Saamaka Dreaming
Saamaka Dreaming
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Published:
4 August, 2017
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780822369783 |
| ISBN10 | 0822369788 |
| Number Of Pages | 272 |
| Item Weight | 386 g |
| Publisher / Reseller | Duke University Press |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
"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 life’s 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)
Author's Bio
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 Chirac’s Museum on the Quai Branly. The Prices have coauthored many books, including Romare Bearden: The Caribbean Dimension.