A Companion to the Anthropology of Europe

Copyright © 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd

A Companion to the Anthropology of Europe

Editor(s): Ullrich Kockel, Máiréad Nic Craith, Jonas Frykman

Published Online: 23 MAR 2012 12:51AM EST

Print ISBN: 9781405190732

Online ISBN: 9781118257203

DOI: 10.1002/9781118257203

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A Companion to the Anthropology of Europe offers a survey of contemporary Europeanist anthropology and European ethnology, and a guide to emerging trends in this geographical field of research. Providing a synthesis of the different traditions and contemporary approaches, the book is both thematic and fully cross-European in its approach.

  • Provides an authoritative guide for researchers, instructors and students of anthropology and European studies
  • Discusses important emerging trends in this broadening field of research
  • Includes established names and rising stars who will shape the discipline in years to come

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–xv)

    1. Chapter 1

      Introduction: The Frontiers of Europe and European Ethnology (pages 1–10)

      Ullrich Kockel, Máiréad Nic Craith and Jonas Frykman

  3. Part I: Europe's Cardinal Directions

    1. Chapter 2

      The Anthropology of Mediterranean Societies (pages 11–31)

      Christian Giordano

    2. Chapter 3

      Nordic Reflections on Northern Social Research (pages 32–50)

      Hugh Beach

    3. Chapter 4

      Multiculturalism in North America and Europe (pages 51–67)

      Reginald Byron

    4. Chapter 5

      Anthropology in Postsocialist Europe (pages 68–87)

      Michał Buchowski

    5. Chapter 6

      Europe in Eurasia (pages 88–102)

      Chris Hann

    6. Chapter 7

      Mitteleuropean Ethnology in Transition (pages 103–121)

      Gabriela Kiliánová

  4. Part II: European Integration

    1. Chapter 8

      Anthropological Studies of European Identity Construction (pages 123–144)

      Lisanne Wilken

    2. Chapter 9

      Memory, Citizenship, and Consumer Culture in Postsocialist Europe (pages 145–162)

      Ksenija Vidmar Horvat

    3. Chapter 10

      The Europe of Regions and Borderlands (pages 163–180)

      Thomas M. Wilson

    4. Chapter 11

      Citizenship(s) in European Contexts (pages 181–198)

      Catherine Neveu and Elena Filippova

    5. Chapter 12

      Local Practices of European Identity on the New Eastern Borders of the EU (pages 199–211)

      Justyna Straczuk

    6. Chapter 13

      European Politics, Policies, and Institutions (pages 212–230)

      Marion Demossier

  5. Part III: European Heritages

    1. Chapter 14

      Presencing Europe's Pasts (pages 231–252)

      Sharon Macdonald

    2. Chapter 15

      An Anthropology of War and Recovery: Lived War Experiences (pages 253–274)

      Maja Povrzanović Frykman

    3. Chapter 16

      European Religious Fragmentation and the Rise of Civil Religion (pages 275–294)

      Peter Jan Margry

    4. Chapter 17

      Studying Muslims of Europe (pages 295–309)

      Gabriele Marranci

    5. Chapter 18

      Roma and Sinti: The “Other” within Europe (pages 310–321)

      Sabrina Kopf

    6. Chapter 19

      Landscape, Landscape History, and Landscape Theory (pages 322–335)

      Norbert Fischer

  6. Part IV: Cultural Practice

    1. Chapter 20

      European Tourism (pages 337–354)

      Orvar Löfgren

    2. Chapter 21

      The Diversity of European Food Cultures (pages 355–372)

      Gisela Welz

    3. Chapter 22

      Language, Power, and Politics in Europe (pages 373–388)

      Máiréad Nic Craith

    4. Chapter 23

      Europe at the Crossroads of Rights and Culture(s) (pages 389–406)

      Valdimar Tr. Hafstein and Martin Skrydstrup

    5. Chapter 24

      Corporate Social Responsibility and Cultural Practices on Globalizing Markets (pages 407–424)

      Christina Garsten

    6. Chapter 25

      Extreme Neo-Nationalist Music Scenes at the Heart of Europe (pages 425–439)

      David Murphy

    7. Chapter 26

      Anthropological Perspectives on the European Urban Landscape (pages 440–455)

      Christiane Schwab

  7. Part V: Disciplinary Boundary Crossings

    1. Chapter 27

      Medical Anthropology and Anthropological Studies of Science (pages 457–479)

      Maryon McDonald

    2. Chapter 28

      Uses of the Internet in European Ethnographic Research (pages 480–496)

      Elisenda Ardévol and Adolfo Estalella

    3. Chapter 29

      Visual Culture, Ethnography, and Interactive Media (pages 497–518)

      Terence Wright

    4. Chapter 30

      Hybrid Worlds of Europe: Theoretical and Practical Aspects (pages 519–536)

      Elka Tschernokoshewa

    5. Chapter 31

      An Anthropological Perspective on Literary Arts in Ireland (pages 537–550)

      Helena Wulff

    6. Chapter 32

      Toward an Ethnoecology of Place and Displacement (pages 551–571)

      Ullrich Kockel

    7. Chapter 33

      A Tale of Two Disciplines: European Ethnology and the Anthropology of Europe (pages 572–589)

      Jonas Frykman

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      Index (pages 590–608)

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