Identity and affect : experiences of identity in a globalising world / edited by John R. Campbell and Alan Rew.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Campbell, John R., 1951-

Rew, Alan, 1942-

Series:

Anthropology, culture, and society.

Anthropology, culture, and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnicity.

Group identity.

Acculturation.

Social change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 306 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When forces of globalisation and local culture converge, distinctive social habitats are created. Drawing on detailed case studies of South Asian, East African, Melanesian and European societies, Identity and Affect provides a contextual analysis of the formation and expression of local identities and of the affective self-constitution of social agents. The contributors examine in particular the growing fragmentation of social relations in these areas and the impact this is having on individuals and communities who, forced into an increasingly outward orientation, are initiating processes of cultural redefinition and social realignment. The different effects of colonialism on identity formation are examined in studies of communalism in Sri Lanka, untouchables in India, cargo cults in New Guinea and the substitution of food exchange for cannibalism in Kaluana. Focusing on Italians in London and south Asians in East Africa, the formation and experience of belonging to cultural diaspora is explored from the perspective of the individual and the social collectivity. The authors conclude with an exploration of some of the defining experiences of modernity, specifically how individuals in industrial capitalist societies have come to see their identity as dependent on modern forms of industrial, public sector work.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Notes on Contributors

Preface

1. The Political Economy of Identity and Affect

Notes

References

PART I: 'Becoming. . . '

2. Constructing Identities in Nineteenth-century Colombo

3. Responding to Subordination: Identity and Change among South Indian Untouchable Castes

4. Feasting Friends, Eating Enemies: Amity and Enmity in Kalauna

5. States of Anxiety: Cultural Identities and Development Management in East New Britain

PART II: 'Belonging . . .'

6. Culture, Social Organisation and Asian Identity: Difference in Urban East Africa

7. Historicity and Communality: Narratives about the Origins of the Italian 'Community' in Britain

PART III: 'Being. . .'

8. An African Railwayman is a Railwayman . . . . Or the Subject of the Subject of the Subject

9. Celebrating Diverse Identities: Person, Work and Place in South Wales

10. The Organisation of Development as an Illness: About the Metastasis of Good Intentions

Index

abutu [competitive food exchange], Kalauna 124-5

117

118-21

accountability, in development institutions

289

292

affect

concept of, 8

concept of, 30n

in Kalauna feasts, 124

African nationalism

27

183

185

187-9

191-2

and labour movement, 180

African railwaymen

27-8

and identity within labour market, 236-7

and identity within labour market, 240-4

identification with workplace, 230-6

identification with workplace, 240-1

Africans

and Europeanisation, 245-6

beni societies, 177.

beni societies, 194n

in Dar es Salaam, 177

in Dar es Salaam, 178

in Dar es Salaam, 179-80

Aga Khan, imam of Ismaili Muslims

172

179

181-2

184

alienation of labour [Marx] 237-8

Althusser, Louis

on ideology, 241-2

on subjectivity, 238-40

structuralism of, 246-7

Ambedkar, Dr B.R.

82

85

ancestral spirits, Kalauna 108-10

anger

25

280

anthropologist, role of 21-3

anthropology

analysis of social networks, 3-5

and concept of culture, 19-20

and construction of self-identity, 6-9

and construction of self-identity, 229-30

fieldwork methodology, 21-2

fieldwork methodology, 252-3

of emotion, 13-16

structural-functionalism of, 247

anxiety

among Pomio-Bainings about Tolai, 146-7

among Pomio-Bainings about Tolai, 154-5

among Pomio-Bainings about Tolai, 158

among Tolai, 157-8

containment of, 151-2

in development organisations, 291

in development organisations, 292

Appadurai, Arjun

5-6

8-9

Arya Samaj, Hindu reform movement

94n

95n

Backhill magazine

201

211

212-14

217-18n

Baining census divisions

130

138

Baining people

relations with Tolai, 136

relations with Tolai, 143

Bappenas planning bureau, Indonesia 285-7

Baudrillard, Jean 277

Bauman, Zygmunt 6-7

Besagni, Olive, stories in Backhill magazine 212-13

black music, as cultural diaspora 26

Blanda, Monsignor Giuseppe 211

Brahmanism

and anti-caste movements, 82-3

and caste ideology, 71

and caste ideology, 89

Briggs, J. and D. Peat, chaos theory 279

Broekstra, G., organisation theory 277-9

Buddhism

in India, 82

in Sri Lanka, 41

non-violence of, 55.

non-violence of, 58

Protestant Buddhism, 43

Protestant Buddhism, 44

Protestant Buddhism, 45

revival in Sri Lanka, 43-5

revival in Sri Lanka, 54-5

revival in Sri Lanka, 59

ritual, 23

ritual, 46

ritual, 50

ritual, 51-2

Bwaidoga 106-7

campanilismo, principle of 206

cankams, Harijan organisations

96n

cannibal tradition

114

115

126n

cannibalism

Bwaidoga, 114

Bwaidoga, 115

Bwaidoga, 126n

emotional aspects of, 116-17

hunger-driven, 113

miwa revenge feasts [Kalauna], 113-17

cargo cult ritual

143-4

and Pomio kivung movement, 141-5

Carmelo, Padre, St Peter's parish priest 210-11

caste

64-5

among diaspora in East Africa, 170-1

among diaspora in East Africa, 175

and anti-caste movements, 72

and racial distinction, 90

and religious conversion, 73-4

changing ideology of, 89-92

in Sri Lanka, 43

in Tamil Nadu, 66-8

in Tamil Nadu, 72

pre-colonial flexibility of, 89

renegotiation of social status, 77

renegotiation of social status, 79-80

Catholic church

character of [Sri Lanka]

and Kotahena riot, 48-9

and Kotahena riot, 55-6

and Kotahena riot, 57-8

character of [Sri Lanka], 41-3

character of [Sri Lanka], 55-6

missions in East New Britain, 137

post-Independence changes, 81-2

post-Independence changes, 84

retention of caste hierarchy, 78-80

retention of caste hierarchy, 93n

retention of caste hierarchy, 95n

retention of caste hierarchy, 96n

ritual and symbolism, 23

ritual and symbolism, 50

ritual and symbolism, 51-4

ritual and symbolism, 56

Cavallaro, R. 206

ceremony

as rite of incorporation, 268

Coal Valley retirement, 257-62

in anthropological method, 253.

Chakkiliyar [untouchable caste]

68

69-70

80

chaos theory 279-82

children, socialisation of

17

30n

Coal Valley

community identity, 28

retirement ceremony, 257-62

Valley Welsh identity, 256

Cohen, Anthony, Identity and Social Organisation... 263

Colombo [Sri Lanka]

41-2

Kotahena riot [ 40

Kotahena riot [ 45-50

processions, 46-8

processions, 50-1

colonial administration

racial zoning in Dar es Salaam, 176-7

racial zoning in Dar es Salaam, 179

racial zoning in Dar es Salaam, 191

Sri Lanka, 41

Sri Lanka, 45

Sri Lanka, 46-7

Sri Lanka, 50

Sri Lanka, 56

Sri Lanka, 57

Tanganyika, 175

Tanganyika, 178

colonialism

and Brahmanism of caste ideology, 71

and Brahmanism of caste ideology, 89

and labour market, 241

impact of, 37

impact of, 245-7

role in Kotahena riot, 40-1

Colpi, Terri, The Italian Factor

203-4

206

215

219n

on early Community, 208-9

commitment

as defining, 235-6

in employment, 241-2

of incomers, 257

of incomers, 263-6

community

foundation, 200

foundation, 204-7

objectification, 200

objectification, 214-15

redefining [Coal Valley], 271

role of genealogy, 212-13

settlement, 200

settlement, 207-11

stabilisation, 200

stabilisation, 214-16

community identity

among diaspora, 167

among diaspora, 187

Coal Valley, 28

communal institutions, 181-3

communal institutions, 188

cultural continuity

16-17

and change, 131-2

and change, 152

cultural diaspora

26

167.

cultural flows, in globalisation 5-6

culture

centrality of language

and collective folk memory, 264

centrality of language, 18

changing production of, 27

concept of, 19-20

concept of, 192-3n

emotion as construct of, 15-16

Europeanisation of African, 245-6

intimate, 252-3

political use to construct national identity, 12-13

public, 252

relationship with identity, 39-40

verbal narratives, 18-19

verbal narratives, 212-16

customs, Kalauna dewa 108-9

D'Andrade, P. 16

D'Entrecasteaux Island

121

123

Da'i-al-Mutlaq [Bohora spiritual head]

175

194n

Dalit [counter-cultural] movements

88-9

92

Dar es Salaam

housing schemes, 184

Indian settlement of, 173

Indian settlement of, 174-9

racial zoning, 176-7

racial zoning, 179

racial zoning, 191

[Asian] Merchants Chamber, 183

[Asian] Merchants Chamber, 188

Davies, Windsor

259-60

266

death, interdictions associated with

111-12

125-6n

deconstruction, and development policy making 280-1

Denmark, national flag as icon

30-1n

development institutions

accountability in, 289

erosion of vitality, 276

internal crises [Dutch NGOs], 290

internal crises [Dutch NGOs], 291-2

internal order as priority, 282-4

internal order as priority, 288

development planning

28-9

and chaos theory, 279-82

and organisation theory, 277-9

anxiety induced by, 152-4

area [Indonesia], 284-5

attraction of rationality in, 282

attraction of rationality in, 288

conflicting notions of practice, 287

conflicting notions of practice, 291.

defensiveness of institutions, 276.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781849640459

1849640459

9780585426174

0585426171

OCLC:

923330147