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Annotation Lewellen gives us the first analytic overview of an important new subject area in a field that has long been identified with the study of relatively bounded communities. Globalization refers to the increasing flows of trade, finance, culture, ideas, and people brought about by the sophisticated technology of communications and travel and by the worldwide spread of neoliberal capitalism. Unlike dependency theory and world systems analysis, which tended to assume a bird's-eye perspective, globalization offers a down-and-dirty, ground-up approach in which ethnographic research is not marginal but essential. Through multiple examples, selected from the latest ethnographic research from all over the world, Lewellen examines the ways that globalization impacts migrants and stay-at-homes, peasants and tribal peoples, men and women. A crucial theme is that the global/local nexus is one of unpredictable interaction and creative adaptation, not of top-down determinism. Theoretically, globalization studies have become the focal point for the convergence of interpretive anthropology, critical anthropology, postmodernism, and poststructuralism, which are combined with a tough empiricism. For the casual reader or the classroom, this work draws together the ethnographic studies and cutting-edge theories that comprise the anthropology of globalization Presents the first and only critical overview of the anthropology of globalization, a subject area so new that previously it existed only as multiple, unintegrated ethnographies and theoretical positions. Lewellen gives us the first analytic overview of an important new subject area in a field that has long been identified with the study of relatively bounded communities. "Globalization" refers to the increasing flows of trade, finance, culture, ideas, and people brought about by the sophisticated technology of communications and travel and by the worldwide spread of neoliberal capitalism. Unlike dependency theory and world systems analysis, which tended to assume a bird's-eye perspective, globalization offers a down-and-dirty, ground-up approach in which ethnographic research is not marginal but essential. Through multiple exemples, selected from the latest ethnographic research from all over the world, Lewellen examines the ways that globalization impacts migrants and stay-at-homes, peasants and tribal peoples, men and women. A crucial theme is that the global/local nexus is one of unpredictable interaction and creative adaptation, not of top-down determinism.; Theoretically, globalization studies have become the focal point for the convergence of interpretive anthropology, critical anthropology, postmodernism, and poststructuralism, which are combined with a tough empiricism. For the casual reader or the classroom, this work draws together the ethnographic studies and cutting-edge theories that comprise the anthropology of globalization

presents The First And Only Critical Overview Of The Anthropology Of Globalization, A Subject Area So New That Previously It Existed Only As Multiple, Unintegrated Ethnographies And Theoretical Positions.

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stating His Goal As Providing A Broad, Easily Digested Overview Of The Field Of The Anthropology Of Globalization, Lewellen (anthropology, U. Of Richmond) Presents A Series Of 13 Essays That Discuss Some Of The Important Issues Affecting People Subjected To The Growing Worldwide Dominance Of The Neoliberal Agenda. Early Essays Focus On Theoretical Issues, Defining The Term Globalization And Asking How It Should Be Studied In The Area Of Anthropology. Later Chapters Discuss The Role Of Migration On Transnationalism, Diasporas, And Refugee Populations. Finally, Examinations Of The Interaction Of Local Tribal Cultures And Peasant Communities With The Forces Of Globalization Are Included. Annotation C. Book News, Inc., Portland, Or (booknews.com)

Introduction: Who Is Alma? -- Slouching Toward Globalization -- The Anthropology Of Globalization -- Development, Devolution, And Discourse -- Constructing Identity -- Migration: People On The Move -- Transnationalism: Living Across Borders -- Diaspora: Yearning For Home -- Refugees: The Anthropology Of Forced Migration -- Globalization From The Ground Up -- Tribal Cultures: No Longer Victims -- Peasants: Survivors In A Global World -- Afterthoughts, By Way Of Conclusions. Ted C. Lewellen. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [251]-272) And Index. Annotation Presents the first and only critical overview of the anthropology of globalization, a subject area so new that previously it existed only as multiple, unintegrated ethnographies and theoretical positions Alma was born in the small village of Cacahuatepec in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico.