines / Elisabeth Schober Schober, Elisabeth 135

9 The Politics of Localness: Claiming Gains in Rural Sierra Leone / Robert J. Pijpers Pijpers, Robert J. 153

10 Too Many Khans? Old and New Elites in Afghanistan / Torunn Wimpelmann Wimpelmann, Torunn 171

11 Do Homosexuals Wear Moustaches? Controversies around the First Montenegrin Pride Parade / Branko Banovic Banovic, Branko 184

12 'We're Far Too Far Down This Road Now to Worry about Morals': The Destabilising of Football Fans' Identities in an Overheated World / Keir Martin Martin, Keir 205

13 Frozen Moments; Visualizing the Polity in Times of Overheating / Iver B. Neumann Neumann, Iver B. 223

14 Eurovision Identities: Or, How Many Collective Identities Can One Anthropologist Possess? / Chris Hann Hann, Chris 240.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0745399126

9780745399126

OCLC:

938384921