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9781442601789

Trickster

by Kane, Eileen
  • ISBN13:

    9781442601789

  • ISBN10:

    1442601787

  • eBook ISBN(s):

    9781442693753

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-08-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr Higher education

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Summary

A young trainee anthropologist leaves her violent Mafia-run hometown-Youngstown, Ohio-to study an "exotic" group, the Paiute Indians of Nevada. This is 1964; she'll be "the expert," and they'll be "the subjects." The Paiute elders have other ideas. They'll be "the parents." They set themselves two tasks: to help her get a good grade on her project and to send her home quickly to her new bridegroom. They dismiss her research topic and introduce her instead to their spirit creature, the outrageously mischievous rule-breaking trickster, Coyote. Why do the Paiutes love Coyote? Why do Youngstown mill workers vote for Mafia candidates for municipal office? Tricksters become key to understanding how oppressed groups function in a hostile world. For more information visit www.trickster.ie.

Author Biography

Eileen Kane is an applied anthropologist who chaired the first department of anthropology in Ireland and now works on participatory development and education programs in Africa. She is the author of Doing Your Own Research (Boyars, 2001) and numerous World Bank and aid agency studies.

Table of Contents

Forewordp. 9
Acknowledgmentsp. 11
Introduction: Alice Beck Kehoep. 13
Vowsp. 19
At Home on the Rangep. 25
The Kah' niip. 42
Missing Bomb Cityp. 49
Anthropology: A Mirror for Manp. 55
Two Italian Townsp. 70
Not Worryingp. 77
The Tribal Councilp. 86
Why Anthropology?p. 95
Crossing Boundariesp. 104
The Murderp. 115
Drawing Lessonsp. 124
Kinship Patternsp. 134
Game-Playingp. 141
Two-Thirds of the Wayp. 149
Who We Arep. 157
The Rabbit Netp. 170
Ethnobabblep. 178
Ruin…p. 186
…and Reprievep. 200
The Killerp. 208
The Missionp. 215
The Partingp. 221
Epiloguep. 228
Discussion Points and Exercisesp. 239
References and Further Readingsp. 245
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