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This authoritative account of Thakali society remains an extremely welcome addition to... the wider body of anthropological research into the political implications of the social construction of cultural identity. -- Michael Wilmore, University of Adelaide, Australia, Ethnos Fluid Boundaries offers a sophisticated and intellectual evaluation... The book is an essential addition. -- Mark Turin, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute His final arguments are well made. He moves questions of ethnic identity on from quests for coherence and authenticity by actors and scholars to a matter of when and where ethnicity becomes an issue. -- Ben Campbell, Social Anthropology

This authoritative account of Thakali society remains an extremely welcome addition to... the wider body of anthropological research into the political implications of the social construction of cultural identity. -- Michael Wilmore, University of Adelaide, Australia Ethnos Fluid Boundaries offers a sophisticated and intellectual evaluation... The book is an essential addition. -- Mark Turin Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute His final arguments are well made. He moves questions of ethnic identity on from quests for coherence and authenticity by actors and scholars to a matter of when and where ethnicity becomes an issue. -- Ben Campbell Social Anthropology

This authoritative account of Thakali society remains an extremely welcome addition to... the wider body of anthropological research into the political implications of the social construction of cultural identity. -- Michael Wilmore, University of Adelaide, Australia * Ethnos * Fluid Boundaries offers a sophisticated and intellectual evaluation... The book is an essential addition. -- Mark Turin * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute * His final arguments are well made. He moves questions of ethnic identity on from quests for coherence and authenticity by actors and scholars to a matter of when and where ethnicity becomes an issue. -- Ben Campbell * Social Anthropology *

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William F. Fisher is associate professor of anthropology at Harvard University.

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