Saamaka Dreaming by Richard Price (English) Paperback Book

Description: Saamaka Dreaming by Richard Price, Sally Price The eminent anthropologists Richard and Sally Price look back at their first years living among the Saamaka maroons in Suriname in the late 1960s, retelling the evolution of their personal lives and careers, relationships with the Saamaka, and the field of anthropology. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description When Richard and Sally Price stepped out of the canoe to begin their fieldwork with the Saamaka Maroons of Suriname in 1966, they were met with a mixture of curiosity, suspicion, ambivalence, hostility, and fascination. With their gradual acceptance into the community they undertook the work that would shape their careers and influence the study of African American societies throughout the hemisphere for decades to come. In Saamaka Dreaming they look back on the experience, reflecting on a discipline and a society that are considerably different today. Drawing on thousands of pages of field notes, as well as recordings, file cards, photos, and sketches, the Prices retell and comment on the most intensive fieldwork of their careers, evoke the joys and hardships of building relationships and trust, and outline their personal adaptation to this unfamiliar universe. The book is at once a moving human story, a portrait of a remarkable society, and a thought-provoking revelation about the development of anthropology over the past half-century. Author Biography Richard Price taught for many years at Yale University and Johns Hopkins University and is Professor Emeritus at the College of William and Mary. His numerous prize-winning books include Travels with Tooy: History, Memory, and the African American Imagination and Rainforest Warriors: Human Rights on Trial. Sally Price has taught in the United States, France, and Brazil and is Professor Emerita at the College of William and Mary. Her studies of the place of "primitive art" in the imaginary of Western viewers include Primitive Art in Civilized Places and Paris Primitive: Jacques Chiracs Museum on the Quai Branly. The Prices have coauthored many books, including Romare Bearden: The Caribbean Dimension. Table of Contents Preface ix 1. Testing the Waters 1 2. On Trial 13 3. A Feast for the Ancestors 28 4. Going "Outside" 34 5. On Nais Doorstep 40 6. Under Kalas House 51 7. The Sika 58 8. What Month It It? 62 9. The Captains "Granddaughter" 71 10. Upriver 74 11. At the Ancestor Shrine 86 12. The Cocks Balls 100 13. Nais Rivergod 103 14. Agbagos Seagod 108 15. Kalas Snakegod 114 16. A Touch of Madness 123 17. Playing for the Gods 132 18. A Tree Falls 139 19. Sickness 144 20. Death of a Witch 155 21. Chasing Ghosts 173 22. Death of a Child 179 23. Returns 190 24. Foto 202 25. Looking at Paper 205 26. The End of an Era 215 Notes 231 Bibliography 243 Index 247 Review "Beautifully written, this book presents a satisfying commentary on the anthropological enterprise, to be enjoyed by a wide variety of readers. Essential. All public and academic levels/libraries." -- P. Passariello * Choice *"A complex ethnographic narrative . . . a dynamic story with a cast of Saamaka characters. . . . Though the book is published over fifty years after the initial research, it still shows a candor and eye for painstaking detail of moment to moment happenings in daily life." -- Cheryl White * Anthropos *"This inspiring book combines ethnography with a brilliantly written autobiographical account. . . . The way in which Richard Price and Sally Price position themselves as the main protagonists of their interlocutions with Saamaka villagers, is precisely what makes the book so rich." -- Olivia M. Gomes da Cunha * New West Indian Guide *"A retrospective on a lifes work, Saamaka Dreaming stands alone as an introduction to understanding social memory in the black diaspora via ethnographic practice. But it also shows us how that memory can shape political engagement in the present premised on what we might call the hopes—or dreams—of a better future that anthropologists can also help create." -- Sarah E. Vaughn * American Ethnologist *"This is an inspiring narrative on Saamaka Maroons lifestyle changes through half a century, on changes from an anthropological perspective on these people, as well as the development of anthropology as a science and the impact that a researcher can make. It is not only a great source to learn about Saamaka culture but also a great narrative to read—it is literary anthropology at its best." -- Asnate Morozova * Anthropological Notebooks * Review Quote "With their keen attunements, customary honesty, ethnographic verve, spare poetics, and dashes of hubris and humor, Richard and Sally Price offer an extraordinary meditation on life, anthropology, and their encounter with the Saamakas. Saamaka Dreaming is a compelling text that astounds in its richness." Details ISBN0822369788 Author Sally Price Publisher Duke University Press Year 2017 ISBN-10 0822369788 ISBN-13 9780822369783 Format Paperback Imprint Duke University Press Place of Publication North Carolina Country of Publication United States DEWEY 988.33 Pages 272 Publication Date 2017-08-04 Illustrations 43 illustrations Language English UK Release Date 2017-08-04 AU Release Date 2017-08-04 NZ Release Date 2017-08-04 US Release Date 2017-08-04 Birth 1936 Affiliation Spore Federation Of Chinese Clan Associations, Spore Position Graduate Student Qualifications University of Virginia Alternative 9780822369660 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:127148070;

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