Cultural Anthropology: Table of Contents
Current Issue: Vol. 23, No. 1
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Cultural Anthropology Feb 2008, Vol. 23, No. 1: i-i.
THE END(S) OF ETHNOGRAPHY: Social/Cultural Anthropology's Signature Form of Producing Knowledge in Transition
GEORGE E MARCUS
Cultural Anthropology Feb 2008, Vol. 23, No. 1: 1-14. Today's investment in and calls for public anthropology are one symptom of the profound rupture and reorganization of the research agendas of social/cultural anthropology as it moved away from the four-field organization of anthropology into an alignment ...
POST-PASTEURIAN CULTURES: The Microbiopolitics of Raw-Milk Cheese in the United States
HEATHER PAXSON
Cultural Anthropology Feb 2008, Vol. 23, No. 1: 15-47. Out of concern for public health, the U.S. government bans the sale of cheese made from unpasteurized milk if it is aged fewer than 60 days. But while the FDA views raw-milk cheese as a potential biohazard, riddled with pathogenic microbes, aficionados ...
SPECTACLES OF SEXUALITY: Televisionary Activism in Nicaragua
CYMENE HOWE
Cultural Anthropology Feb 2008, Vol. 23, No. 1: 48-84. This article develops the concept of “televisionary” activism—a mediated form of social justice messaging that attempts to transform culture. Focusing on a locally produced and very popular television show in Nicaragua, I consider how social justice ...
PASTORAL POWER IN THE POSTCOLONY: On the Biopolitics of the Criminal Animal in South India
ANAND PANDIAN
Cultural Anthropology Feb 2008, Vol. 23, No. 1: 85-117. In this article, I argue that a close examination of the government of animals by humans is essential for an anthropology of modern biopolitics: for an understanding, that is, of the many ways in which humans themselves have been governed as animals in ...
DISCIPLINES OF PRESENCE IN MODERN TURKEY: Discourse, Companionship, and the Mass Mediation of Islamic Practice
BRIAN SILVERSTEIN
Cultural Anthropology Feb 2008, Vol. 23, No. 1: 118-153. This article examines a contemporary Turkish Sufi order's devotional practice of sohbet—translated here as “companionship in conversation”—to show how characteristically modern practices and techniques have come to take a role in the constitution of ...
MORAL AMBITIONS OF GRACE: The Paradox of Compassion and Accountability in Evangelical Faith-Based Activism
OMRI ELISHA
Cultural Anthropology Feb 2008, Vol. 23, No. 1: 154-189. Based on fieldwork in Knoxville, Tennessee, I analyze the ethical dilemmas of conservative evangelical Protestants engaged in faith-based activism and social outreach, especially dilemmas stemming from the theological paradox of compassion and ...