James Staples
Biographic Data
| ID | 3640489 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James Staples |
| GIVEN NAMES | James |
| FAMILY NAME | Staples |
| SIGNATURE | STAPLES J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Livelihoods at the Margins
Personhood, Agency and Suicide in a Neo-Liberalizing South India
This chapter discussses the term "suicide attempts" as a general gloss to include comparable acts that might or might not have resulted in actual death, and acts-as was commonly the case-where intentionality was ambiguous. It explores how South Indian notions of personhood-which, leads to particular understandings and experiences of agency-might have an impact on how and whether people kill themselves. The chapter draws many respects from the vil…
Extraordinary Encounters
Extraordinary Encounters
Given the anthropological focus on ethnography as a kind of deep immersion, the interview poses theoretical and methodological challenges for the discipline. This volume explores those challenges and argues that the interview should be seen as a special, productive site of ethnographic encounter, a site of a very particular and important kind of knowing. In a range of social contexts and cultural settings, contributors show how the interview is e…
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Extraordinary Encounters
Extraordinary Encounters
Given the anthropological focus on ethnography as a kind of deep immersion, the interview poses theoretical and methodological challenges for the discipline. This volume explores those challenges and argues that the interview should be seen as a special, productive site of ethnographic encounter, a site of a very particular and important kind of knowing. In a range of social contexts and cultural settings, contributors show how the interview is e…
Livelihoods at the Margins
Personhood, Agency and Suicide in a Neo-Liberalizing South India
This chapter discussses the term "suicide attempts" as a general gloss to include comparable acts that might or might not have resulted in actual death, and acts-as was commonly the case-where intentionality was ambiguous. It explores how South Indian notions of personhood-which, leads to particular understandings and experiences of agency-might have an impact on how and whether people kill themselves. The chapter draws many respects from the vil…
Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Archaeology (1 work) · Asian American and Pacific Histories (1 work) · Business (1 work) · Crime and Detective Fiction Studies (1 work) · Cross-Cultural and Social Analysis (1 work) · Decadence, Literature, and Society (1 work) · Indian History and Philosophy (1 work)