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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."
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"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.
Contents
Notes on Contributors viii
1 Introduction: The Frontiers of Europe and European Ethnology 1
Ullrich Kockel, Máiréad Nic Craith, and Jonas Frykman
Part I Europe's Cardinal Directions 11
2 The Anthropology of Mediterranean Societies 13
Christian Giordano
3 Nordic Reflections on Northern Social Research 32
Hugh Beach
4 Multiculturalism in North America and Europe 51
Reginald Byron
5 Anthropology in Postsocialist Europe 68
Michał Buchowski
6 Europe in Eurasia 88
Chris Hann
7 Mitteleuropean Ethnology in Transition 103
Gabriela Kiliánová
Part II European Integration 123
8 Anthropological Studies of European Identity Construction 125
Lisanne Wilken
9 Memory, Citizenship, and Consumer Culture in Postsocialist Europe 145
Ksenija Vidmar Horvat
10 The Europe of Regions and Borderlands 163
Thomas M. Wilson
11 Citizenship(s) in European Contexts 181
Catherine Neveu and Elena Filippova
12 Local Practices of European Identity on the New Eastern Borders of the EU 199
Justyna Straczuk
13 European Politics, Policies, and Institutions 212
Marion Demossier
Part III European Heritages 231
14 Presencing Europe's Pasts 233
Sharon Macdonald
15 An Anthropology of War and Recovery: Lived War Experiences 253
Maja Povrzanović Frykman
16 European Religious Fragmentation and the Rise of Civil Religion 275
Peter Jan Margry
17 Studying Muslims of Europe 295
Gabriele Marranci
18 Roma and Sinti: The "Other" within Europe 310
Sabrina Kopf
19 Landscape, Landscape History, and Landscape Theory 322
Norbert Fischer
Part IV Cultural Practice 337
20 European Tourism 339
Orvar Löfgren
21 The Diversity of European Food Cultures 355
Gisela Welz
22 Language, Power, and Politics in Europe 373
Máiréad Nic Craith
23 Europe at the Crossroads of Rights and Culture(s) 389
Valdimar Tr. Hafstein and Martin Skrydstrup
24 Corporate Social Responsibility and Cultural Practices on Globalizing Markets 407
Christina Garsten
25 Extreme Neo-nationalist Music Scenes at the Heart of Europe 425
David Murphy
26 Anthropological Perspectives on the European Urban Landscape 440
Christiane Schwab
Part V Disciplinary Boundary Crossings 457
27 Medical Anthropology and Anthropological Studies of Science 459
Maryon McDonald
28 Uses of the Internet in European Ethnographic Research 480
Elisenda Ardévol and Adolfo Estalella
29 Visual Culture, Ethnography, and Interactive Media 497
Terence Wright
30 Hybrid Worlds of Europe: Theoretical and Practical Aspects 519
Elka Tschernokoshewa
31 An Anthropological Perspective on Literary Arts in Ireland 537
Helena Wulff
32 Toward an Ethnoecology of Place and Displacement 551
Ullrich Kockel
33 A Tale of Two Disciplines: European Ethnology and the Anthropology of Europe 572
Jonas Frykman
Index 590
