A Companion to the Anthropology of Europe

A Companion to theAnthropologyof Europe BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO ANTHROPOLOGY A Companion to the Anthropology of Europe The volume also deserves a place on the shelves of academic libraries as well as the larger public library. Reference Reviews Summing Up: Highly recommended. All academic levels/libraries. Choice This important collection challenges all anthropologists to re-examine the importance of European perspectives on the most provocative debates of our time. It transcends regional interests to highlight the complex intellectual landscape of our field. Tracey Heatherington, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee This significant volume critically interrogates assumptions about Europe as an idea and a place for research. It provides fresh perspectives on the past and future of anthropological studies of Europe. Deborah Reed-Danahay, SUNY at Buffalo, President of the Society for the Anthropology of Europe 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. Utilizing diverse approaches to the anthropological study of Europe, Kockel, Nic Craith, and Frykman provide a synthesis of the different traditions and contemporary practices. Investigating the subject both geographically and thematically, the companion covers key topics such as location, heritage, experience, and cultural practices. Written by leading international scholars in the field, the volume constitutes the first authoritative guide for researchers, instructors, and students of anthropology and European studies.

A Companion to theAnthropologyof EuropeBLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO ANTHROPOLOGYA Companion to the Anthropology of Europe"The volume also deserves a place on the shelves of academic libraries as well as the larger public library."Reference Reviews"Summing Up: Highly recommended. All academic levels/libraries."Choice"This important collection challenges all anthropologists to re-examine the importance of European perspectives on the most provocative debates of our time. It transcends regional interests to highlight the complex intellectual landscape of our field."Tracey Heatherington, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee"This significant volume critically interrogates assumptions about Europe as an idea and a place for research. It provides fresh perspectives on the past and future of anthropological studies of Europe."Deborah Reed-Danahay, SUNY at Buffalo, President of the Society for the Anthropology of EuropeA 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. Utilizing diverse approaches to the anthropological study of Europe, Kockel, Nic Craith, and Frykman provide a synthesis of the different traditions and contemporary practices.Investigating the subject both geographically and thematically, the companion covers key topics such as location, heritage, experience, and cultural practices. Written by leading international scholars in the field, the volume constitutes the first authoritative guide for researchers, instructors, and students of anthropology and European studies.

Notes on Contributors viii1 Introduction: The Frontiers of Europe and European Ethnology 1Ullrich Kockel, Máiréad Nic Craith, and Jonas FrykmanPart I Europe's Cardinal Directions 112 The Anthropology of Mediterranean Societies 13Christian Giordano3 Nordic Reflections on Northern Social Research 32Hugh Beach4 Multiculturalism in North America and Europe 51Reginald Byron5 Anthropology in Postsocialist Europe 68Micha? Buchowski6 Europe in Eurasia 88Chris Hann7 Mitteleuropean Ethnology in Transition 103Gabriela KiliánováPart II European Integration 1238 Anthropological Studies of European Identity Construction 125Lisanne Wilken9 Memory, Citizenship, and Consumer Culture in Postsocialist Europe 145Ksenija Vidmar Horvat10 The Europe of Regions and Borderlands 163Thomas M. Wilson11 Citizenship(s) in European Contexts 181Catherine Neveu and Elena Filippova12 Local Practices of European Identity on the New Eastern Borders of the EU 199Justyna Straczuk13 European Politics, Policies, and Institutions 212Marion DemossierPart III European Heritages 23114 Presencing Europe's Pasts 233Sharon Macdonald15 An Anthropology of War and Recovery: Lived War Experiences 253Maja Povrzanovic´ Frykman16 European Religious Fragmentation and the Rise of Civil Religion 275Peter Jan Margry17 Studying Muslims of Europe 295Gabriele Marranci18 Roma and Sinti: The "Other" within Europe 310Sabrina Kopf19 Landscape, Landscape History, and Landscape Theory 322Norbert FischerPart IV Cultural Practice 33720 European Tourism 339Orvar Löfgren21 The Diversity of European Food Cultures 355Gisela Welz22 Language, Power, and Politics in Europe 373Máiréad Nic Craith23 Europe at the Crossroads of Rights and Culture(s) 389Valdimar Tr. Hafstein and Martin Skrydstrup24 Corporate Social Responsibility and Cultural Practices on Globalizing Markets 407Christina Garsten25 Extreme Neo-nationalist Music Scenes at the Heart of Europe 425David Murphy26 Anthropological Perspectives on the European Urban Landscape 440Christiane SchwabPart V Disciplinary Boundary Crossings 45727 Medical Anthropology and Anthropological Studies of Science 459Maryon McDonald28 Uses of the Internet in European Ethnographic Research 480Elisenda Ardévol and Adolfo Estalella29 Visual Culture, Ethnography, and Interactive Media 497Terence Wright30 Hybrid Worlds of Europe: Theoretical and Practical Aspects 519Elka Tschernokoshewa31 An Anthropological Perspective on Literary Arts in Ireland 537Helena Wulff32 Toward an Ethnoecology of Place and Displacement 551Ullrich Kockel33 A Tale of Two Disciplines: European Ethnology and the Anthropology of Europe 572Jonas FrykmanIndex 590