Friction

An Ethnography of Global Connection

Paperback, 376 pages

English language

Published Nov. 8, 2004 by Princeton University Press.

ISBN:
978-0-691-12065-2
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A look at globalization from the local that is South Kalimantan. Overall a discussion of how globalization can be understand as a process of friction (hence the title) between local, state, intra-state, and international forces over matters such as frontier creation, ways of seeing nature, resistance, migration, culture.

Basically Tsing takes a whole boatload of stuff and admirably tries to make sense of it as it is occurring in this one area impacted by timber and mineral extraction.

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Subjects

  • Anthropology
  • Globalization
  • Sociology
  • International economic relations
  • Social Science
  • Politics / Current Events
  • Public Policy - Environmental Policy
  • International relations
  • Anthropology - General
  • Asian and Asian American Studies
  • Postcolonial Studies
  • Social Science / Anthropology / General
  • General
  • Ethnology
  • Intercultural communication
  • International economic relatio