Transatlantic Parallaxes Toward Reciprocal Anthropology [Hardcover]

Anthropological inquiry developed around the study of the exotic. Now that we live in a world that seems increasingly familiar, putatively marked by a spreading sameness, anthropology must re-envision itself. The emergence of diverse national traditions in the discipline offers one intriguing path. This volume, the product of a novel encounter of American anthropologists of France and French anthropologists of the United States, explores the possibilities of that path through an experiment in the reciprocal production of knowledge. Simultaneously native subjects, foreign experts, and colleagues, these scholars offer novel insights into each others societies, juxtaposing glimpses of ourselves and a familiar others to productively unsettle and enrich our understanding of both.

Preface
List of Contributors

Introduction:Toward reciprocal anthropology
Anne Raulin and Susan Carol Rogers

PART I: DISTINCTIONS: CLASS, RACE, CULTURE

Chapter 1.Homeless People (Paris, Los Angeles): The principle of equality seen from below
Patrick Gaboriau

Chapter 2.The Moral Public Sphere: Integration and discrimination in a French New Town
Beth Epstein

Chapter 3.Creolization, Racial Imagination and the Music Market in French Louisiana
Sara Le Menestrel

Chapter 4.Claiming Culture, Defending Culture: Perspectives on culture in France and the United States
David Beriss

PART II: KEY WORDS: COMMUNITY, HEALING

Chapter 5.Gay Activism and the Question of Community?? ??? ??? ??? ?
William Poulin-Deltour

Chapter 6.Confronting Community: From Rurlsì