Northeast India: a reader
Northeast India is a multifaceted and dynamic region that is constantly in focus because of its fragile political landscape characterized by endemic violence and conflicts. One of the first of its kind, this reader on Northeast India examines myriad aspects of the region - its p…
The racial front in the global Cold War white American woman is raped by a black Panamanian laborer in 1946 in the Panama Canal Zone, and the aftermath affects labor relations in the Western hemisphere for the next two decades. Numerous nations use the African continent to exerc…
In Brazil, where forest meets savanna, new towns, agribusiness and hydroelectricity plants form a patchwork with the indigenous territories. Here, agricultural work, fishing, songs, feasts and exchanges occupy the Enawene-nawe for eight months of each year, during a season calle…
Introduction : ethnic groups, boundaries and beyond / Thomas Hylland Eriksen and Marek Jakoubek -- Barth, ethnicity and culture / A.P. Cohen -- Homage to Fredrik Barth / Michael Hechter -- The dangerous shoals of ethnic groups and boundaries : a personal account / Katherine Verd…
Ethnicity and identity in Herodotus
Introduction / Thomas Figueira -- Herodotus' Hermēneus and the translation of culture in the histories / Steven Brandwood -- Language as a marker of ethnicity in Herodotus and contemporaries / Thomas Figueira -- Protocols of ethnic specification in Herodotus / Brian Hill -- Emot…
