Against exoticism : toward the transcendence of relativism and universalism in anthropology; ed. by

Anthropology Begins In The Encounter With The 'exotic': What Stands Outside Of - And Challenges - Conventional Or Established Understandings. This Volume Confronts The Distortions Of Orientalism, Ethnocentrism, And Romantic Nostalgia To Expose Exoticism, Defined As The Construction Of False And Unsubstantiated Difference. Its Aim Is To Re-found The Importance Of The Exotic In The Development Of Anthropological Knowledge And To Overcome Methodological Dualisms And Dualistic Approaches.{u2028} Chapters Look At The Risk Of Exoticism In The Perspectivist Approach, The Significant Exotic Corrective Of Lévi-strauss Vis-à-vis An Imperializing Eurocentrism, Our Nostalgic Relationship With The Ethnographic Record, And The Attempts Of Local Communities To Readapt Previous Exoticized Referents, Renegotiate Their Identity, And 'counter-exoticize.' This Volume Demonstrates A Range Of Approaches That Will Be Valuable For Researchers And Students Seeking To Effectively Establish Comparative Methodological Frameworks That Transcend Issues Of Relativism And Universalism.--provided By Publisher. On Ethnographic Nostalgia : Exoticising And De-exoticising The Emberá, For Example / Dimitrios Theodossopoulos -- Between Triste Tropique And Cultural Creativity : Modern Times And The Vanishing Primitive / Pnina Werbner -- The Exotic Albatross : Exotic Indians, Exotic Theory / Stephen Nugent -- Living The Li(f)e : Negotiating Paradise In Southern Sri Lanka / Maurice Said -- Bahia Of All Saints, Enchantments And Dreams : Female Tourists, Capoeira Practitioners, And The Exotic / Theodora Lefkaditou -- From Primitive To Culturally Distinct : Patachitra Art And Self-exoticisation In West Bengal / Urmi Bhattacharyya. Edited By Bruce Kapferer And Dimitrios Theodossopoulos. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contents Introduction: Against Exoticism Chapter 1 On Ethnographic Nostalgia: Exoticizing and De-exoticizing the Emberá, for Example Chapter 2 Between Tristes Tropiques and Cultural Creativity: Modern Times and the Vanishing Primitive Chapter 3 The Exotic Albatross: Exotic Indians, Exotic Theory Chapter 4 Living the Li(f)e: Negotiating Paradise in Southern Sri Lanka Chapter 5 Bahia of All Saints, Enchantments, and Dreams: Female Tourists, Capoeira Practitioners, and the Exotic Chapter 6 From Primitive to Culturally Distinct: Patachitra and Self-Exoticization in West Bengal Afterword: Lessons of the Exotic Index Against Exoticism -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Ethnographic Nostalgia -- Chapter 2 Between Tristes Tropiques and Cultural Creativity -- Chapter 3 The Exotic Albatross -- Chapter 4 Living the Li(f)e -- Chapter 5 Bahia of All Saints, Enchantments, and Dreams -- Chapter 6 From Primitive to Culturally Distinct -- Afterword -- Index