Cultural Anthropology

Virtual Issue: Subaltern Studies

SUBALTERN STUDIES

Editorial Introduction
Richard McGrail, Stanford University and Rupa Pillai, University of Oregon

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...


Subaltern Struggles and the Politics of Place: Remapping Resistance in Zimbabwe's Eastern Highlands
Donald S. Moore

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Feminist Theory, Embodiment, and the Docile Agent: Some Reflections on the Egyptian Islamic Revival
Saba Mahmood

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Activist Research v. Cultural Critique: Indigenous Land Rights and the Contradictions of Politically Engaged Anthropology
Charles R. Hale

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The Listening Subject of Japanese Modernity and His Auditory Double: Citing, Sighting, and Siting the Modern Japanese Woman
Miyako Inoue

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El Campo: Faciality and Structural Violence in Farm Labor Camps
Peter Benson

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