Reflections on Theory And History in

In Reflections on Theory and History in Anthropology, author Frank Salamone examines his more than 30 years of experience in the field of cultural anthropology and offers an optimistic, yet realistic, appraisal of the field's past, present, and future.

Frank A. Salamone is a Professor in the Sociology Department at Iona College

Franz Boas: The Construction of Race and the Origins of African American Studies

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In the Name of Science: The Cold War and the Direction of Scientific Pursuits

19

(18)

William Shedrick Willis Jr.

37

(4)

Ethnographic Writing

41

(4)

The Nigerian Example of Indirect Rule

45

(8)

The Polynesian Cultural Center and Mormon Image of the Body: Images of Paradise on Laie, Hawaii

53

(14)

The African Diaspora

67

(2)

The Reproduction of Main Street: The American Diplomatic Corps in Niger

69

(14)

Music and Anthropology

83

(2)

Jazz Meaning

85

(4)

In Search of Religion

89

(8)

Sufism

97

(4)

The Bori and I: Reflections of a Mature Anthropologist

101

(6)

The Tangibility of the Intangible: Beyond Empiricism

107

(8)

Yoruba Rituals

115

(2)

Hausa Shamans

117

(8)

Dukawa Views on Death

125

(14)

Missionaries in the Global Village

139

(16)

The Missionary and the Chief: The Interesting Sibling Relationship of Anthropologists and Missionaries

155

(16)

Hausa Wrestling in Ibadan as an Ethnic Boundary Marker

171

(10)

Colonialism and The Creation of Ethnic Identity

181

(4)

British Abolition of Slavery in Northern Nigeria and the Lucy Memorial Freed Slave's Home: Contradictory Pressures under the Dual Mandate

185

(14)

Post War Teens

199

(4)

Fashion in the Fifties

203

(14)

The Force Primeval: The Image of Jazz in American Literature

217

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Reflections on Theory And History in Anthropology

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