A01=Ira Bashkow
anthropological problems
Author_Ira Bashkow
Category=JBCC
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cultural anthropology
culture
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ethnicity
ethnographic interpretation
ethnography
globalization
indigenous peoples
intercultural relations
legacy of colonialism
non-western
orokaiva society
papua new guinea
postcolonial white flight
power and wealth
racial stereotypes
racism
social issues
sociology
western modernity
whitemen
whiteness
Product details
- ISBN 9780226038919
- Weight: 539g
- Dimensions: 16 x 23mm
- Publication Date: 17 Jul 2006
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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A familiar cultural presence for people the world over, "the whiteman" has come to personify the legacy of colonialism, the face of Western modernity, and the force of globalization. Focusing on the cultural meanings of whitemen in the Orokaiva society of Papua New Guinea, this book provides a fresh approach to understanding how race is symbolically constructed and why racial stereotypes endure in the face of counter evidence. While Papua New Guinea's resident white population has been severely reduced due to postcolonial white flight, the whiteman remains a significant racial and cultural other here - not only as an archetype of power and wealth in the modern arena, but also as a foil for people's evaluations of themselves within vernacular frames of meaning. As Ira Bashkow explains, ideas of self versus other need not always be anti-humanistic or deprecatory, but can be a creative and potentially constructive part of all cultures. A brilliant analysis of whiteness and race in a non-Western society, "The Meaning of Whitemen" turns traditional ethnography to the purpose of understanding how others see us.
Ira Bashkow is assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Virginia.
