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Identity and Affect : Experiences of Identity in a Globalising World.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Anthropology, Culture and Society SeriesPublisher: London : Pluto Press, 1999Copyright date: ©1999Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (318 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781849640459
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Identity and AffectDDC classification:
  • 305.8
LOC classification:
  • GN495.6 -- .I336 1999eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Preface -- 1. The Political Economy of Identity and Affect -- Notes -- References -- PART I: 'Becoming. . . ' -- Notes -- References -- 2. Constructing Identities in Nineteenth-century Colombo -- Notes -- References -- 3. Responding to Subordination: Identity and Change among South Indian Untouchable Castes -- Notes -- References -- 4. Feasting Friends, Eating Enemies: Amity and Enmity in Kalauna -- Notes -- References -- 5. States of Anxiety: Cultural Identities and Development Management in East New Britain -- Notes -- References -- PART II: 'Belonging . . .' -- 6. Culture, Social Organisation and Asian Identity: Difference in Urban East Africa -- Notes -- References -- 7. Historicity and Communality: Narratives about the Origins of the Italian 'Community' in Britain -- Notes -- References -- PART III: 'Being. . .' -- 8. An African Railwayman is a Railwayman . . . . Or the Subject of the Subject of the Subject -- References -- 9. Celebrating Diverse Identities: Person, Work and Place in South Wales -- Notes -- References -- 10. The Organisation of Development as an Illness: About the Metastasis of Good Intentions -- Notes -- References -- Index -- abutu [competitive food exchange], Kalauna 124-5 -- 117 -- 118-21 -- accountability, in development institutions -- 289 -- 292 -- affect -- concept of, 8 -- concept of, 30n -- in Kalauna feasts, 124 -- African nationalism -- 27 -- 183 -- 185 -- 187-9 -- 191-2 -- and labour movement, 180 -- African railwaymen -- 27-8 -- and identity within labour market, 236-7 -- and identity within labour market, 236-7 -- and identity within labour market, 240-4 -- and identity within labour market, 240-4 -- identification with workplace, 230-6 -- identification with workplace, 240-1 -- Africans -- and Europeanisation, 245-6 -- beni societies, 177.
beni societies, 194n -- in Dar es Salaam, 177 -- in Dar es Salaam, 178 -- in Dar es Salaam, 179-80 -- Aga Khan, imam of Ismaili Muslims -- 172 -- 179 -- 181-2 -- 183 -- 184 -- alienation of labour [Marx] 237-8 -- Althusser, Louis -- on ideology, 241-2 -- on subjectivity, 238-40 -- structuralism of, 246-7 -- Ambedkar, Dr B.R. -- 82 -- 85 -- ancestral spirits, Kalauna 108-10 -- anger -- 25 -- 280 -- anthropologist, role of 21-3 -- anthropology -- analysis of social networks, 3-5 -- and concept of culture, 19-20 -- and construction of self-identity, 6-9 -- and construction of self-identity, 229-30 -- fieldwork methodology, 21-2 -- fieldwork methodology, 252-3 -- of emotion, 13-16 -- structural-functionalism of, 247 -- anxiety -- among Pomio-Bainings about Tolai, 146-7 -- among Pomio-Bainings about Tolai, 154-5 -- among Pomio-Bainings about Tolai, 158 -- among Tolai, 157-8 -- containment of, 151-2 -- in development organisations, 291 -- in development organisations, 291 -- in development organisations, 292 -- in development organisations, 292 -- Appadurai, Arjun -- 5-6 -- 8-9 -- Arya Samaj, Hindu reform movement -- 94n -- 95n -- Backhill magazine -- 201 -- 211 -- 212-14 -- 217-18n -- Baining census divisions -- 130 -- 138 -- Baining people -- relations with Tolai, 136 -- relations with Tolai, 143 -- Bappenas planning bureau, Indonesia 285-7 -- Baudrillard, Jean 277 -- Bauman, Zygmunt 6-7 -- Besagni, Olive, stories in Backhill magazine 212-13 -- black music, as cultural diaspora 26 -- Blanda, Monsignor Giuseppe 211 -- Brahmanism -- and anti-caste movements, 82-3 -- and caste ideology, 71 -- and caste ideology, 71 -- and caste ideology, 89 -- and caste ideology, 89 -- Briggs, J. and D. Peat, chaos theory 279 -- Broekstra, G., organisation theory 277-9 -- Buddhism -- in India, 82 -- in Sri Lanka, 41 -- non-violence of, 55.
non-violence of, 58 -- Protestant Buddhism, 43 -- Protestant Buddhism, 44 -- Protestant Buddhism, 45 -- revival in Sri Lanka, 43-5 -- revival in Sri Lanka, 54-5 -- revival in Sri Lanka, 59 -- ritual, 23 -- ritual, 46 -- ritual, 50 -- ritual, 51-2 -- Bwaidoga 106-7 -- campanilismo, principle of 206 -- cankams, Harijan organisations -- 85 -- 96n -- cannibal tradition -- 114 -- 115 -- 126n -- cannibalism -- Bwaidoga, 114 -- Bwaidoga, 115 -- Bwaidoga, 126n -- emotional aspects of, 116-17 -- hunger-driven, 113 -- miwa revenge feasts [Kalauna], 113-17 -- cargo cult ritual -- 143-4 -- and Pomio kivung movement, 141-5 -- Carmelo, Padre, St Peter's parish priest 210-11 -- caste -- 64-5 -- among diaspora in East Africa, 170-1 -- among diaspora in East Africa, 175 -- and anti-caste movements, 72 -- and anti-caste movements, 82-3 -- and racial distinction, 90 -- and religious conversion, 73-4 -- changing ideology of, 89-92 -- in Sri Lanka, 43 -- in Tamil Nadu, 66-8 -- in Tamil Nadu, 72 -- pre-colonial flexibility of, 89 -- renegotiation of social status, 77 -- renegotiation of social status, 79-80 -- Catholic church -- character of [Sri Lanka] -- and Kotahena riot, 48-9 -- and Kotahena riot, 55-6 -- and Kotahena riot, 57-8 -- character of [Sri Lanka], 41-3 -- character of [Sri Lanka], 55-6 -- missions in East New Britain, 137 -- post-Independence changes, 81-2 -- post-Independence changes, 84 -- retention of caste hierarchy, 78-80 -- retention of caste hierarchy, 93n -- retention of caste hierarchy, 95n -- retention of caste hierarchy, 96n -- ritual and symbolism, 23 -- ritual and symbolism, 50 -- ritual and symbolism, 51-4 -- ritual and symbolism, 56 -- Cavallaro, R. 206 -- ceremony -- as rite of incorporation, 268 -- Coal Valley retirement, 257-62 -- in anthropological method, 253.
Chakkiliyar [untouchable caste] -- 68 -- 69-70 -- 80 -- chaos theory 279-82 -- children, socialisation of -- 17 -- 30n -- Coal Valley -- community identity, 28 -- retirement ceremony, 257-62 -- Valley Welsh identity, 256 -- Cohen, Anthony, Identity and Social Organisation... 263 -- Colombo [Sri Lanka] -- 41-2 -- Kotahena riot [ 40 -- Kotahena riot [ 45-50 -- processions, 46-8 -- processions, 46-8 -- processions, 50-1 -- processions, 50-1 -- colonial administration -- racial zoning in Dar es Salaam, 176-7 -- racial zoning in Dar es Salaam, 179 -- racial zoning in Dar es Salaam, 191 -- Sri Lanka, 41 -- Sri Lanka, 45 -- Sri Lanka, 46-7 -- Sri Lanka, 50 -- Sri Lanka, 56 -- Sri Lanka, 57 -- Tanganyika, 175 -- Tanganyika, 175 -- Tanganyika, 178 -- Tanganyika, 178 -- colonialism -- and Brahmanism of caste ideology, 71 -- and Brahmanism of caste ideology, 89 -- and labour market, 241 -- impact of, 37 -- impact of, 245-7 -- role in Kotahena riot, 40-1 -- Colpi, Terri, The Italian Factor -- 203-4 -- 206 -- 215 -- 219n -- on early Community, 208-9 -- commitment -- as defining, 235-6 -- in employment, 241-2 -- of incomers, 257 -- of incomers, 257 -- of incomers, 263-6 -- of incomers, 263-6 -- community -- foundation, 200 -- foundation, 204-7 -- objectification, 200 -- objectification, 214-15 -- redefining [Coal Valley], 271 -- role of genealogy, 212-13 -- settlement, 200 -- settlement, 207-11 -- stabilisation, 200 -- stabilisation, 214-16 -- community identity -- among diaspora, 167 -- among diaspora, 187 -- Coal Valley, 28 -- communal institutions, 181-3 -- communal institutions, 181-3 -- communal institutions, 188 -- communal institutions, 188 -- cultural continuity -- 16-17 -- and change, 131-2 -- and change, 131-2 -- and change, 152 -- and change, 152 -- cultural diaspora -- 26 -- 167.
cultural flows, in globalisation 5-6 -- culture -- centrality of language -- and collective folk memory, 264 -- centrality of language, 18 -- changing production of, 27 -- concept of, 19-20 -- concept of, 192-3n -- emotion as construct of, 15-16 -- Europeanisation of African, 245-6 -- intimate, 252-3 -- political use to construct national identity, 12-13 -- public, 252 -- relationship with identity, 39-40 -- verbal narratives, 18-19 -- verbal narratives, 18-19 -- verbal narratives, 212-16 -- verbal narratives, 212-16 -- customs, Kalauna dewa 108-9 -- D'Andrade, P. 16 -- D'Entrecasteaux Island -- 121 -- 123 -- Da'i-al-Mutlaq [Bohora spiritual head] -- 175 -- 194n -- Dalit [counter-cultural] movements -- 88-9 -- 92 -- Dar es Salaam -- housing schemes, 184 -- Indian settlement of, 173 -- Indian settlement of, 174-9 -- racial zoning, 176-7 -- racial zoning, 176-7 -- racial zoning, 179 -- racial zoning, 179 -- racial zoning, 191 -- racial zoning, 191 -- [Asian] Merchants Chamber, 183 -- [Asian] Merchants Chamber, 188 -- Davies, Windsor -- 259-60 -- 266 -- death, interdictions associated with -- 111-12 -- 125-6n -- deconstruction, and development policy making 280-1 -- Denmark, national flag as icon -- 25 -- 30-1n -- development institutions -- accountability in, 289 -- erosion of vitality, 276 -- internal crises [Dutch NGOs], 290 -- internal crises [Dutch NGOs], 291-2 -- internal order as priority, 282-4 -- internal order as priority, 282-4 -- internal order as priority, 288 -- internal order as priority, 288 -- development planning -- 28-9 -- and chaos theory, 279-82 -- and organisation theory, 277-9 -- anxiety induced by, 152-4 -- area [Indonesia], 284-5 -- attraction of rationality in, 282 -- attraction of rationality in, 288 -- conflicting notions of practice, 287 -- conflicting notions of practice, 291.
defensiveness of institutions, 276.
Summary: Analyses the distinctive social habitats that arise from the interpretation of globalisation.
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Intro -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Preface -- 1. The Political Economy of Identity and Affect -- Notes -- References -- PART I: 'Becoming. . . ' -- Notes -- References -- 2. Constructing Identities in Nineteenth-century Colombo -- Notes -- References -- 3. Responding to Subordination: Identity and Change among South Indian Untouchable Castes -- Notes -- References -- 4. Feasting Friends, Eating Enemies: Amity and Enmity in Kalauna -- Notes -- References -- 5. States of Anxiety: Cultural Identities and Development Management in East New Britain -- Notes -- References -- PART II: 'Belonging . . .' -- 6. Culture, Social Organisation and Asian Identity: Difference in Urban East Africa -- Notes -- References -- 7. Historicity and Communality: Narratives about the Origins of the Italian 'Community' in Britain -- Notes -- References -- PART III: 'Being. . .' -- 8. An African Railwayman is a Railwayman . . . . Or the Subject of the Subject of the Subject -- References -- 9. Celebrating Diverse Identities: Person, Work and Place in South Wales -- Notes -- References -- 10. The Organisation of Development as an Illness: About the Metastasis of Good Intentions -- Notes -- References -- Index -- abutu [competitive food exchange], Kalauna 124-5 -- 117 -- 118-21 -- accountability, in development institutions -- 289 -- 292 -- affect -- concept of, 8 -- concept of, 30n -- in Kalauna feasts, 124 -- African nationalism -- 27 -- 183 -- 185 -- 187-9 -- 191-2 -- and labour movement, 180 -- African railwaymen -- 27-8 -- and identity within labour market, 236-7 -- and identity within labour market, 236-7 -- and identity within labour market, 240-4 -- and identity within labour market, 240-4 -- identification with workplace, 230-6 -- identification with workplace, 240-1 -- Africans -- and Europeanisation, 245-6 -- beni societies, 177.

beni societies, 194n -- in Dar es Salaam, 177 -- in Dar es Salaam, 178 -- in Dar es Salaam, 179-80 -- Aga Khan, imam of Ismaili Muslims -- 172 -- 179 -- 181-2 -- 183 -- 184 -- alienation of labour [Marx] 237-8 -- Althusser, Louis -- on ideology, 241-2 -- on subjectivity, 238-40 -- structuralism of, 246-7 -- Ambedkar, Dr B.R. -- 82 -- 85 -- ancestral spirits, Kalauna 108-10 -- anger -- 25 -- 280 -- anthropologist, role of 21-3 -- anthropology -- analysis of social networks, 3-5 -- and concept of culture, 19-20 -- and construction of self-identity, 6-9 -- and construction of self-identity, 229-30 -- fieldwork methodology, 21-2 -- fieldwork methodology, 252-3 -- of emotion, 13-16 -- structural-functionalism of, 247 -- anxiety -- among Pomio-Bainings about Tolai, 146-7 -- among Pomio-Bainings about Tolai, 154-5 -- among Pomio-Bainings about Tolai, 158 -- among Tolai, 157-8 -- containment of, 151-2 -- in development organisations, 291 -- in development organisations, 291 -- in development organisations, 292 -- in development organisations, 292 -- Appadurai, Arjun -- 5-6 -- 8-9 -- Arya Samaj, Hindu reform movement -- 94n -- 95n -- Backhill magazine -- 201 -- 211 -- 212-14 -- 217-18n -- Baining census divisions -- 130 -- 138 -- Baining people -- relations with Tolai, 136 -- relations with Tolai, 143 -- Bappenas planning bureau, Indonesia 285-7 -- Baudrillard, Jean 277 -- Bauman, Zygmunt 6-7 -- Besagni, Olive, stories in Backhill magazine 212-13 -- black music, as cultural diaspora 26 -- Blanda, Monsignor Giuseppe 211 -- Brahmanism -- and anti-caste movements, 82-3 -- and caste ideology, 71 -- and caste ideology, 71 -- and caste ideology, 89 -- and caste ideology, 89 -- Briggs, J. and D. Peat, chaos theory 279 -- Broekstra, G., organisation theory 277-9 -- Buddhism -- in India, 82 -- in Sri Lanka, 41 -- non-violence of, 55.

non-violence of, 58 -- Protestant Buddhism, 43 -- Protestant Buddhism, 44 -- Protestant Buddhism, 45 -- revival in Sri Lanka, 43-5 -- revival in Sri Lanka, 54-5 -- revival in Sri Lanka, 59 -- ritual, 23 -- ritual, 46 -- ritual, 50 -- ritual, 51-2 -- Bwaidoga 106-7 -- campanilismo, principle of 206 -- cankams, Harijan organisations -- 85 -- 96n -- cannibal tradition -- 114 -- 115 -- 126n -- cannibalism -- Bwaidoga, 114 -- Bwaidoga, 115 -- Bwaidoga, 126n -- emotional aspects of, 116-17 -- hunger-driven, 113 -- miwa revenge feasts [Kalauna], 113-17 -- cargo cult ritual -- 143-4 -- and Pomio kivung movement, 141-5 -- Carmelo, Padre, St Peter's parish priest 210-11 -- caste -- 64-5 -- among diaspora in East Africa, 170-1 -- among diaspora in East Africa, 175 -- and anti-caste movements, 72 -- and anti-caste movements, 82-3 -- and racial distinction, 90 -- and religious conversion, 73-4 -- changing ideology of, 89-92 -- in Sri Lanka, 43 -- in Tamil Nadu, 66-8 -- in Tamil Nadu, 72 -- pre-colonial flexibility of, 89 -- renegotiation of social status, 77 -- renegotiation of social status, 79-80 -- Catholic church -- character of [Sri Lanka] -- and Kotahena riot, 48-9 -- and Kotahena riot, 55-6 -- and Kotahena riot, 57-8 -- character of [Sri Lanka], 41-3 -- character of [Sri Lanka], 55-6 -- missions in East New Britain, 137 -- post-Independence changes, 81-2 -- post-Independence changes, 84 -- retention of caste hierarchy, 78-80 -- retention of caste hierarchy, 93n -- retention of caste hierarchy, 95n -- retention of caste hierarchy, 96n -- ritual and symbolism, 23 -- ritual and symbolism, 50 -- ritual and symbolism, 51-4 -- ritual and symbolism, 56 -- Cavallaro, R. 206 -- ceremony -- as rite of incorporation, 268 -- Coal Valley retirement, 257-62 -- in anthropological method, 253.

Chakkiliyar [untouchable caste] -- 68 -- 69-70 -- 80 -- chaos theory 279-82 -- children, socialisation of -- 17 -- 30n -- Coal Valley -- community identity, 28 -- retirement ceremony, 257-62 -- Valley Welsh identity, 256 -- Cohen, Anthony, Identity and Social Organisation... 263 -- Colombo [Sri Lanka] -- 41-2 -- Kotahena riot [ 40 -- Kotahena riot [ 45-50 -- processions, 46-8 -- processions, 46-8 -- processions, 50-1 -- processions, 50-1 -- colonial administration -- racial zoning in Dar es Salaam, 176-7 -- racial zoning in Dar es Salaam, 179 -- racial zoning in Dar es Salaam, 191 -- Sri Lanka, 41 -- Sri Lanka, 45 -- Sri Lanka, 46-7 -- Sri Lanka, 50 -- Sri Lanka, 56 -- Sri Lanka, 57 -- Tanganyika, 175 -- Tanganyika, 175 -- Tanganyika, 178 -- Tanganyika, 178 -- colonialism -- and Brahmanism of caste ideology, 71 -- and Brahmanism of caste ideology, 89 -- and labour market, 241 -- impact of, 37 -- impact of, 245-7 -- role in Kotahena riot, 40-1 -- Colpi, Terri, The Italian Factor -- 203-4 -- 206 -- 215 -- 219n -- on early Community, 208-9 -- commitment -- as defining, 235-6 -- in employment, 241-2 -- of incomers, 257 -- of incomers, 257 -- of incomers, 263-6 -- of incomers, 263-6 -- community -- foundation, 200 -- foundation, 204-7 -- objectification, 200 -- objectification, 214-15 -- redefining [Coal Valley], 271 -- role of genealogy, 212-13 -- settlement, 200 -- settlement, 207-11 -- stabilisation, 200 -- stabilisation, 214-16 -- community identity -- among diaspora, 167 -- among diaspora, 187 -- Coal Valley, 28 -- communal institutions, 181-3 -- communal institutions, 181-3 -- communal institutions, 188 -- communal institutions, 188 -- cultural continuity -- 16-17 -- and change, 131-2 -- and change, 131-2 -- and change, 152 -- and change, 152 -- cultural diaspora -- 26 -- 167.

cultural flows, in globalisation 5-6 -- culture -- centrality of language -- and collective folk memory, 264 -- centrality of language, 18 -- changing production of, 27 -- concept of, 19-20 -- concept of, 192-3n -- emotion as construct of, 15-16 -- Europeanisation of African, 245-6 -- intimate, 252-3 -- political use to construct national identity, 12-13 -- public, 252 -- relationship with identity, 39-40 -- verbal narratives, 18-19 -- verbal narratives, 18-19 -- verbal narratives, 212-16 -- verbal narratives, 212-16 -- customs, Kalauna dewa 108-9 -- D'Andrade, P. 16 -- D'Entrecasteaux Island -- 121 -- 123 -- Da'i-al-Mutlaq [Bohora spiritual head] -- 175 -- 194n -- Dalit [counter-cultural] movements -- 88-9 -- 92 -- Dar es Salaam -- housing schemes, 184 -- Indian settlement of, 173 -- Indian settlement of, 174-9 -- racial zoning, 176-7 -- racial zoning, 176-7 -- racial zoning, 179 -- racial zoning, 179 -- racial zoning, 191 -- racial zoning, 191 -- [Asian] Merchants Chamber, 183 -- [Asian] Merchants Chamber, 188 -- Davies, Windsor -- 259-60 -- 266 -- death, interdictions associated with -- 111-12 -- 125-6n -- deconstruction, and development policy making 280-1 -- Denmark, national flag as icon -- 25 -- 30-1n -- development institutions -- accountability in, 289 -- erosion of vitality, 276 -- internal crises [Dutch NGOs], 290 -- internal crises [Dutch NGOs], 291-2 -- internal order as priority, 282-4 -- internal order as priority, 282-4 -- internal order as priority, 288 -- internal order as priority, 288 -- development planning -- 28-9 -- and chaos theory, 279-82 -- and organisation theory, 277-9 -- anxiety induced by, 152-4 -- area [Indonesia], 284-5 -- attraction of rationality in, 282 -- attraction of rationality in, 288 -- conflicting notions of practice, 287 -- conflicting notions of practice, 291.

defensiveness of institutions, 276.

Analyses the distinctive social habitats that arise from the interpretation of globalisation.

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