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Citizenship in the Humanities and Social Sciences Wayne State University School of Library and Information Science Faculty School of Library and Information Science Research Publications 1-1-2010 Citizenship in the Humanities and Social Sciences: A Selective Bibliography, 2000-2009 Wayne State University School of Library and Information Science, Winter 2010 LIS 7160 James E. Van Loon Wayne State University, [email protected] H.G.B. Anghelescu Wayne State University, [email protected] Recommended Citation Wayne State University School of Library and Information Science, Winter 2010 LIS 7160; Van Loon, James E.; and Anghelescu, H.G.B., "Citizenship in the Humanities and Social Sciences: A Selective Bibliography, 2000-2009" (2010). School of Library and Information Science Faculty Research Publications. Paper 1. http://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/slisfrp/1 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the School of Library and Information Science at DigitalCommons@WayneState. It has been accepted for inclusion in School of Library and Information Science Faculty Research Publications by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@WayneState. CCiittiizzeennsshhiipp iinn tthhee HHuummaanniittiieess aanndd SSoocciiaall SScciieenncceess A Selective Bibliography 2000-2009 Prepared for the Center for the Study of Citizenship, Wayne State University Citizenship in the Humanities and Social Sciences: A Selective Bibliography, 2000-2009 BY the Winter 2010 Advanced Online Searching Class (LIS 7160) School of Library and Information Science Wayne State University James E. Van Loon and Hermina G.B. Anghelescu Editors School of Library and Information Science Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 2010 Copyright 2010 by Wayne State University, School of Library and Information Science. All rights reserved. Contents Foreword iv Introduction v Subject Bibliographies 1. Anthropology 1 2. Art 30 3. Business 31 4. Communication/Media 40 5. Economics 45 6. Education 50 7. Geography/Populations 61 8. Health 84 9. History 96 10. Law/Criminal Justice 109 11. Literature/Language 112 12. Political Science/Government 124 13. Psychology 147 14. Sociology 151 Citizenship Bibliography Center for the Study of Citizenship iii Contents Foreword by James E. Van Loon Citizenship studies are interdisciplinary in nature, creating ties between citizenship and a multitude of areas of study in the humanities and social sciences, as reflected in this excerpt from the mission statement of the Citizenship Study Center at Wayne State University: The Center for the Study of Citizenship at Wayne State University promotes interdisciplinary research and intellectual exchange about citizenship within a global community of scholars; students; political, community and business leaders; and the general public. In particular, the center encourages analysis of the relationship between citizens and the political, social, economic, and cultural communities of which they are a part. Toward these ends, the center will foster the study of citizenship as an interdisciplinary academic field and establish a forum to stimulate and shape public discourse about citizenship.1 The interdisciplinary nature of citizenship studies presents a challenge for researchers, who may be required to search across a variety of related disciplines to discover scholarly literature on citizenship. To improve access to academic literature on citizenship, the director of the Center for the Study of Citizenship, Dr. Marc Kruman enlisted the assistance of Dr. Hermina G. B. Anghelescu and graduate students of the School of Library and Information Science at Wayne State University to compile a bibliography of academic publications in citizenship and related fields of study. 1 Excerpt from CSC Mission Statement, http://www.clas.wayne.edu/unit-inner.asp?WebPageID=1150 Contributors This bibliography was compiled by the students enrolled in the Advanced Online Searching (LIS7160) class in the Winter 2010 semester at the School of Library and Information Science, Wayne State University. Faculty advisor and editor: Dr. Hermina G.B. Anghelescu Editor: James E. Van Loon Student contributors: Cassandra Barnett , Erika D. Brock, Lauren Campbell , Katherine Gregg , James E. Van Loon, Jaclyn J. Wroblewski , Stephanie R. Yera, Philip Zupon Citizenship Bibliography Center for the Study of Citizenship iv Foreword Introduction Citizenship in the Humanities and Social Sciences is a selective bibliography consisting of citations to works published during the years 2000-2009 on citizenship-related topics in the humanities and social sciences. Primarily consisting of books/chapters and scholarly journal articles, the bibliography also includes other materials (case studies, reports, dissertations, and working papers) for which scholarship, authority and relevance have been established. Most cited works were published in the English language, although articles published in other languages using a Latin alphabet are also included. Citations were retrieved during January-March 2010 from a variety of aggregated databases accessed through the Wayne State University Library System, including ProQuest, EbscoHost, and WorldCat. The works are grouped by associated field of study (e.g., Citizenship and Anthropology), further grouped by reference type and language, and listed alphabetically by author, which facilitates browsing the works in a given field of study. The list has been developed in Adobe .pdf format, which allows text searching and bookmarked browsing through the use of the Adobe Reader application. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of citizenship studies, some works are relevant to several subject areas; citations for such works are listed in the bibliography in multiple places, under all relevant subject areas. The citizenship bibliography is a work in progress which will grow retrospectively. Citizenship scholars are invited to suggest entries by forwarding bibliographic citations to the editor (James E. Van Loon, [email protected]). Citizenship Bibliography Center for the Study of Citizenship v Introduction 1. Anthropology 1.1. English Language 1.1.1. Journal Articles Adebanwi, Wale. "Contesting Exclusion : The Dilemmas of Citizenship in Nigeria." African anthropologist : journal of the Pan African Anthropological Association = Anthropologue africain : revue de l'Association panafricaine d'anthropologie 12.1 (2005): 11-45. Aggarwal, Ravina. "At the Margins of Death: Ritual Space and the Politics of Location in an Indo- Himalayan Border Village." American Ethnologist 28.3 (2001): 549-73. Albro, Robert. "The Culture of Democracy and Bolivia's Indigenous Movements." Critique of Anthropology 26.4 (2006): 387. Albro, R. "Indigenous Politics in Bolivia's Evo Era: Clientelism, Llunkerío, and the Problem of Stigma." Urban Anthropology and Studies of Cultural Systems and World Economic Development 36.3 (2007): 281. Amit, Vered. "A Clash of Vulnerabilities: Citizenship, Labor, and Expatriacy in the Cayman Islands." American Ethnologist 28.3 (2001): 574-94. Andepson-Fye, Eileen P. "Never Leave Yourself: Ethnopsychology as Mediator of Psychological Globalization among Belizean Schoolgirls." Ethos 31.1 (2003): 59-94. Andia, Juan Javier Rivera. "Killing What You Love: An Andean Cattle Branding Ritual and the Dilemmas of Modernity." Journal of Anthropological Research 61.2 (2005): 129. Anil, Merih. "No More Foreigners?: The Remaking of German Naturalization and Citizenship Law, 1990- 2000." Dialectical Anthropology 29 (2005): 3-4. Armstrong-Fumero, Fernando. "Old Jokes and New Multiculturalisms: Continuity and Change in Vernacular Discourse on the Yucatec Maya Language." American Anthropologist 111.3 (2009): 360-72. Arnaut, Karel, and Jan Blommaert. "Chthonic Science: Georges Niangoran-Bouah and the Anthropology of Belonging in Côte D'ivoire." American Ethnologist 36.3 (2009): 574-90. Asad, Talal. "Where Are the Margins of the State?" Anthropology in the Margins of the State (2004). Asher, Andrew D. "A Paradise on the Oder? Ethnicity, Europeanization, and the Eu Referendum in a Polish-German Border City." City & Society 17.1 (2005): 127-52. Citizenship Bibliography Center for the Study of Citizenship 1 Citizenship and Anthropology Avieli, N. "'At Christmas We Don't Like Pork, Just Like the Maccabees': Festive Food and Religious Identity at the Protestant Christmas Picnic in Hoi An." Journal of Material Culture 14.2 (2009): 219. Babadzan, Alain. "Anthropology, Nationalism and 'the Invention of Tradition'." Anthropological Forum 10.2 (2000): 131-55. Bairner, Alan. "Political Unionism and Sporting Nationalism : An Examination of the Relationship between Sport and National Identity within the Ulster Unionist Tradition." Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power 10.4 (2003): 517-35. Baker-Cristales, Beth. "Magical Pursuits: Legitimacy and Representation in a Transnational Political Field." American Anthropologist 110.3 (2008): 349-59. Bass, Jeffrey. "In Exile from the Self: National Belonging and Psychoanalysis in Buenos Aires." Ethos 34.4 (2006): 433-55. Baubérot, J. "Cultural Transfer and National Identity in French Laicity." Diogenes 55.2 (2008): 17. Bauer, Daniel Eric. "The Reinvention of Tradition: An Ethnographic Study of Spondylus Use in Coastal Ecuador." Journal of Anthropological Research 63.1 (2007): 33. Beal, E. Anne. "Real Jordanians Don't Decorate Like That! The Politics of Taste among Amman's Elites." City & Society 12.2 (2000): 65-94. Ben-Ari, Eyal, and Efrat Elron. "Blue Helmets and White Armor Multi-Nationalism and Multi-Culturalism among Un Peacekeeping
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