Joann D''Alisera
Biographic Data
| ID | 169943 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joann D''Alisera |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joann |
| FAMILY NAME | D''Alisera |
| SIGNATURE | ALISERA J D |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Articulating displacement
In this paper, I examine the spatial and emotional poetics of dress practices deployed by Sierra Leonean Muslim women living in the Washington, DC metropolitan area as they navigate the complexity of life lived in the diaspora. Focusing on the way women utilize sartorial expression to reject or accept imposed moral regimes, I show how dress practices are part of a repertoire of tactics used to challenge displacement, express belonging, and enact …
Icons of Longing
Between Mecca and Beijing
Between Mecca and Beijing: Modernization and Consumption among Urban Chinese Muslims. Maris Boyd Gillette. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2000. xii. 279 pp., illustrations, map, notes, bibliography, index.Muslims in the Diaspora: The Somali Communities of London and Toronto. Rimas Berns McGown. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999. 302 pp., notes, bibliography, index
Field of Dreams
The extent to which personal narrative is seen as a valid component of ethnography has been debated by generations of anthropologists. Critics contend that self-reflection trivializes the text, while supporters assert that self-reflection mediates contradictions between personal and scientific authority inherent in the discipline. Through such self-reflection and description, this essay challenges the basic fieldwork narrative in which notions of…
Permanent Pilgrims
Permanent Pilgrims: The Role of Pilgrimage In the Lives of West African Muslims In Sudan. C. Bawa Yamba. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995. xiv. 237 pp., illustrations, appendixes, glossary, notes, references, index
Field of Dreams
The extent to which personal narrative is seen as a valid component of ethnography has been debated by generations of anthropologists. Critics contend that self-reflection trivializes the text, while supporters assert that self-reflection mediates contradictions between personal and scientific authority inherent in the discipline. Through such self-reflection and description, this essay challenges the basic fieldwork narrative in which notions of…
Icons of Longing
Articulating displacement
In this paper, I examine the spatial and emotional poetics of dress practices deployed by Sierra Leonean Muslim women living in the Washington, DC metropolitan area as they navigate the complexity of life lived in the diaspora. Focusing on the way women utilize sartorial expression to reject or accept imposed moral regimes, I show how dress practices are part of a repertoire of tactics used to challenge displacement, express belonging, and enact …
Permanent Pilgrims
Permanent Pilgrims: The Role of Pilgrimage In the Lives of West African Muslims In Sudan. C. Bawa Yamba. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995. xiv. 237 pp., illustrations, appendixes, glossary, notes, references, index
Permanent Pilgrims
Permanent Pilgrims: The Role of Pilgrimage In the Lives of West African Muslims In Sudan. C. Bawa Yamba. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995. xiv. 237 pp., illustrations, appendixes, glossary, notes, references, index
Field of Dreams
The extent to which personal narrative is seen as a valid component of ethnography has been debated by generations of anthropologists. Critics contend that self-reflection trivializes the text, while supporters assert that self-reflection mediates contradictions between personal and scientific authority inherent in the discipline. Through such self-reflection and description, this essay challenges the basic fieldwork narrative in which notions of…
Icons of Longing
Between Mecca and Beijing
Between Mecca and Beijing: Modernization and Consumption among Urban Chinese Muslims. Maris Boyd Gillette. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2000. xii. 279 pp., illustrations, map, notes, bibliography, index.Muslims in the Diaspora: The Somali Communities of London and Toronto. Rimas Berns McGown. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999. 302 pp., notes, bibliography, index
Articulating displacement
In this paper, I examine the spatial and emotional poetics of dress practices deployed by Sierra Leonean Muslim women living in the Washington, DC metropolitan area as they navigate the complexity of life lived in the diaspora. Focusing on the way women utilize sartorial expression to reject or accept imposed moral regimes, I show how dress practices are part of a repertoire of tactics used to challenge displacement, express belonging, and enact …
History (3 works) · History (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Diaspora (2 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (2 works) · Ethnography (2 works)