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PublisherIndiana University Press

ISBN-100253047943

ISBN-139780253047946

eBay Product ID (ePID)3038640637

Product Key Features

Number of Pages276 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameEthnicity, Commodity, In/Corporation

SubjectEthnic Studies / General, Globalization, Public Policy / Cultural Policy, Anthropology / General

Publication Year2020

TypeTextbook

AuthorJean Comaroff

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science

SeriesFraming the Global Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight14.6 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2020-013589

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"This book is a vibrant follow-up on the Comaroffs' Ethnicity, Inc. (2009), further unfolding the full riches of the idea of a growing 'incorporation' of ethnicity. It highlights that in the meantime ethnicity's commoditization and the branding of belonging have developed to new heights, but with startlingly variable results. Through a comparison of different trajectories--from the counter-productive celebration of dot-painting by Australian Aborigines, to Samburu beach-boys in Kenya violently defending their status as sexual icons, to ethnicity-as-(apparent)-abundance among Peruvian peasants--this collection manages to chart the uncertainties of identity and the increasingly enigmatic role of culture in a neoliberal world."--Peter Geschiere, author of The Perils of Belonging: Autochthony, Citizenship, and Exclusion in Africa and Europ "Just over a decade after the publication of Ethnicity, Inc. , the heady cocktail of commoditization, culture, and corporation originally modelled there has only further entangled itself in global social processes. This stunning new collection traces myriad extensions and analogs of ethnocommodities within contemporary late capitalism, while courageously exploring the limits of the model in places where the economic logic of ethnic distinction is muddled by pan-regional identities, nation-branding, and economies of violence. As these authors deftly demonstrate, even as the Durkheimian enchantment of the collective can conjure quantifiable brand value, the capacity of the brand itself to enchant is increasingly the dominant mode with which to produce-- and consume --collectivity."--Sasha Newell, author of The Modernity Bluff: Crime, Consumption, and Citizenshio in Côte d'Ivoire

Grade FromCollege Graduate Student

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal305.8

Table Of ContentEditorial Note Introduction: Ethnicity, Inc., Revisited / George Paul Meiu, Jean Comaroff, and John L. Comaroff 1. On Branding, Belonging, and the Violence of a Phallic Imaginary: The Maasai Warrior in Kenya Tourism. / George Paul Meiu 2. The Scarce and the Sacred: Managing Afterlives and Branding the Derivative in Post-Soviet Buddhism (Inc). / Tatiana Chudakova 3. Ethnicity as Potential: Abundance, Competition, and the Limits of Development in Andean Peru's Colca Valley. / Eric Hirsch 4. Warriors Incorporated: The Militarization of Fijian Identity in the Era of Neoliberal Warfare. / Simon May 5. Story, Brand, or Share? Bafokeng, Inc. and the 2010 FIFA World Cup. / Susan E. Cook 6. The Hunter Hype: Producing 'Local Culture' as Particularity in Mali. / Dorothea E. Schulz 7. The Affective Potentialities and Politics of Ethnicity, Inc. in Restructuring Nepal: Social Science, Sovereignty, and Signification. / Sara Shneiderman 8. Cultural Commodification in Global Contexts: Australian Indigeneity, Inequality, and Militarization in the Twenty-first Century. / Eve Darian-Smith List of Contributors Index

SynopsisEthnic groups increasingly seek empowerment by formally incorporating themselves, by deploying their sovereign status for material ends, and by copyrighting their cultural practices as intellectual property. Building on ethnographic case studies from Kenya, Nepal, Peru, Russia, and many other countries, this collection poses the question: Does the turn to the incorporation and commodification of ethnicity really herald a new historical moment in the global politics of identity?, In the economics of everyday life, even ethnicity has become a potential resource to be tapped, generating new sources of profit and power, new ways of being social, and new visions of the future. Throughout Africa, ethnic corporations have been repurposed to do business in mining or tourism; in the USA, Native American groupings have expanded their involvement in gaming, design, and other industries; and all over the world, the commodification of culture has sown itself deeply into the domains of everything from medicine to fashion. Ethnic groups increasingly seek empowerment by formally incorporating themselves, by deploying their sovereign status for material ends, and by copyrighting their cultural practices as intellectual property. Building on ethnographic case studies from Kenya, Nepal, Peru, Russia, and many other countries, this collection poses the question: Does the turn to the incorporation and commodification of ethnicity really herald a new historical moment in the global politics of identity?

LC Classification NumberGN448.E84 2020