""Dropping Anchor, Setting Sail" is one of the most nuanced, sophisticated, and ethnographically rigorous works on the process of racial formation available, stretching the analysis of 'race' well beyond the by now familiar somatic and political points of reference and theoretical debates. It is also an important and original contribution to our understanding of the spatial constitution of subjectivity and the African diaspora in a fascinating and little-researched ethnographic location."--Steven Gregory, Columbia University, author of "Black Corona: Race and the Politics of Place in an Urban Community"
"This eloquently written work engages with a variety of issues encompassing not just the discipline of anthropology but also sociology, race and ethnic studies, and black history. While acknowledging the contributions of others, Brown also contributes something new, both in terms of the theoretical underpinning she employs to the subject and in the fascinating ethnographic details she so expertly draws out of her subjects. This material is exciting and very significant."--Diane Frost, University of Liverpool, author of "Work and Community among West African Migrant Workers since the Nineteenth Century"
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""Dropping Anchor, Setting Sail" is one of the most nuanced, sophisticated, and ethnographically rigorous works on the process of racial formation available, stretching the analysis of 'race' well beyond the by now familiar somatic and political points of reference and theoretical debates. It is also an important and original contribution to our understanding of the spatial constitution of subjectivity and the African diaspora in a fascinating and little-researched ethnographic location."--Steven Gregory, Columbia University, author of "Black Corona: Race and the Politics of Place in an Urban Community"
"This eloquently written work engages with a variety of issues encompassing not just the discipline of anthropology but also sociology, race and ethnic studies, and black history. While acknowledging the contributions of others, Brown also contributes something new, both in terms of the theoretical underpinning she employs to the subject and in the fascinating ethnographic details she so expertly draws out of her subjects. This material is exciting and very significant."--Diane Frost, University of Liverpool, author of "Work and Community among West African Migrant Workers since the Nineteenth Century"
Imprint | Princeton University Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | March 2005 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | March 2005 |
Authors | Jacqueline Nassy Brown |
Dimensions | 235 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback - Trade |
Pages | 320 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-691-11563-4 |
Barcode | 9780691115634 |
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LSN | 0-691-11563-X |