Articulating Hidden Histories
Exploring the Influence of Eric R. Wolf
Jane Schneider, Rayna Rapp, Jane Schneider, Rayna Rapp
- 412 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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Articulating Hidden Histories
Exploring the Influence of Eric R. Wolf
Jane Schneider, Rayna Rapp, Jane Schneider, Rayna Rapp
About This Book
With his groundbreaking Europe and the People Without History, Eric R. Wolf powerfully advanced the project of integrating the disciplines of anthropology and history. In Articulating Hidden Histories, many of those influenced by Wolfâboth anthropologists and historiansâacknowledge the contribution of this great scholar while extending his work by presenting their own original field and archival research. The "hidden histories" referred to here encompass the histories of economic and political forces capable of dislodging people from their surroundings, of the people thus dislocated, and of the anthropological concepts developed to understand such processes. Within this framework, the contributors explore an extraordinarily wide range of topics, from the invention of tribalism in colonial West Africa to the ecological activism of North American housewives. This collection offers a fitting tribute not only to Eric Wolf's work, but to its continuing influence on the fields of anthropology and history.