Claiming Individuality: The Cultural Politics of Distinction

Vered Amit is Professor of Anthropology at Concordia University in Montreal. Together with Nigel Rapport, she is the author of The Trouble with Community: Anthropological Reflections on Movement, Identity and Collectivity (Pluto, 2002) and editor of Claiming Individuality (2006). Noel Dyck is Professor of Social Anthropology at Simon Fraser University, Canada. He is the author or editor of seven previous books.

Acknowledgements
1 On Claiming Individuality: An Introduction to the Issues
Vered Amit (Concordia University in Montreal) and Noel Dyck (Simon Fraser University in British Columbia)
2 In the Aftermath of Death: Presenting Self, Individuality and Family In An Iyangar Family in Chennai, 1994 - Mattison Mines (University of California, Santa Barbara)
3 Growing up in the Caribbean: Individuality in the Making - Karen Fog Olwig (University of Copenhagen)
4 Distinction and Co-Construction: Diaspora Asian Fashion Entrepreneurs in London - Parminder Bhachu (Clark University in Massachusetts)
5 Claiming Individuality through ‘Flexibility’: Career Choices and Constraints among Traveling Consultants - Vered Amit
6 A Personalized Journey: Tourism and Individuality - Julia Harrison (Trent University)
7 Becoming Educated, Becoming an Individual? Tropes of Distinction and "Modesty" in French Narratives of Rurality - Deborah Reed-Danahay (University of Texas at Arlington)
8 An Anatomy of Humour: The Charismatic Repartee of Trevor Jeffries in the Mitre Pub - Nigel Rapport (Concordia University, Montreal)
9 Proclaiming Individual Piety: Pilgrims and Religious Renewal in Côte d’Ivoire - Marie Nathalie LeBlanc (Concordia University)
10 Claiming to be Croat: The Risks of Return to the Homeland - Daphne Winland (York University)
Notes on Contributors
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