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    Globalization and Change


    in Fifteen Cultures
    Born in One World,
    Living in Another

    George Spindler
    Stanford University
    Janice E. Stockard
    Mills College

    Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology: George Spindler, Series Editor

    Australia • Brazil • Canada • Mexico • Singapore


    Spain • United Kingdom • United States
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    Table of Contents

    Dedication v
    Preface xiii
    Acknowledgments xv
    Introduction xvii

    PART I CHALLENGES TO IDENTITY


    AND POWER 1
    Chapter 1 Continuity and Change in Aztec Culture:
    From Imperial Lords to Royal Subjects 1
    Frances F. Berdan
    Setting the Stage: Some Themes 2
    The Aztec Empire on the Eve of the Spanish Conquest 2
    Imperial Strategies 3
    Political and Territorial Organization: the Altepetl 4
    Social Stratification 5
    Commerce 6
    Religion 7
    The Stage Is Set 8
    New Lords of the Land 8
    Aztecs to Nahuas: Continuity and Change in the New Order 9
    Demographic Disaster 9
    The Altepetl and Cultural Identity 10
    Social Stratification: Disintegration Over Time 11
    Occupations and Commerce 13
    Taking Advantage of New Things and Ideas 15
    Religious Syncretism 18
    Conclusion 20
    References 21
    Notes 22
    Chapter 2 Change in the Lives of a Brazilian Indigenous People:
    To Pluck Eyelashes (or Not?) among the Canela 24
    William and Jean Crocker
    The Canela Today 28
    Some Background to the Current Canela Situation 29
    Tracing Culture Change Through Individuals 31
    Basket Lifter and her Son, Speechless 32
    Hard Bed 35

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    Anaconda 38
    Ângelo Carampei 41
    Edible Vine 44
    Summary: Factors in Culture Change 48
    References 50
    Notes 51
    Chapter 3 Cultural Identity in China: The Rising Politics
    of Ethnic Difference 53
    Dru C. Gladney
    The Soviet Union as China’s Prologue? 54
    Nationality in China 57
    Han Nationality as Invented National Unity 59
    Identity Politics and National Minorities 60
    Internal Divisions among the Han Majority 63
    Internet Cafés, Discos, and Democratization? 65
    Conclusion: National Disunity? 67
    References 70
    Notes 71
    Chapter 4 The Vice Lords Today: Sociocultural Change
    in an African American Street Gang 73
    Lincoln Keiser
    References 95
    Notes 96

    PART II CHANGE IN GENDER HIERARCHIES 97


    Chapter 5 Sambia Gender, Sexuality, and Social Change 97
    Gilbert Herdt and Birgitta Stolpe
    Precolonial Sambia Society 98
    Traditional Gender Roles and Initiation 100
    Social Hierarchies among the Sambia 102
    Marriage and the Traffic in Women 103
    Social Change and Resistance 105
    Schools and Gender Change 107
    Change Over the Past Decade 109
    Conclusion 115
    References 116
    Notes 116
    Chapter 6 Mothers to Daughters: Social Change and Matrilineal
    Kinship in a Minangkabau Village 117
    Evelyn Blackwood
    Minangkabau and Their Houses 120
    Reconfiguring Daughters’ Desires 123
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    Education 124
    Marriage Rights 125
    Models of Domesticity 127
    Contradictory Housewives 130
    Social Change and Small Houses 132
    Households, Demographics, and Migration 132
    Residence and Matriliny 133
    Daughters Who Leave 134
    Daughters’ Claims 135
    Matriliny in Single-Family Households 137
    Husband and Wife Contributions 138
    Reconstituting Single-Family Households 139
    Conclusion 140
    References 141
    Notes 142
    Chapter 7 The Ju/’Hoansi at the Crossroads: Continuity
    and Change in the Time of AIDS 144
    Richard Lee
    Four Decades of Change 146
    Nyae Nyae: A Struggle for Survival 150
    Ju/’Hoansi in the Twenty-First Century: Progress and Poverty 154
    Botswana 154
    Namibia 155
    Regional Developments: From the End of Apartheid
    to the Coming of AIDS 156
    AIDS and the Ju/’Hoansi 156
    The Ju/Hoansi’s Lower Rates: Macro and Micro Factors 158
    Ju/’Hoan Women’s Autonomy 159
    Forces Driving the Epidemic 161
    The Larger Social Framework of AIDS Risk 163
    The Tsumkwe Junior Secondary School 164
    The Old-Age Pension Affair 165
    Craft Buying as Income Generation 166
    The Kashipembe Crisis 166
    The Wider Nyae Nyae and Dobe Region 167
    Conclusion: Back from the Brink? 168
    References 169
    Note 171
    Chapter 8 From Field to Factory and Beyond: New Strategies
    for New Realities in a Yucatecan Village 172
    Cindy Hull
    Theoretical Perspective 173
    Yucatán and the World System: Historical Perspective 174
    Yucatán and the Modern World System 179
    Yaxbe 179
    1990s—The Fall of the Ejido: New Strategies for New Realities 181
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    Economic Diversification in the Village 182


    Agriculture 182
    Nonagricultural Occupations 183
    Women and Income Production Within the Home 184
    Women and Income Production Outside of the Home 186
    Women in Solidarity: The Horchateras 187
    Commuting as Economic Strategy 190
    Factory Jobs 191
    Professional Occupations 191
    Other Occupations 192
    Men and Commuting 192
    Women and Commuting 193
    Migration as Economic Strategy 193
    Conclusion: The Impact of Globalization 195
    References 196
    Notes 197

    PART III NEW PATTERNS OF MIGRATION


    AND MOBILITY 199
    Chapter 9 The Yolmo People of Melemchi, Nepal:
    Change and Continuity 199
    Naomi H. Bishop
    Melemchi: A Yolmo Temple-Village 200
    The Village 200
    Traditional Subsistence Strategies 201
    Social and Political Organization 204
    Religion and Worldview 204
    Moving into the Twenty-First Century: 1971–2000 206
    Changes in the Subsistence System 206
    Changes in Circular Migration 207
    Incorporation into the Langtang National Park 209
    A Primary School in Melemchi 212
    Melemchi in the Twenty-First Century: Challenges of the Future 214
    The Changing Demography of Melemchi 215
    Dependence on External Remittance 217
    Viability of the Village Subsistence System 217
    Maintaining Cultural Knowledge 219
    Conclusion 220
    References 223
    Notes 223
    Chapter 10 The Mardu Aborigines: On the Road
    to Somewhere 225
    Bob Tonkinson
    Introducing the Mardu Aborigines 225
    Fieldwork among the Mardu 227
    Conceptualizing Social Change and the Challenge to Analysis 229
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    The Mardu in a Wider Australian Context 232


    Early Contacts with Europeans: Defining the “White Fella” 235
    The Mission and its Aftermath: From Masters of the Desert to
    Children of the Devil 238
    “Self-management”: The Perils of Well-Meaning Government Policy 241
    On Mobility, Dispersal, and Aggregation 243
    The Mardu Today: On the Road to Somewhere 245
    Conclusion 251
    References 253
    Notes 254
    Chapter 11 From Local “Tribe” to Transnational Arab:
    The “New” Rashaayda Bedouin of Sudan 256
    William C. Young
    Geographical and Historical Background 259
    The History of “Tribal” Affiliations in Eastern Sudan 262
    The Economic Internationalization of Eastern Sudan 262
    International Politics and the Unstable National Border Between
    Sudan and Eritrea 265
    The War in Eritrea 266
    The War in Sudan 268
    The Bani Rashiid in Saudi Arabia 272
    The Bani Rashiid Campaign to Rework Genealogies and History 274
    Conclusion 277
    References 278
    Notes 281
    Chapter 12 Culture Change and Cultural Reproduction:
    Lessons from Research on Transnational Migration 283
    Leo R. Chavez
    Why is Transnational Migration Important for Anthropologists? 285
    A Love-Hate Relationship with Immigrants 287
    Culture Change and Cultural Reproduction 292
    Immigration and Culture Change 297
    References 300
    Notes 303

    PART IV EFFECTS OF ECONOMIC CHANGE


    AND MODERNIZATION 304
    Chapter 13 Scottish Crofters: Narratives of Change
    among Small Landholders in Scotland 304
    Susan Parman
    Doing Fieldwork 308
    Narratives about Crofting 309
    Narratives about Speaking Gaelic 315
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    Narratives about the Free Church 319


    Narratives of Home and Exile 323
    Summary of Changes 326
    References 331
    Notes 332
    Chapter 14 A Village in Greece: Vasilika Then and Now 334
    Ernestine Friedl
    Migration and the Fates of Migrants 337
    Gender Roles 345
    Epilogue 346
    References 349
    Additional Works on Vasilika 350
    Recommended Reading 350
    Chapter 15 Through Japanese Eyes: Culture Change
    in a Midwestern Town 351
    Toshiyuki Sano and Mariko Fujita
    Changing Eyes—From Analogue to Digital 352
    Two Views of Downtown and the Public Square 353
    A Tranquil Place and an Intense Site 358
    Changes in Farming Practice 361
    A Changing Ethnic and Economic Map 366
    The Transformation of the Senior Center 367
    Concluding Remarks 369
    References 370
    Notes 371

    Index 373

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