{"product_id":"in-the-realm-of-the-diamond-queen-marginality-in-an-out-of-the-way-place-paperback","title":"In the Realm of the Diamond Queen: Marginality in an Out-Of-The-Way Place - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnna Lowenhaupt Tsing\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this highly original and much-anticipated ethnography, Anna Tsing challenges not only anthropologists and feminists but all those who study culture to reconsider some of their dearest assumptions. By choosing to locate her study among Meratus Dayaks, a marginal and marginalized group in the deep rainforest of South Kalimantan, Indonesia, Tsing deliberately sets into motion the familiar and stubborn urban fantasies of self and other. Unusual encounters with her remarkably creative and unconventional Meratus friends and teachers, however, provide the opportunity to rethink notions of tradition, community, culture, power, and gender--and the doing of anthropology. Tsing's masterful weaving of ethnography and theory, as well as her humor and lucidity, allow for an extraordinary reading experience for students, scholars, and anyone interested in the complexities of culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEngaging Meratus in wider conversations involving Indonesian bureaucrats, family planners, experts in international development, Javanese soldiers, American and French feminists, Asian-Americans, right-to-life advocates, and Western intellectuals, Tsing looks not for consensus and coherence in Meratus culture but rather allows individual Meratus men and women to return our gaze. Bearing the fruit from the lively contemporary conversations between anthropology and cultural studies, \u003ci\u003eIn the Realm of the Diamond Queen\u003c\/i\u003e will prove to be a model for thinking and writing about gender, power, and the politics of identity.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A loosely organized group of mountain people in southeastern Kalimantan ... [is the topic of Tsing's fieldwork in what is] perhaps the most detailed and certainly the most self-conscious examination of marginalization yet to appear.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is a book that is as rich in human warmth as it is technically innovative.\"\u003cb\u003e--Amitav Ghosh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnna Lowenhaupt Tsing\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at University of California, Santa Cruz. She is coeditor, with Faye Ginsburg, of \u003ci\u003eUncertain Terms: Negotiating Gender in American Culture\u003c\/i\u003e (Beacon).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.2 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 21, 1993\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51819228758304,"sku":"9780691000510","price":70.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f70ee67874bb63c0f56840f4e8610153.webp?v=1781128010","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/in-the-realm-of-the-diamond-queen-marginality-in-an-out-of-the-way-place-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}