Cultural Anthropology Studies Research Articles

South Asia - James Laidlaw: Riches and renunciation: religion, economy, and society among the Jains. (Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology.) xi, 436 pp. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1995. £48 (paper [15.99).

South Asia - James Laidlaw: Riches and renunciation: religion, economy, and society among the Jains. (Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology.) xi, 436 pp. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1995. £48 (paper [15.99).

The Anthropology of Europe: Identities and Boundaries in Conflict

This is one of the first anthropological studies of Europe post-1989. Fourteen authors examine the social, cultural and political implications of European integration with particular emphasis on changing European identities, concepts of citizenship and levels of participation. Their aim is to set an agenda for future research based on European identity as a new object of study. The book is divided into two parts. The first deals with major theoretical issues that have characterized the anthropological study of Europe and includes a discussion of the usefulness of the Mediterranean as a cultural area. The second section develops these themes further using different theoretical perspectives to explain complex issues such as nationalism, ethnic identities, and sectarian conflicts. Nine case studies cover a wide range of contemporary topics including Irish nationalism, identity and conflict in the former Yugoslavia, and gender, support and child care provision in Spain. This book aims to fill a gap in the literature on European integration and should be of interest to anthropologists and sociologists as well as students of sociology, social anthropology, political science, communications and European studies.

Michael Carrithers and Caroline Humphrey: The assembly of listeners: Jains in society. xiii, 328 pp. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. £32.50, $54.50. - Marcus Banks: Organizing Jainism in India and England. (Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology.) xviii, 264 pp. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992. £35.

Michael Carrithers and Caroline Humphrey: The assembly of listeners: Jains in society. xiii, 328 pp. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. £32.50, $54.50. - Marcus Banks: Organizing Jainism in India and England. (Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology.) xviii, 264 pp. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992. £35.

Book Reviews : Dialogues with the Dead: The Discussion of Mortality among the Sora of Eastern India by Piers Vitebsky. (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology) Cambridge University Press, 1993. Pp. xx, 294, illus., tables, bibliog

Book Reviews : Dialogues with the Dead: The Discussion of Mortality among the Sora of Eastern India by Piers Vitebsky. (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology) Cambridge University Press, 1993. Pp. xx, 294, illus., tables, bibliog

Ingrid Rudie: Visible women in East Coast Malay society: on the reproduction of gender in ceremonial, school and market. (Oslo Studies in Social Anthropology.) xi, 337 pp. Oslo: Scandinavian University Press, 1994. £30.

Ingrid Rudie: Visible women in East Coast Malay society: on the reproduction of gender in ceremonial, school and market. (Oslo Studies in Social Anthropology.) xi, 337 pp. Oslo: Scandinavian University Press, 1994. £30.

Piers Vitebsky: Dialogues with the dead: the discussion of mortality among the Sora of eastern India. (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology, no. 88.) xix, 294 pp. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. £40, $59.95.

Piers Vitebsky: Dialogues with the dead: the discussion of mortality among the Sora of eastern India. (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology, no. 88.) xix, 294 pp. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. £40, $59.95. - Volume 58 Issue 1

BOOK REVIEWS

BOOK REVIEWS Building Bridges to the Third World: Memories of Nepal, 1950–1992. By Toni Hagen. Translated from the German by Philip Pierce. Delhi: Book Faith India, 1994. xiii + 386pp. nps. ISBN 81 7303 029 4. Ann Frechette Ann Frechette Department of Social Anthropology, Harvard University and Refugee Studies Programme, University of Oxford Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Refugee Studies, Volume 8, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 115–116, https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/8.1.115 Published: 01 January 1995

Allison Davis and the Study of Race, Social Class, and Schooling

INTRODUCTION When we examine the historical contributions that early African American scholars made to the field of multicultural education, one individual we should not ignore is Allison Davis (1902-1983). Though Davis spent his entire professional life trying to understand the influences of race, class, and culture on educational development, his work has gone largely unnoticed in recent years (Harrison, 1988). Whatever the reasons for this obscurity, this article presents a case for the need to reexamine his work-work that contains important insights for he field of multicultural education. Allison Davis believed that educational institutions, because they are strongly influenced by race, class, and culture, cannot work in isolation. Through his books, most notably Children of Bondage: The Personality Development of Negro Youth in the Urban South (1940, with John Dollard), Deep South: A Social Anthropological Study of Caste and Class (1941, with Burleigh B. Gardner and Mary R. Gardner), and Social-Class Influences Upon Learning (1948), Davis showed that it is essential to examine all facets of students' lives if we are to adequately provide them with appropriate educational experiences. This article examines the life and work of Allison Davis from three perspectives: first, it provides biographical information to help place Davis in the context of his time and influences; second, it presents an examination of his three major works and a discussion of their relevance for contemporary educational researchers and practitioners; third, it discusses his contribution to our present understanding of multicultural education by examining contemporary works in relation to his ideas. A BIOGRAPHICAL PERSPECTIVE(1) Allison Davis was born in Washington, D.C., on October 10, 1902. He grew up at a time in U.S. history when the country was experiencing economic prosperity and tremendous social change. Having shown an abundance of academic promise while in high school, Davis enrolled at Williams College in Massachusetts in 1920. He continued to excel academically at Williams, where he majored in English and graduated summa cum laude in 1924 with a bachelor of arts degree. Encouraged by his academic success as an undergraduate, Davis applied for and was accepted as a graduate student at Harvard University in 1924, where he received a master's degree in English in 1925. Between 1925 and 1932, Davis taught English Literature at Hampton Institute (now University) in Virginia and was a research associate at Yale University's Institute for Human Relations. One of his most renowned students at Hampton was St. Clair Drake, who became a noted sociologist. In 1932, Davis returned to Harvard to pursue another master's degree in anthropology. After completing his studies at Harvard, Davis was awarded a fellowship from the Julius Rosenwald Fund that enabled him to study at the London School of Economics under the direction of Bronislaw Malinowski, author of Magic, Science and Religion (1948), and Lancelot Hogben, author of Political Arithmetic (1938). In 1933, as the U.S. was beginning to recover from the effects of the Depression, Davis and his wife Elizabeth returned from Europe and moved to Mississippi with fellow social anthropologists Burleigh and Mary Gardner to conduct a study on the class and caste system within that state. The Davises collected data on the Black subjects, while the Gardners managed the White subjects. Their findings became the basis for Deep South. After completing the Mississippi study, Davis began a five-year teaching assignment at Dillard University in New Orleans. 1939, he received a second fellowship award, which enabled him to attend the University of Chicago in pursuit of his doctoral degree. By 1940, Davis was offered a teaching position at the university, making him the first African American professor ever to be hired by that institution. From this position, he continued the work he had begun with his studies on class and caste in the U. …

ALCOHOL AND AGRESSION

This article rcviews the acute effects of alcohol on aggressive responding. The article is mainly restricted to experimental research that uses human subjects. Annual research, criminal statistical studies, and social anthropological studies do not allow any definite conclusions regarding the effects of alcohol on aggression. From experimental studies that use liunlan subjects it is concluded that a moderate dose of alcohol does not increase aggression if subjects are unprovoked. Under provocative conditions, aggression is increased as a function of alcohol intoxication - provided that subjects are restricted to an aggressive response. If subjects also have access to a non-aggressive response, no increase in aggression is observed. Beer and wine do not increase aggression under any conditions. Disinhibition and arousal cannot explain the empirical results. A model assuming changes in the attentional processes is a more promising explanation. It is possible to propose a number of preventive measures. The most drastic one is to restrict the availability of liquor by controlling, for example, the type and number of outlets where liquor can be bought. A review of relevant research suggests that all measures aiming at the reduction of individual and collective frustration and other forms of provocations would reduce the level of alcohol related aggression. It is also possible to train alternative behavioral strategies so that non-aggressive alternatives would be equally strong or stronger than aggressive alternatives in the behavioral hierarchy.

Monk, Householder, and Tantric Priest: Newar Buddhism and its Hierarchy of Ritual. By David N. Gellner (Cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology 84.) Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 1992. Pp. xiii, 428.

Monk, Householder, and Tantric Priest: Newar Buddhism and its Hierarchy of Ritual. By David N. Gellner (Cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology 84.) Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 1992. Pp. xiii, 428. - Volume 28 Issue 2

A method for the economic valuation of non-timber tropical forest products

By drawing on quantitative studies in social anthropology, zoology, ethnobotany, and economics we present a method for conducting an economic valuation of non-timber forest products. A review of 24 studies suggests that the median value for non-timber forest products is about $50/ha/year. We discuss problems with past studies and suggest ways to get better estimates of output quantities, marginal costs, and prices.

Alan Barnard: Hunters and herders of southern Africa: a comparative ethnography of the Khoisan peoples. (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology, 85.) xxv, 349 pp. Cambridge, etc.: Cambridge University Press, 1992. £40. $74.95 (paper £13.95, $19.95).

Alan Barnard: Hunters and herders of southern Africa: a comparative ethnography of the Khoisan peoples. (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology, 85.) xxv, 349 pp. Cambridge, etc.: Cambridge University Press, 1992. £40. 19.95). - Volume 56 Issue 2

Paul Sant Cassia and Constantina Bada. <italic>The Making of the Modern Greek Family: Marriage and Exchange in Nineteenth-Century Athens</italic>. (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology, number 77.) New York: Cambridge University Press. 1992. Pp. xv, 282. $54.95

Paul Sant Cassia and Constantina Bada. The Making of the Modern Greek Family: Marriage and Exchange in Nineteenth-Century Athens. (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology, number 77.) New York: Cambridge University Press. 1992. Pp. xv, 282. $54.95 Get access Cassia Paul Sant and Bada Constantina. The Making of the Modern Greek Family: Marriage and Exchange in Nineteenth-Century Athens. (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology, number 77.) New York: Cambridge University Press. 1992. Pp. xv, 282. $54.95. Ernestine Friedl Ernestine Friedl Duke University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Historical Review, Volume 98, Issue 3, June 1993, Pages 904–905, https://doi.org/10.1086/ahr/98.3.904-a Published: 01 June 1993

SOCIAL/CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY: Exchange in Oceania: A Graph Theoretic Analysis. Per Hage and Frank Harary

SOCJAL/CUI.TURAI, ANTHROPOLOGY she knows quantitatively, her richly detailed qualitative analysis has thoroughly convinced this reader, at least, of her arguments linking maternal behavior and child death. Elders Living Alone: Frailty and the Percep- tion of Choice. Robert L. Rubinstein, Janet C. Kdbride, and Sharon Nagy. Modern Applica- tions of Social Work. New York Aldine de Gruyter, 1992.184 pp. ANDREA SANKAR Wayne State University Eldm LivingAloneis a study of elderly peo- ple, mainly debilitated, living alone in Phila- delphia. The study explores the relationship between the “personal surround” of the el- derly person and the “home environment” It contends that the ability to continue living on one’s own fulfills key cultural values of inde- pendence as actualized in freedom of choice. “I can do what I want when I want,” was a frequent rationale given by informants for living in substandard conditions. Through the use of case studies, the book illustrates in considerable detail how these elders adapt to and find daily satisfaction in living conditions and life choices that are radically circum- scribed compared with those taken for granted by healthy middle-aged, middle-class adults. The study testifies to the adaptability of the human spirit. In a concluding chapter, the authors raise questions about how the unequal distribution of resources in our society and the cultural belief in individual, as opposed to commu- nity, responsibility adversely affect these el- derly people. This is an important point, especially if we are to use these data in devel- oping a crosscultural analysis of marginal- ized elderly; unfortunately, by relegating it to the closing chapter, the analytic power of the argument is less than an earlier integration would have provided. This is also a problem with the authors’ otherwise perceptive cri- tique of the use of narratives. The book is an example of an emerging type of research in qualitative gerontology. In a rough analogy to women’s studies, qualita- tive research in gerontology can be divided into three stages. In the first, ethnographers sought to correct the “geriatric blindness” of earlier studies, and examined the lives of the elderly in other cultures. In the next phase the focus was primarily comparative, as re- searchers examined other cultures to under- stand the sources and dynamics of the supposedly ”better” or “worse” situation of the elderly as compared with the United States. In American culture, researchers sought to understand the sources of satisfac- tion or dissatisfaction in old age-the point of comparison being the middle-aged and middle class, which was the social context of most of the researchers. In the emerging third phase, researchers are trying to better understand old age from the diverse perspec- tives of the heterogeneous elderly popula- tion. This book can be seen as part of the third phase, in that it demonstrates the logic, com- plexity, and coherence of lives lived in “small social spaces.” However, its frequent compari- sons to the values and norms of the middle- aged and middle class sometimes detract from the goal. In a strong and convincing way, E l a h Liu- ingAlonsprovides a caveat against using one’s own value screen to judge the personal satis- faction provided by apparently marginal liv- ing conditions. It vividly demonstrates the pathological intensification of the American value of independence in the case of the frail elderly. In so doing, the book serves as an indictment against key values in bourgeois culture. Exchange in Oceania: A Graph Theoretic Analysii. Per Huge and Frank Harav. Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. New York (Jarendon Press (Oxford), 1991. 334 pp. D O U G M R WHITE University of Calijbnia, Imine Mathematics, like structuralism, deals with the variable content of culture by under- standing the relations among cultural ele- ments. Network and graph theory are ideally suited for this task In a virtual handbook of formal concepts and techniques for analysis of structure and for conceptualizing the full variety of uses of the concept of structure, anthropologist Hage and graph-theorist Harary provide foundations for the compre- hensive study of structure and dispel some conceptual confusions haunting ethne graphic literature. They focus on analyzing the diversity of exchange relations (trade, marriage, and kinship; ceremonial and social relations; global social structures) in Oceania. Chapter 2, “Paths, Cycles and Partitions,” gives an exemplary definition of dual T a n k

DANCING IN THE DARK: THE IMPLICATIONS OF TASTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION

Suggests that sociological and social anthropological studies of food‐related behaviour can provide information that is the “missing link”, essential if nutritional health promotion is to achieve its goals. Nutritional health promotion messages need to work within, or change existing tastes, and this requires an understanding of how social roles are expressed through food, and how cultural values and associations shape taste.

Digging into popular culture: theories and methodologies in archeology, anthropology and other fields

This volume presents archeological studies in conjunction with cultural anthropological studies as a means to enhance popular culture studies. Scholar Malcolm K. Shuman points out that the study of archeology must be careful to chart the total human content of an artifact, because archeology is a profoundly human (and humanizing) endeavor that cannot be divorced from the matrix of human life. The other ten essays cover aspects of archeology and cultural anthropology, and the authors are meticulous in studying their subject in context.

Central planning and local reality: The case of a producers' cooperative in Ethiopia. Eva Poluha Stockholm Studies in Social Anthropology No 3, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Stockholm, 1989, 208 + xvi pp.

Central planning and local reality: The case of a producers' cooperative in Ethiopia. Eva Poluha Stockholm Studies in Social Anthropology No 3, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Stockholm, 1989, 208 + xvi pp.

Aspects of Religious Syncretism in Southern Ethiopia

North-eastern Africa is a region which-since earliest times-has played an important role in the dissemination of the world religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, which in turn have had a profound influence on the indigenous religions of the area. Whereas these world religions have been the object of much research, the 'primitive' religions of southern Ethiopia have been almost totally neglected. (One can, however, observe a clear, though somewhat reluctant, tendency in some parts of the world to look at traditional native or tribal religions as being 'noble religions'.) Since most of the languages of the people of this area are not written languages, there is a dearth of historical material, and conclusions must be based on the few cultural anthropological studies which exist. This lack of data makes it all the more difficult

David Warren Sabean: Property, production, and family in Neckarhausen, 1700-1870 (Cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology 37), Cambridge University Press 1990.

David Warren Sabean: Property, production, and family in Neckarhausen, 1700-1870 (Cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology 37), Cambridge University Press 1990.

: Social Anthropology and Australian Aboriginal Studies: A Contemporary Overview . R. M. Berndt, R. Tonkinson.

American AnthropologistVolume 93, Issue 3 p. 766-767 Social/Cultural Anthropology: Social Anthropology and Australian Aboriginal Studies: A Contemporary Overview. R. M. Berndt and R. Tonkinson, eds. MICHAEL C. HOWARD, MICHAEL C. HOWARD Simon Fraser UniversitySearch for more papers by this author MICHAEL C. HOWARD, MICHAEL C. HOWARD Simon Fraser UniversitySearch for more papers by this author First published: September 1991 https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1991.93.3.02a00870AboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL No abstract is available for this article. Volume93, Issue3September 1991Pages 766-767 RelatedInformation