Anthropology is unique among the social sciences in its emphasis on "the field" and fieIdwork, the long-term immersion in another way of life as the basis of knowledge. This book inaugurates a long-overdue discussion of the social, cultural, political, and epistemological implications of the field and of field-work as a distinctive methodology. The contributors to this volume redefine the meaning of an anthropological commitment to "the field" in an era when more and more anthropologists are confronting issues that resist geographic localization and that cannot clearly be approached by immersion in a community. The book points to the limits and exclusions that dominant notions of field and field work imply and shows how these notions shape both the bounds of the discipline and the professional identity of its practitioners. "Anthropological Locations" argues for anthropology that is less an evocation of the local and more an exploration of location. In constructively addressing these...