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The power of the between : an anthropological odyssey / Paul Stoller.
De Gruyter University of Chicago Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stoller, Paul.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Stoller, Paul.
- Anthropologists--Niger--Biography.
- Anthropologists.
- Anthropologists--New York (State)--New York--Biography.
- Songhai (African people)--Niger--Religion.
- Songhai (African people).
- Songhai (African people)--Niger--Social life and customs.
- West Africans--New York (State)--New York--Social life and customs.
- West Africans.
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Social life and customs.
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (215 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- It is the anthropologist's fate to always be between things: countries, languages, cultures, even realities. But rather than lament this, anthropologist Paul Stoller here celebrates the creative power of the between, showing how it can transform us, changing our conceptions of who we are, what we know, and how we live in the world. Beginning with his early days with the Peace Corps in Africa and culminating with a recent bout with cancer, The Power of the Between is an evocative account of the circuitous path Stoller's life has taken, offering a fascinating depiction of how a career is shaped
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue: The Power of the Between
- 1. Seeking Truth
- 2. Alternative Truths
- 3. Embodiments
- 4. Knowledge
- 5. Sorcery
- 6. New York City
- 7. Complexities
- 8. Family
- 9. Sensuousness
- 10. Embodied Memories
- 11. Wood
- 12. New World Circuits
- 13. Art
- 14. Intersections
- 15. Weaving the World
- 16. Immunology and the Village of the Healthy
- 17. Entering the Village of the Sick
- 18. Sorcery in the World
- 19. Remission
- 20. Reconfiguration
- 21. Ethnography
- 22. Memoir
- 23. Imagination
- 24. Stories
- Epilogue: Flying on the Wings of the Wind
- Notes
- References
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-198) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612070242
- 9781282070240
- 128207024X
- 9780226775364
- 0226775364
- OCLC:
- 435816640
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