Claiming Individuality: The Cultural Politics of Distinction

Investigates why the concept of individuality is important to people, and how it varies in different social settings worldwide

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 Cote 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 Index