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Beschreibung
The Anthropology of Donald Trump

is an edited volume of original anthropological essays, composed by some of the leading figures in the discipline. It applies their concepts, perspectives, and methods to a sustained and diverse understanding of Trump's supporters, policies, and performance in [...] volume includes ethnographic case studies of "Trump country," examines Trump's actions in office, and moves beyond Trump as an individual political fgure to consider larger structural and institutional issues.

Providing a unique and valuable perspective on the Trump phenomenon, it will be of interest to anthropologists and other social scientists concerned with contemporary American society and politics as well as suitable reading for courses on political anthropology and US culture.
The Anthropology of Donald Trump

is an edited volume of original anthropological essays, composed by some of the leading figures in the discipline. It applies their concepts, perspectives, and methods to a sustained and diverse understanding of Trump's supporters, policies, and performance in [...] volume includes ethnographic case studies of "Trump country," examines Trump's actions in office, and moves beyond Trump as an individual political fgure to consider larger structural and institutional issues.

Providing a unique and valuable perspective on the Trump phenomenon, it will be of interest to anthropologists and other social scientists concerned with contemporary American society and politics as well as suitable reading for courses on political anthropology and US culture.
Über den Autor

Jack David Eller is Head of Global Anthropology of Religion at the Global Center for Religious Research. His research interests include anthropology of religion, psychological anthropology, violence and culture, and Australian Aboriginal cultures. His most recent book is Trump and Political Theology: Unmaking Truth and Democracy.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: On anthropology of the Contemporary Generally and of Trump Specifically

2. Stigmatized Identity Motivating Right-Wing Populism: How the Tea Party Learned to Love Donald Trump

3. The Reddest of States: Fieldnotes from Trumplandia

4. Making the Cuban American Dream Great Again: Race and Immigrant Citizenship in Miami

5. "We're on the Same Team, Right?": Political Polarization and Social Connections in "Trump Country"

6. Indexing Ambivalence: Laterality and Negation in Donald Trump's Co-Speech Gestures

7. Trump the Caudillo: Tapping into Already-Existing Populist Unrest

8. Lying as a Cultural System

9. Orange Candles and Shriveled Cheetos: Symbolic Representations of Trump in the Anti-Trump Witchcraft Movement

10. "I Don't Think the Science Knows, Actually": The Biocultural Impacts of Trump's Anti-Science and Misinformation Rhetoric, the Mishandling of the COVID-19 Pandemic, and Institutionalized Racism

11. Trumping the Past, Trumping the Future: How Political Messianism and Conspiracy Theory Cultism Come Front and Center in American Politics

12. Hindutva and Donald Trump: An Unholy Relation

13. The Events at the Capitol and the Trump Mediation: America's Uncivil War and New Authoritarian Totalitarian Possibilities

Afterword: Authroritarianism After Trump

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe
Rubrik: Sozialwissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780367715922
ISBN-10: 0367715929
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Redaktion: Eller, Jack David
Hersteller: Routledge
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Jack David Eller
Erscheinungsdatum: 30.11.2021
Gewicht: 0,395 kg
Artikel-ID: 121921594