Anthropology is by definition about "others," but in this volume the phrase refers not to members of observed cultures, but to "significant others" spouses, lovers, and others with whom anthropologists have deep relationships that are both personal and professional. The essays in this volume look at the roles of these spouses and partners of anthropologists over the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, especially their work as they accompanied the anthropologists in the field. Other relationships discussed include those between anthropologists and informants, mentors and students,...

To listen to David M. Schneider is to hear the voice of American anthropology. To listen at length is to hear much of the discipline s history, from the realities of postwar practice and theory to Schneider s own influence on the development of symbolic and interpretive anthropology in the 1970s and 1980s. "Schneider on Schneider" offers readers this rare opportunity, and with it an engrossing introduction into a world of intellectual rigor, personal charm, and wit.
In this work, based on conversations with Richard Handler, Schneider tells the story of his days devoted to anthropology as a...

"The New History in an Old Museum" is an exploration of "historical truth" as presented at Colonial Williamsburg. More than a detailed history of a museum and tourist attraction, it examines the packaging of American history, and consumerism and the manufacturing of cultural beliefs. Through extensive fieldwork--including numerous site visits, interviews with employees and visitors, and archival research--Richard Handler and Eric Gable illustrate how corporate sensibility blends with pedagogical principle in Colonial Williamsburg to blur the lines between education and entertainment,...