Anthropology in the city [ methodology and theory

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pardo, Italo (Author), Prato, Giuliana B. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Surrey, England : Ashgate Publishing , c2012
Series:Urban anthropology
Subjects:
Online Access:IG Publishing
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction : the contemporary significance of anthropology in the city
  • 2. Comparative reflections on fieldwork in urban India : a personal account
  • 3. Exercising power without authority : powerful elite implode in urban Italy
  • 4. Anthropological research in Brindisi and Durres : methodological reflections
  • 5. Skopje as a research site : issues of methodology and representation
  • 6. Contested spaces : street vendors in the Andean metropole of Cusco, Peru
  • 7. Celebrating urban diversity in a rainbow nation : political management of ethno-cultural differences in a Malaysian city
  • 8. Political manipulation : death, dying and funeral processes in Northern Ireland
  • 9. Between the verandah and the mall : fieldwork and the spaces of femininity
  • 10. On urban anthropology in contemporary China
  • 11. Urban anthropological research : old spaces and new ways of living