American Ethnologist Vol. 34, No. 4 (November, 2007) has been released. AES members should have received a copy in the mail.

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In this issue...

Crossings
(Un)Employment and its Compromises
Religious Work and Ethical Labor
Visions and Critiques
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I visualize multiple “crossings” when I reflect on the articles in this issue of American Ethnologist and on the groupings I have created (“Crossings—Artistic, Aural, Digital,” “(Un)Employment and Its Compromises,” “Religious Work and Ethical Labor,” “Visions and Critiques”). As usual, I have resisted pairing articles by geographic region or even going for the most obvious pairings. Less immediate connections between articles invite readers to cross into less familiar territory and experience the surprises. In this issue, for example, I chose not to pair Sally Price’s and Kamari Maxine Clarke’s articles, although both analyze particular cultural processes taking place in the African diaspora in the Americas. Likewise, I resisted pairing Jennifer Johnson-Hanks’s article with Daniel Mains’s article, although both examine fascinating socioeconomic decisions made by many young urbanites in  read more »