Paul Clough spent many years studying the economic situation of the Marmara village, in Hausaland, northern Nigeria. His work there began in 1977-1979, then was followed by stints in 1985, 1996, and 1998. In Morality and Economic Growth in Rural West Africa: Indigenous Accumulation in Hausaland, his book based on that fieldwork, the author explores the economic growth and accumulation of this non-capitalistic, polygynous society through boom and bust periods. Following is the author’s reflection on his book, fieldwork, and forged relationships.
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What drew you to the field of African studies? Specifically, what drew you to Hausaland in Nigeria?
All of this happened by accident when I was very young. I wanted to be a volunteer, to work in the field of development. Since the Peace Corps in early 1970 would not send me to Latin America (perhaps because I had no Spanish), I managed through other channels to find a teaching post in northern Nigeria. I arrived at Kano Airport in late 1970, when I was only twenty-two, knowing next to nothing about Africa or Hausaland.
On December 18, the international community recognizes and celebrates the rights of migrants around the world. In 1990 the UN General Assembly approved the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (commonly referred to as the Migrant Worker’s Convention or Migrant Rights Convention). This is the day to express our support and solidarity with all immigrants.
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In honor of this observance, Berghahn Journals presents a special virtual issue dedicated to migration with hope that this will contribute to the overall discussion of the lives of migrants.
This year’s American Anthropological Association conference in Washington, D.C. was quite a success for Berghahn Books.
The conference started Wednesday, December 3, with an awards ceremony, at which our publisher Marion Berghahn earned the AAA Executive Director’s Award.
We are delighted to present a selection of our newly published November titles from our core subjects of History, Media Studies, Medical Anthropology, Sociology and Urban Studies, along with a selection of our New in Paperback titles.
In her newly published book, author Cecília Tomori explores a major challenge for new parents, the nighttime balance of sleep and breastfeeding. Nighttime Breastfeeding: An American Cultural Dilemma, published in October, is the result of her long-term ethnographic study alongside new parents and how they cope with the pressures of parenthood. Following, the author gives insight into this in-depth study which eventually became her book.
As an anthropologist seeking to learn about breastfeeding, I had the privilege of visiting new parents who had just returned home from the hospital after the birth of their first child. During these visits, the joy of becoming parents was visible in the way parents gazed upon one another and held their newborns in their arms. Their joy, however, was often complicated by exhaustion and uncertainty over some fundamental concerns: breastfeeding and sleeping at night.
We are delighted to inform you that we’re at the 113th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association Conference in Washington DC! Please stop by booths 409 & 411 to browse our selection of books for purchase and pick up journals samples.
Please join Berghahn on Friday, December 7th at 4pm in the exhibit hall for a wine reception to be held at our booth to celebrate some of our newly published titles. We’ll also be celebrating the launch of our latest journal initiatives, which include these new blog and multi-media companion sites: Focaal Blog, Museum Worlds Companion, and EnviroSociety (coming soon).
We are also delighted to announce that, on the evening of Wednesday 3rd December, Marion Berghahn received an Executive Director’s Award for Excellence from the AAA to acknowledge Berghahn’s 20th anniversary in publishing. Congratulations, Marion! For pictures from the receiving, see below.
If you are unable to attend the conference, we would like to extend a special discount offer. This month, receive a 25% discount on all Anthropology titles. Visit our website and use discount code AAA14 at checkout.
All of the recipients.
Marion Berghahn during the receiving, along with Mitch Allen of Left Coast Press and the Executive Director, Edward Liebow, of the American Anthropological Association.
Marion Berghahn and Vivian Berghahn sharing a laugh
We’re at the 113th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association Conference in Washington DC! Please stop by booths 409 & 411 to browse our selection of books for purchase and pick up journals samples.
We are also delighted to announce that, on the evening of Wednesday December 3rd, Marion Berghahn (Berghahn publisher) received an Executive Director’s Award for Excellence from the American Anthropological Association to acknowledge Berghahn’s 20th anniversary in publishing.
Congratulations, Marion!
– See more at: http://berghahnbooks.tumblr.com/post/104328582046/marion-berghahn-receives-award-at-aaa2014#sthash.c9kDE5zT.dpuf
We’re at the 113th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association Conference in Washington DC! Please stop by booths 409 & 411 to browse our selection of books for purchase and pick up journals samples.
We are also delighted to announce that, on the evening of Wednesday December 3rd, Marion Berghahn (Berghahn publisher) received an Executive Director’s Award for Excellence from the American Anthropological Association to acknowledge Berghahn’s 20th anniversary in publishing.
Congratulations, Marion!
– See more at: http://berghahnbooks.tumblr.com/post/104328582046/marion-berghahn-receives-award-at-aaa2014#sthash.c9kDE5zT.dpuf
We’re at the 113th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association Conference in Washington DC! Please stop by booths 409 & 411 to browse our selection of books for purchase and pick up journals samples.
We are also delighted to announce that, on the evening of Wednesday December 3rd, Marion Berghahn (Berghahn publisher) received an Executive Director’s Award for Excellence from the American Anthropological Association to acknowledge Berghahn’s 20th anniversary in publishing.
Congratulations, Marion!
– See more at: http://berghahnbooks.tumblr.com/post/104328582046/marion-berghahn-receives-award-at-aaa2014#sthash.c9kDE5zT.dpuf
We’re at the 113th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association Conference in Washington DC! Please stop by booths 409 & 411 to browse our selection of books for purchase and pick up journals samples.
We are also delighted to announce that, on the evening of Wednesday December 3rd, Marion Berghahn (Berghahn publisher) received an Executive Director’s Award for Excellence from the American Anthropological Association to acknowledge Berghahn’s 20th anniversary in publishing.
Congratulations, Marion!
– See more at: http://berghahnbooks.tumblr.com/post/104328582046/marion-berghahn-receives-award-at-aaa2014#sthash.c9kDE5zT.dpuf
On this day in 1947, first-ever performance of Tennessee Williams’ play A Streetcar Named Desire thrilled the audience during it’s opening on the Broadway stage of Ethel Barrymore Theatre.
Produced by Irene Mayer Selznick and directed by Elia Kazan, the play shocked mid-century audiences with its frank depiction of sexuality and brutality onstage. When the curtain went down on opening night, there was a moment of stunned silence before the crowd erupted into a round of applause that lasted 30 minutes. On December 17, the cast left New York to go on the road. The show would run for more than 800 performances, winning numerous prizes and in 1951 was made into a movie.
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In relevance to the event Berghahn is delighted to offer an array of titles on Performance Studies:
PERFORMING PLACE, PRACTISING MEMORIES
Aboriginal Australians, Hippies and the State
Rosita HenryDuring the 1970s a wave of ‘counter-culture’ people moved into rural communities in many parts of Australia. This study focuses in particular on the town of Kuranda in North Queensland and the relationship between the settlers and the local Aboriginal population, concentrating on a number of linked social dramas that portrayed the use of both public and private space. Through their public performances and in their everyday spatial encounters, these people resisted the bureaucratic state but, in the process, they also contributed to the cultivation and propagation of state effects.
We are delighted to present a selection of our newly published October titles from our core subjects of Anthropology, Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, History, Medical Anthropology, and Socio-Legal Studies along with a selection of our New in Paperback titles.
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ANTHROPOLOGY NOW AND NEXT
Essays in Honor of Ulf Hannerz
Edited by Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Christina Garsten and Shalini Randeria
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Paul Clough spent many years studying the economic situation of the Marmara village, in Hausaland, northern Nigeria. His work there began in 1977-1979, then was followed by stints in 1985, 1996, and 1998. In Morality and Economic Growth in Rural West Africa: Indigenous Accumulation in Hausaland, his book based on that fieldwork, the author explores the economic growth and accumulation of this non-capitalistic, polygynous society through boom and bust periods. Following is the author’s reflection on his book, fieldwork, and forged relationships.
