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Crowds : ethnographic encounters /

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What exactly is a crowd? How do crowds differ from other large gatherings of people? And how do they transform emotions, politics, or faith? In Crowds, contributors draw on their experiences and expertise to reflect on their encounters with crowds. Each chapter examines a particular crowd or concept...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Other Authors: Steffen, Megan (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
Series:Encounters--experience and anthropological knowledge.
Subjects:
Crowds > Case studies.
Foules > Études de cas.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Research.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
Crowds
Anthropology;Social research and statistics;Urban communities
Electronic books.
Case studies
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • FiguresContributorsForeword
  • John Borneman, Series EditorAcknowledgements0. Introduction
  • Megan Steffen, User Experience Researcher, Mountain View, CA, USA1. The Syrian Revolution: Crowds, the Political Field, the Political Subject
  • John Borneman, Princeton University, USA2. The Disappearance of the Crowd and the Rise of Dissent in Thailand
  • Tyrell Haberkorn, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA3. Spectacles of Piety: Prayer and the Politics of Mass Arousal in Democratic Nigeria
  • Ebenezer Obadare, University of Kansas, USA 4. Crowds and Transformations: On the Pious Crowds of the Hajj
  • Abdellah Hammoudi, Princeton University, USA5. "Too Many People": Crowds and Cliques in Contemporary China
  • Megan Steffen, User Experience Researcher, Mountain View, CA, USA6. Regarding Others: Metro Crowds, Metro Publics, Metro Mobs
  • Rashmi Sadana, George Mason University, USA7. Emotional Entrainment in Crowds and Other Social Formations
  • Douglas Hollan, UCLA, USA8. Enduring Crowds: The Ritual Molding of the Anthropos in the Prolonging of Political Protest
  • Bjørn Thomassen, Roskilde University, Denmark9. The Ethics of the Digital: Crowds and Popular Justice in Bangladesh Nusrat
  • Sabina Chowdhury, Amherst College, USA10. Death on the Bund: Crowd Control and the Chinese Dream in Shanghai
  • Scott Moskowitz, Princeton University, USAGuide to Further Reading
  • Megan Steffen, User Experience Researcher, Mountain View, CA, USASelected BibliographyNotes