Claiming Individuality

Vered Amit is Professor of Anthropology at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. Her recent publications include, as co-author with Nigel Rapport, Community, Cosmopolitanism and the Problem of Human Commonality (Pluto, 2012), and as editor Thinking through Sociality: An Anthropological Interrogation of Key Concepts (2015).Noel Dyck is Professor of Social Anthropology at Simon Fraser University, Canada. He is the co-editor of Claiming Individuality: The Cultural Politics of Distinction (Pluto, 2006).

• Acknowledgements1. On Claiming Individuality: An Introduction to the IssuesVered 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 Amit6. 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 Côte 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 ContributorsIndex