As a strategy of self-representation and a device of power, Europeanization is fundamentally
reorganizing territoriality and peoplehood, the two principles of group identification that have …

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In the third edition of this important and influential book, Michael Herzfeld revisits the idea of
'cultural intimacy'. The chapters examine a range of topics touching on the relationship …

Times aren't what they used to be. Twenty-five years ago," history" was just beginning to
emerge from anthropology's margins. It now lies much closer to the center of both the …

This absorbing narrative follows the craft community of French chocolatiers—members of a
tiny group experiencing intensive international competition—as they struggle to ensure the …

Anthropologist Michael Herzfeld first met Greek novelist Andreas Nenedakis in the drafty
courtyard of a public library. This encounter led to an enduring intellectual relationship that …

The New Age movement is a twentieth-century socio-cultural phenomenon in the Western
world with Glastonbury as one of its major centers. Through experimenting with a number of …

Some practices in alternative spiritualities-for example, New Age and neopaganism-have
been criticized by social commentators and some indigenous people for their appropriation …

In considering the symbolic constitution of history at a local level, ethnographers are
confronted with the way in which memories are constructed around political contests not …

Over the course of four years, Jasmin Habib was a participant observer on tours of Israel
organized for diaspora Jews as well as at North American community events focusing on …