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This book presents a blueprint for doing anthropology in troubled times. It instructs readers on how to convey important anthropological insights-indigenous wisdom-to a general audience in search of solutions to cotemporary social problems."--

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Ethnologie ist - natürlich - eine Wissenschaft. In den Händen ihrer begabtesten Vertreter kann sie aber auch zur Kunst werden, ja, in Fällen wie diesem gar zu angewandter Kunst! Paul Stoller, der freche, afrikaverliebte amerikanische Kulturanthropologe, heute einer der renommiertesten Afrikanisten weltweit, wagte als junger Student in den 1970er und 1980er Jahren ein gefährliches Experiment. Er ließ sich in der westafrikanischen Republik Niger...

This book emerges from the author's 35 years of research and thought about the Songhay people of Niger. This ethnographic novel follows the life of Omar Dia, the oldest son of a West African sorcerer. When his father falls ill and dies, the great sorcerer vomits a small metal chain onto his chest. Following the path of his ancestors, Omar swallows the chain, becoming his father's successor, which means that he takes on the sorcerer's burden. T...

In this collection of selected blog essays, Stoller models good writing while sharing his insights on politics, higher education, social science, media, and well-being.

In this collection of selected blog posts, Stoller models good writing while sharing his insights on politics (including the emergence of "Trumpism" and the impact of ignorance on US political practices), higher education, social science, media, and well-being.

After more than fifty years of good health, anthropologist Paul Stoller suddenly found himself diagnosed with lymphoma. The only thing more transformative than his fear and dread of cancer was the place it ultimately took him: twenty-five years back in time to his days as an apprentice to a West African sorcerer, Adamu Jenitongo.Stranger in the Village of the Sick follows Stoller down this unexpected path toward personal discovery, growth, and...

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Born out of a love that knows no boundaries between dimensions, the second book in the Death Walker series, a project between a father and his deceased son, has Galen reporting from the other side about how personality and beliefs influence one's entrance into this other dimension.

Die mit über 10 Millionen US-$ Budget sehr aufwändig inszenierte Familienkomödie erzählt die Geschichte des Familienhundes des Weißen Hauses, der tausende Meilen von zu Hause entfernt bei einem offiziellen Auftritt des Präsidenten einfach vergessen wird. - Doch der Waisenjunge "Danny" nimmt sich seiner an und beschließt, den Hund Teddy selbst zurück nach Washington zu bringen. Aus den Beiden werden schnell unzertrennliche Freunde, die auf ihre...

Among the Songhay of Mali and Niger, who consider the stomach the seat of personality, learning is understood not in terms of mental activity but in bodily terms. Songhay bards study history by "eating the words of the ancestors, " and sorcerers learn their art by ingesting particular substances, by testing their flesh with knives, by mastering pain and illness.In Sensuous Scholarship Paul Stoller challenges contemporary social theorists and c...

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In February 1999 the tragic New York City police shooting of Amadou Diallo, an unarmed street vendor from Guinea, brought into focus the existence of West African merchants in urban America. In "Money Has No Smell, " Paul Stoller offers us a more complete portrait of the complex lives of West African immigrants like Diallo, a portrait based on years of research Stoller conducted on the streets of New York City during the 1990s. As Stoller demo...

PrologueAcknowledgmentsPersonae1. Looking for SerciPart One: Organization of the Possession Troupe2. Zimas from Tillaberi3. Gusabu's Mediums4. Praise-Singers from the River5. Cries of the Violin, Rhythms of the DrumPart Two: Theaters of Songhay Experience6. Rain Dance: Rites of the Ancestors7. Horrific Comedy: The HaukaPart Three: Possession in a Changing World8. Sexual Comedy: The Sasale9. Two Mouths, Two HeartsEpilogue: Fusion of the WorldsN...

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Embodying Colonial Memories" is the first in-depth study of the West African "Hauka, " spirits in the body of (human) mediums which mimic and mock Europeans of the colonial epoch. Paul Stoller, who was initiated into a spirit possession troupe, recounts an insider's tale of the "Hauka" with respect and "brotherly" deference. He combines narrative description, historical analysis, and reflections on the importance of embodiment and mimesis to s...

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There comes a time for most of us when we knowingly face a decision of such consequence that it will drastically affect the shape of our lives. Some people are prepared to carry the weight of that decision. David Lyons, the protagonist of "Gallery Bundu, "was not. In Paul Stoller's work of fiction framed by African storytelling, David is the 52-year-old co-owner of "Gallery Bundu, " an African art shop in New York City. As a young man in the l...

AcknowledgmentsPreface1. In the Past, in the PresentPart I. Ethnographic FoundationsIntroduction: Son of Griaule2. Rouch's Life in the Field3. Worlds of the Ancestors4. Migrations to New Worlds5. People of Force, Spirits of PowerPart II. Cinema RouchIntroduction: Two Spiritual Fathers and a Critical Son6. Les Magiciens de Wanzerbe7. The Lion Hunters8. Jaguar9. Les Maitres Fous10. Les Tambours d'Avant: Turu et Bitti11. The Dogon PassionPart III...