AG Haudricourt

Notes bibliogr. en fin de chapitres. Bibliogr. p. 317-342. Index.

A prefatory piece / Chandra D. Bhimull, Edward Murphy, and Monica Eileen Patterson -- The pursuits of anthrohistory : formation against formation / David William Cohen -- Notes on the difficulty of studying el Pueblo / Paul K. Eiss -- Step into anthrohistory / David Pedersen -- Genealogies of mediation : "culture broker" and imperial governmentality / E. Natalie Rothman -- Childhood, memory, and gap : reflections from an anthrohistorian on Georges Perec's W or the memory of childhood / Monica Eileen Patterson -- Working in the in-between : archives, ethnography, and research in Gaza / Ilana Feldman -- The past and present of the future perfect in anthropology and history / Deirdre de la Cruz -- Past warfare : ethics, knowledge, and the Yanomami controversy / Julie Skurski -- Disaster preparedness / Shannon Lee Dawdy -- Reclaiming tradition / Zareena A. Grewal -- Impressions : an interval -- The miracle of history : temporality and uncertainty in southern Arabia / Manadan E. Limbert -- The politics of burial in post-apartheid South Africa / Kerry Ward -- Losing the phenomenon : time and indeterminacy in the practice of anthrohistory / Oana Mateescu -- Anthrohistory and phantom limb syndrome : transdisciplinarity in a disciplinary world / Thomas C. Wolfe -- On the subject of governance / Anupama Rao and Steven Pierce -- Between disciplines, after modernity / S.C. Humphreys -- The politics of naming : ethical dilemmas and disciplinary divides in anthropology and history / Dorothy L. Hodgson -- On the importance of having a method, or what does archival work on Soviet atheism have to do with ethnography of post-Soviet religion? / Sonja Luehrmann -- Wanderings beyond codification and desire / Setrag Manoukian -- Pieces for anthrophistory : a puzzle to be assembled togehter / Fernando Coronil

Stretching back to the 1950s, interdisciplinary work between anthropology and history has taken diverse expressions. Yet it has developed with more coherence since the 1980s, largely in response to the declining promise of global modernity and the rise of poststructuralism and deconstructionism. Through a critical and contemporary engagement with this wave of scholarship, this volume challenges readers to think of work at the crossroads of anthropology and history as transdisciplinary and anthrohistorical, moving beyond a partial integration of the disciplines as it critically evaluates their assumptions and trajectories. This approach permits Anthrohistory: Unsettling Knowledge, Questioning Discipline to present a broader perspective that unsettles the constraints of existing academic practice. The volume does not offer a blueprint for fulfilling this goal, but rather a variety of positions taken by anthrohistorians who work in diverse contexts. Adopting an innovative and accessible style, Anthrohistory opens a provocative window into broader questions of interdisciplinarity, representation, epistemology, methodology, and social commitment

A prefatory piece / Chandra D. Bhimull, Edward Murphy and Monica Eileen Patterson (p.3-10) -- The pursuits of anthrohistory : formation against formation / David William Cohen (p.11-33) -- Notes on the difficulty of studying el Pueblo / Paul K. Eiss (p.37-47) -- Step into anthrohistory / David Pedersen (p48-66) -- Genealogies of mediation : "culture broker" and imperial governmentality / E. Natalie Rothman (p.67-80) -- Childhood, memory, and gap : reflections from an anthrohistorian on Georges Perec's W or the memory of childhood / Monica Eileen Patterson (p.81-96) -- Working in the in-between : archives, ethnography, and research in Gaza / Ilana Feldman (p.97-109) -- The past and present of the future perfect in anthropology and history / Deirdre de la Cruz (p.110-118) -- Past warfare : ethics, knowledge, and the Yanomami controversy / Julie Skurski (p.121-139) -- Disaster preparedness / Shannon Lee Dawdy (p.140-155) -- Reclaiming tradition / Zareena A. Grewal (p.156-170) -- Impressions : an interval (p.171-180) -- The miracle of history : temporality and uncertainty in southern Arabia / Mandana E. Limbert (p.181-190) -- The politics of burial in post-apartheid South Africa / Kerry Ward (p.191-207) -- Losing the phenomenon : time and indeterminacy in the practice of anthrohistory / Oana Mateescu (p.208-222) -- Anthrohistory and phantom limb syndrome : transdisciplinarity in a disciplinary world / Thomas C. Wolfe (p.225-239) -- On the subject of governance / Anupama Rao and Steven Pierce (p.240-251) -- Between disciplines, after modernity / S.C. Humphreys (p.252-256) -- The politics of naming : ethical dilemmas and disciplinary divides in anthropology and history / Dorothy L. Hodgson (p.257-272) -- On the importance of having a method, or what does archival work on Soviet atheism have to do with ethnography of post-Soviet religion? / Sonja Luehrmann (p.273-286) -- Wanderings beyond codification and desire / Setrag Manoukian (p.286-298) -- Pieces for anthrophistory : a puzzle to be assembled togehter / Fernando Coronil (p.301-316)