Cultural Anthropology

Read CA's latest virtual issue on Subaltern Studies!

In the preface to the inaugural issue of Subaltern Studies, published in 1982, Indian historian Ranajit Guha called for more academic work on subaltern themes and critiques of elitism. Almost 30 years later, his call has been answered in variety of ways. Moving beyond the focus on South Asia, the Subaltern Studies Collective has influenced the nature of research all over the world and has inspired the formation of similar groups such as the Latin American Subaltern Studies group. To commemorate Subaltern Studies’ 30th anniversary, this Curated Collection offers 5 articles that provide a glimpse of how Cultural Anthropology has contributed to this school, and how this school has likewise influenced anthropological research. These articles demonstrate both how subaltern studies is pursued beyond the Indian subcontinent and how it might guide the analysis of representation, identity, power, and modernization. More...

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Previous virtual issues include:
Ritual
Youth
Cosmopolitanism
Water

STORIES AND COSMOGONIES: Imagining Creativity Beyond "Nature" and "Culture"

STUART McLEAN

THE END(S) OF ETHNOGRAPHY: Social/Cultural Anthropology's Signature Form of Producing Knowledge in Transition
GEORGE E. MARCUS

THE ALLURE OF THE TRANSNATIONAL: Notes on Some Aspects of the Political Economy of Water in India

ANANTHAKRISHNAN AIYER

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