Silence is normally perceived as an absence and a withholding. The practice of silence turns it into an instrument of power. This volume examines how silence works in the perception and manipulation of sound, of speech, and of perspective in areas, such as music, language, race, work dislocations, and the construction of anthropological subjects.
Silence is normally perceived as an absence and a withholding. The practice of silence turns it into an instrument of power. This volume examines how silence works in the perception and manipulation of sound, of speech, and of perspective in areas, such as music, language, race, work dislocations, and the construction of anthropological subjects.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Maria-Luisa Achino-Loeb, PhD, teaches at New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Studies where she continues to develop courses on silence. She has done research with Waldensians and other minorities within religious groups. Her work has been published in journals such as American Anthropologist and Theory in Psychology, among others. She currently co-chairs the Advisory Council of the Anthropology Section, New York Academy of Sciences.
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Introduction: Silence as the Currency of Power Maria-Luisa Achino-Loeb PART I: SILENCE, CONTEXT, AND CATEGORIES OF IDENTITY Chapter 1. Silence in Music William O. Beeman Chapter 2. Silence and the Imperatives of Identity Maria-Luisa Achino-Loeb Chapter 3. Language Policies and the Erasure of Multilingualism in South Africa Susan E. Cook PART II: SILENCE AND POWER IN ETHNOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE Chapter 4. Strategic Alterity and Silence in the Promotion of California's Proposition 187 and of the Confederate Battle Flag in South Carolina Ann E. Kingsolver Chapter 5. No/ma(i)ds: Silenced Subjects in Philippine Migration Pauline Gardiner Barber Chapter 6. The Muzzled Saint: Racism, Cultural Censorship, and Religion in Urban Brazil Robin E. Sheriff PART III: SILENCE AND THE PLIGHT OF THE OBSERVER Chapter 7. Between Silences and Culture: A Partisan Anthropology Gerald Sider Chapter 8. Silences of the Field James W. Fernandez Contributors Author Index Subject Index
Introduction: Silence as the Currency of Power Maria-Luisa Achino-Loeb PART I: SILENCE, CONTEXT, AND CATEGORIES OF IDENTITY Chapter 1. Silence in Music William O. Beeman Chapter 2. Silence and the Imperatives of Identity Maria-Luisa Achino-Loeb Chapter 3. Language Policies and the Erasure of Multilingualism in South Africa Susan E. Cook PART II: SILENCE AND POWER IN ETHNOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE Chapter 4. Strategic Alterity and Silence in the Promotion of California's Proposition 187 and of the Confederate Battle Flag in South Carolina Ann E. Kingsolver Chapter 5. No/ma(i)ds: Silenced Subjects in Philippine Migration Pauline Gardiner Barber Chapter 6. The Muzzled Saint: Racism, Cultural Censorship, and Religion in Urban Brazil Robin E. Sheriff PART III: SILENCE AND THE PLIGHT OF THE OBSERVER Chapter 7. Between Silences and Culture: A Partisan Anthropology Gerald Sider Chapter 8. Silences of the Field James W. Fernandez Contributors Author Index Subject Index
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