Tag: anthropology

Hot Dogs and Fallout 76: Review of Making Our Future by Emily Hilliard

Ellie Campbell Under Review:Making Our Future: Visionary Folklore and Everyday Culture in Appalachia. Emily Hilliard. University of North Carolina Press, November 2022.  To do the work of a folklorist is inherently to believe in the future. The work of memory institutions and the people who inhabit them—archivists, librarians, museum workers, and documentarians—is often assumed to … Continue reading Hot Dogs and Fallout 76: Review of Making Our Future by Emily Hilliard

The Twilight of Mainstream Historical Narratives: a review of David Graeber and David Wengrow’s The Dawn Of Everything

The Twilight of Mainstream Historical Narratives: a review of David Graeber and David Wengrow’s The Dawn Of Everything Sébastien Doubinsky Under Review:The Dawn of Everything. David Graeber & David Wengrow. Farrar, Straus and Giraux, October 2021. It is a sad and touching irony that David Graeber’s last book should have “Dawn” in the title. Graeber … Continue reading The Twilight of Mainstream Historical Narratives: a review of David Graeber and David Wengrow’s The Dawn Of Everything

ARB Recommends: From the University of Arizona Press Fall 2020 Catalog

ARB Recommends is a regular column of ARB that covers seasonal catalogs from indie, trade, and academic publishers, highlighting the kinds of books our editors, contributors, and readers want to read. As a publication devoted to radical critical engagement with the world—and devoted to reviewing books and media that do this—it only makes sense for … Continue reading ARB Recommends: From the University of Arizona Press Fall 2020 Catalog

ARB Recommends: From the University of Chicago Press Fall 2020 Catalog

ARB Recommends is a regular column of ARB that covers seasonal catalogs from indie, trade, and academic publishers, highlighting the kinds of books our editors, contributors, and readers want to read. As a publication devoted to radical critical engagement with the world—and devoted to reviewing books and media that do this—it only makes sense for … Continue reading ARB Recommends: From the University of Chicago Press Fall 2020 Catalog