Cultural Anthropology
Magic and Religion
Qualitative Methods
Oral History
History and Theory of Applied Anthropology
Rethinking Anthropology
Topical:
Mental disabilities
Public policy
Organized religion in secular society
Ethnic identity in pluralistic societyTheoretical:
Symbolic interactionism
Psychological anthropologyMethodological:
Ethnography
Oral history
Life historyGeographic:
United States
Caribbean (British and Dutch)
Overseas Indians
Medical and applied anthropology, mental health, Caribbean, contemporary United States.
The Culture of the Sacred: Explorations in the Anthropology of Religion, 2004.
Doing Cultural Anthropology: Projects for Ethnographic Data Collection, 2002.
"Civil Religion Redux," Anthropological Quarterly, 2002.
Talking about Cultural Diversity in Your Church: Gifts and Challenges, 2001.
"Catholic Social Policy and U.S. Health Care Reform: A Relationship Revisited," Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 2001.
"Rethinking Observation: From Method to Context," in N. Denzin and Y. Lincoln, eds., Handbook of Qualitative Research, 2nd ed., 2000.
"The Culture Concept and Applied Anthropology," in C. Hill and M. Baba, eds., The Unity of Theory and Practice in Anthropology: Rebuilding a Fractured Synthesis, 2000.
"Babaji," Green Mountains Review, 2000.
Opportunity House: Ethnographic Stories of Mental Retardation, 1998.
"Mental Disability in the United States: An Interactionist Perspective," in R. Jenkins, ed., Questions of Competence: Culture, Classification and Intellectual Disability, 1998.
"The New Applied Anthropology Twenty Years Later," in J. Wallace, ed., Practicing Anthropology in the South, 1997.
"The Ethnography of Mental Retardation: An Applied Perspective," Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 1997.
"The Indo-Caribbeans: Evolution of a Group Identity," Revista/Review Interamericana, 1996.
"The Catholic Church and U.S. Health Care Reform," Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 1996.
"Metaphors of Ethnic Identity: Projective Life History Narratives of Trinidadians of Indian Descent," Journal of Narrative and Life History, 1995.
"Eutaw Jack, the Man Born Blind," in B. grindal and F. Salamone, eds., Bridges to Humanity: Narratives on Anthropology and Friendship, 1995.
"American Hinduism in the South," in O. White and D. White, eds., Religion in the Contemporary South: Diversity, Community, and Identity, 1995.
"On the Bus with Vonnie Lee: Explorations in Life History and Metaphor," Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 1994.
"The Culture Concept and the Mission of the Roman Catholic Church," American Anthropologist, 1994.
"Symbolic Leadership and Interactive Analysis in the Caribbean," Biography, 1992.
"Metaphors of Stigma: How Deinstitutionalized Mentally Retarded Adults See Themselves," Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 1992.
"Benjy's Tale: Faulkner and the Sociolinguistics of Mental Retardation," RE: Arts and Letters, 1992.
"Conversations in a Monastery," Oral History Review, 1991.
Documents of Interaction: Biography, Autobiography, and Life History in Social Science Perspective. Gainesville: University of Florida Presses, 1989.
"Identity and Escape in Caribbean Literature," in P. Dennis and W. Aycock, eds., Literature and Anthropology, 1989.
"The Psychomedical Case Study of an East Indian Trinidad Alcoholic," Ethos, 1989.
A Health Practitioner's Guide to the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Dover, Mass.: Auburn House, 1987.
"Religion among Overseas Indians," in G.R. Gupta, ed., Main Currents in Indian Sociology, 1983.
"Personal Narratives and Cultural Complexity: An Oral Anthroplogy of Aruba, Netherlands Antilles," Oral History Review, 1982.
Do Applied Anthropologists Apply Anthropology? 1976.
Outside is Death: Alcoholism, Ideology, and Community Organization among the East Indians of Trinidad, 1974.
"Alternate States of Consciousness," in F. Salamone, ed., Encyclopedia of Religious Ritual
"Applied Anthropology," in M. Richard and W. Emener, eds., A Guide to Human Service
The Culture of the Sacred: A Workbook in the Anthropology of Religion
"Disclosure and Interaction in a Monastery," in L. Hume and J. Mulcock, eds., Awkward Spaces, Productive Places: Reflections on Fieldwork
"L'Arche: Defining and Sustaining Christian Counterculturalism in Modern Society," Review of Religious Research
"Non-Participant Observation," "Observational Research," and "Observer Bias," in A. Bryman, M. Lewis-Beck, and T. Liao, eds., Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods
"Participant Observation and Research on Intellectual Disabilities," in E. Emerson, et. al., eds., International Handbook of Applied Research in Intellectual Disability
"Rum and Ganja: Indenture, Drug Foods, Labor Motivation, and the Evolution of the Modern Sugar Industry in Trinidad," in D. Bradburd and W. Jankowiak, eds., Stimulating Trade
Organizing and delivering workshops on faith-based social policy initiatives for religious groups
Organizing and delivering training programs on cultural diversity issues for people working in church ministry
Editor, Human Organization (1989-95 and continuing as consulting editor)
General Editor, book series on anthropology in the South for the University of Georgia Press (1996-present)
Member, Executive Committe, Southern Anthropological Society
Monograph Editor, Society for Applied Anthropology
Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research (in support of oral history research on southern anthropologists)
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