Marycarol Hopkins
Biographic Data
| ID | 3612460 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marycarol Hopkins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marycarol |
| FAMILY NAME | Hopkins |
| SIGNATURE | HOPKINS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northern Kentucky University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Fashioning Africa: Power and the Politics of Dress (review)
Reviewed by: Fashioning Africa: Power and the Politics of Dress Mary Carol Hopkins Allman, Jean , ed. 2004. Fashioning Africa: Power and the Politics of Dress. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 247 pp. $21.95 (paper). Jean Allman's Fashioning Africa: Power and the Politics of Dress is a collection exploring the "ways in which power is represented, constituted, articulated, and contested through dress" in Africa and in the diaspora (p. 1). Fo…
The Cultural Construction of the Self: Cloth, Fashion, and Agency in Africa
Additional informationNotes on contributorsMaryCarol Hopkins MARYCAROL HOPKINS is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at Northern Kentucky University. Major publications include Braving a New World: Cambodian (Khmer) Refugees in an American City (1996) and Negotiating Transnationalism (2001), a collection edited with Nancy Wellmeier and published by the American Anthropological Association's Committee on Refugees and Immigrants. Her present re…
Braving a New World: Cambodian (Khmer) Refugees in an American City
Braving a New World: Cambodian (Khmer) Refugees in an American City
This ethnography, based on a five-year field study, presents a holistic view of a nearly invisible ethnic minority in the urban Midwest, Cambodian refugees. Hopkins begins with a brief look at Cambodian history and the reign which led these farmers to flee their homeland, and then presents an intimate portrait of ordinary family life and also of Buddhist ceremonial life. The book details their struggles to adjust in the face of the many barriers …
Anthropologists, anthropology, fieldwork, and development
Schwimmer, Brian E. and D. Michael Warren, eds. Anthropology and the Peace Corps: Case Studies in Career Preparation. Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press, 1993. xvi + 255 pp. including bibliography and list of contributors. $32.95 cloth. Devereux, Stephen and John Hoddinott, eds. Fieldwork in Developing Countries. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1993. xvi + 229 pp. including references and index. $45.00 cloth, $18.00 paper
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Braving a New World: Cambodian (Khmer) Refugees in an American City
This ethnography, based on a five-year field study, presents a holistic view of a nearly invisible ethnic minority in the urban Midwest, Cambodian refugees. Hopkins begins with a brief look at Cambodian history and the reign which led these farmers to flee their homeland, and then presents an intimate portrait of ordinary family life and also of Buddhist ceremonial life. The book details their struggles to adjust in the face of the many barriers …
Anthropologists, anthropology, fieldwork, and development
Schwimmer, Brian E. and D. Michael Warren, eds. Anthropology and the Peace Corps: Case Studies in Career Preparation. Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press, 1993. xvi + 255 pp. including bibliography and list of contributors. $32.95 cloth. Devereux, Stephen and John Hoddinott, eds. Fieldwork in Developing Countries. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1993. xvi + 229 pp. including references and index. $45.00 cloth, $18.00 paper
NKU Students Win Prizes
Braving a New World: Cambodian (Khmer) Refugees in an American City
The Cultural Construction of the Self: Cloth, Fashion, and Agency in Africa
Additional informationNotes on contributorsMaryCarol Hopkins MARYCAROL HOPKINS is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at Northern Kentucky University. Major publications include Braving a New World: Cambodian (Khmer) Refugees in an American City (1996) and Negotiating Transnationalism (2001), a collection edited with Nancy Wellmeier and published by the American Anthropological Association's Committee on Refugees and Immigrants. Her present re…
Fashioning Africa: Power and the Politics of Dress (review)
Reviewed by: Fashioning Africa: Power and the Politics of Dress Mary Carol Hopkins Allman, Jean , ed. 2004. Fashioning Africa: Power and the Politics of Dress. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 247 pp. $21.95 (paper). Jean Allman's Fashioning Africa: Power and the Politics of Dress is a collection exploring the "ways in which power is represented, constituted, articulated, and contested through dress" in Africa and in the diaspora (p. 1). Fo…
Sociology (6 works) · History (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Cambodian History and Society (2 works) · Criminology (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Fashion and Cultural Textiles (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works)