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A Companion to the Anthropology of Europe - Paperback
by Ullrich Kockel (Editor), Máiréad Nic Craith (Editor), Jonas Frykman (Editor)
A Companion to theAnthropologyof Europe
BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO ANTHROPOLOGY
A Companion to the Anthropology of Europe
"The volume also deserves a place on the shelves of academic libraries as well as the larger public library."
Reference Reviews
"Summing Up: Highly recommended. All academic levels/libraries."
Choice
"This important collection challenges all anthropologists to re-examine the importance of European perspectives on the most provocative debates of our time. It transcends regional interests to highlight the complex intellectual landscape of our field."
Tracey Heatherington, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
"This significant volume critically interrogates assumptions about Europe as an idea and a place for research. It provides fresh perspectives on the past and future of anthropological studies of Europe."
Deborah Reed-Danahay, SUNY at Buffalo, President of the Society for the Anthropology of Europe
A Companion to the Anthropology of Europe offers a survey of contemporary Europeanist anthropology and European ethnology, and a guide to emerging trends in this geographical field of research. Utilizing diverse approaches to the anthropological study of Europe, Kockel, Nic Craith, and Frykman provide a synthesis of the different traditions and contemporary practices.
Investigating the subject both geographically and thematically, the companion covers key topics such as location, heritage, experience, and cultural practices. Written by leading international scholars in the field, the volume constitutes the first authoritative guide for researchers, instructors, and students of anthropology and European studies.
Back Jacket
BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO ANTHROPOLOGY
A Companion to the Anthropology of Europe
"The volume also deserves a place on the shelves of academic libraries as well as the larger public library."
Reference Reviews
"Summing Up: Highly recommended. All academic levels/libraries."
Choice
"This important collection challenges all anthropologists to re-examine the importance of European perspectives on the most provocative debates of our time. It transcends regional interests to highlight the complex intellectual landscape of our field."
Tracey Heatherington, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
"This significant volume critically interrogates assumptions about Europe as an idea and a place for research. It provides fresh perspectives on the past and future of anthropological studies of Europe."
Deborah Reed-Danahay, SUNY at Buffalo, President of the Society for the Anthropology of Europe
A Companion to the Anthropology of Europe offers a survey of contemporary Europeanist anthropology and European ethnology, and a guide to emerging trends in this geographical field of research. Utilizing diverse approaches to the anthropological study of Europe, Kockel, Nic Craith, and Frykman provide a synthesis of the different traditions and contemporary practices.
Investigating the subject both geographically and thematically, the companion covers key topics such as location, heritage, experience, and cultural practices. Written by leading international scholars in the field, the volume constitutes the first authoritative guide for researchers, instructors, and students of anthropology and European studies.
Author Biography
Ullrich Kockel is Professor of Culture and Economy at Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh and Visiting Professor of Social Anthropology, Vytautas Magnus University Kaunas. His publications include Re-Visioning Europe: Frontiers, Place Identities and Journey in Debatable Lands (2010), and A Companion to Heritage Studies (Wiley, 2015, edited with William Logan and M. Nic Craith).
Máiréad Nic Craith is Professor of European Culture and Heritage at Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh. She is the author of Plural Identities, Singular Narratives: The Case of Northern Ireland (2002) which was joint winner of the 2004 Ruth Michaelis-Jena Ratcliff research prize for folklife, Culture and Identity Politics in Northern Ireland (2003), Europe and the Politics of Language (2006), and Cultural Diversity, Heritage and Human Rights (co-edited, 2010).
Jonas Frykman is Professor II at Agderforskning, Norway, and Professor Emeritus of European Ethnology at Lund University. His publications include Identities in Pain (with Nadia Seremitakis, 1997), Articulating Europe: Local Perspectives (with Peter Niedermüller, 2003), and Sense of Community: Trust Hope and Worries in the Welfare State (with Bo Rothstein et al, 2009).
by Ullrich Kockel (Editor), Máiréad Nic Craith (Editor), Jonas Frykman (Editor)
A Companion to theAnthropologyof Europe
BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO ANTHROPOLOGY
A Companion to the Anthropology of Europe
"The volume also deserves a place on the shelves of academic libraries as well as the larger public library."
Reference Reviews
"Summing Up: Highly recommended. All academic levels/libraries."
Choice
"This important collection challenges all anthropologists to re-examine the importance of European perspectives on the most provocative debates of our time. It transcends regional interests to highlight the complex intellectual landscape of our field."
Tracey Heatherington, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
"This significant volume critically interrogates assumptions about Europe as an idea and a place for research. It provides fresh perspectives on the past and future of anthropological studies of Europe."
Deborah Reed-Danahay, SUNY at Buffalo, President of the Society for the Anthropology of Europe
A Companion to the Anthropology of Europe offers a survey of contemporary Europeanist anthropology and European ethnology, and a guide to emerging trends in this geographical field of research. Utilizing diverse approaches to the anthropological study of Europe, Kockel, Nic Craith, and Frykman provide a synthesis of the different traditions and contemporary practices.
Investigating the subject both geographically and thematically, the companion covers key topics such as location, heritage, experience, and cultural practices. Written by leading international scholars in the field, the volume constitutes the first authoritative guide for researchers, instructors, and students of anthropology and European studies.
Back Jacket
BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO ANTHROPOLOGY
A Companion to the Anthropology of Europe
"The volume also deserves a place on the shelves of academic libraries as well as the larger public library."
Reference Reviews
"Summing Up: Highly recommended. All academic levels/libraries."
Choice
"This important collection challenges all anthropologists to re-examine the importance of European perspectives on the most provocative debates of our time. It transcends regional interests to highlight the complex intellectual landscape of our field."
Tracey Heatherington, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
"This significant volume critically interrogates assumptions about Europe as an idea and a place for research. It provides fresh perspectives on the past and future of anthropological studies of Europe."
Deborah Reed-Danahay, SUNY at Buffalo, President of the Society for the Anthropology of Europe
A Companion to the Anthropology of Europe offers a survey of contemporary Europeanist anthropology and European ethnology, and a guide to emerging trends in this geographical field of research. Utilizing diverse approaches to the anthropological study of Europe, Kockel, Nic Craith, and Frykman provide a synthesis of the different traditions and contemporary practices.
Investigating the subject both geographically and thematically, the companion covers key topics such as location, heritage, experience, and cultural practices. Written by leading international scholars in the field, the volume constitutes the first authoritative guide for researchers, instructors, and students of anthropology and European studies.
Author Biography
Ullrich Kockel is Professor of Culture and Economy at Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh and Visiting Professor of Social Anthropology, Vytautas Magnus University Kaunas. His publications include Re-Visioning Europe: Frontiers, Place Identities and Journey in Debatable Lands (2010), and A Companion to Heritage Studies (Wiley, 2015, edited with William Logan and M. Nic Craith).
Máiréad Nic Craith is Professor of European Culture and Heritage at Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh. She is the author of Plural Identities, Singular Narratives: The Case of Northern Ireland (2002) which was joint winner of the 2004 Ruth Michaelis-Jena Ratcliff research prize for folklife, Culture and Identity Politics in Northern Ireland (2003), Europe and the Politics of Language (2006), and Cultural Diversity, Heritage and Human Rights (co-edited, 2010).
Jonas Frykman is Professor II at Agderforskning, Norway, and Professor Emeritus of European Ethnology at Lund University. His publications include Identities in Pain (with Nadia Seremitakis, 1997), Articulating Europe: Local Perspectives (with Peter Niedermüller, 2003), and Sense of Community: Trust Hope and Worries in the Welfare State (with Bo Rothstein et al, 2009).
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