Identity and Affect: Experiences of Identity in a Globalising WorldJohn R. Campbell, Alan Rew Pluto Press, 1999 - 306 pages When forces of globalisation and local culture converge, distinctive social habitats are created. Drawing on detailed case studies of South Asian, East African, Melanesian and European societies, Identity and Affect provides a contextual analysis of the formation and expression of local identities and of the affective self-constitution of social agents. The contributors examine in particular the growing fragmentation of social relations in these areas and the impact this is having on individuals and communities who, forced into an increasingly outward orientation, are initiating processes of cultural redefinition and social realignment.The different effects of colonialism on identity formation are examined in studies of communalism in Sri Lanka, untouchables in India, cargo cults in New Guinea and the substitution of food exchange for cannibalism in Kaluana. Focusing on Italians in London and south Asians in East Africa, the formation and experience of belonging to cultural diaspora is explored from the perspective of the individual and the social collectivity. The authors conclude with an exploration of some of the defining experiences of modernity, specifically how individuals in industrial capitalist societies have come to see their identity as dependent on modern forms of industrial, public sector work. |
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Page 39
... Epstein criticises certain earlier writers on ethnicity for viewing ethnic groups as cultural groups , and argues that ' a preoccupation with " custom " or " culture " leads to a blindness to social structural forms ' ( Epstein 1978 ...
... Epstein criticises certain earlier writers on ethnicity for viewing ethnic groups as cultural groups , and argues that ' a preoccupation with " custom " or " culture " leads to a blindness to social structural forms ' ( Epstein 1978 ...
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... Epstein's ( 1992b ) recent analysis of affect and the anthropology of Tolai emotions ; nor are they significant in ... Epstein's In the Midst of Life is , at first glance , surprising in view of the book's rather full account of Tolai ...
... Epstein's ( 1992b ) recent analysis of affect and the anthropology of Tolai emotions ; nor are they significant in ... Epstein's In the Midst of Life is , at first glance , surprising in view of the book's rather full account of Tolai ...
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... Epstein and others had taken the colonial system for granted in their analysis of social change . In particular their account of stratification misinterpreted the way in which , they claimed , Africans evaluated themselves by reference ...
... Epstein and others had taken the colonial system for granted in their analysis of social change . In particular their account of stratification misinterpreted the way in which , they claimed , Africans evaluated themselves by reference ...
Contents
The Political Economy of Identity and Affect | 1 |
Becoming | 17 |
Constructing Identities in Nineteenthcentury Colombo | 39 |
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