Deprovincializing Trump, decolonizing diversity, and unsettling anthropology

ABSTRACT After Donald Trump's victory in the 2016 US presidential election, there was widespread public and scholarly outcry that particularized this historical moment. But the tendency to exceptionalize Trump obscures how his rise reflects long‐standing political and economic currents, both do...

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Published in:American ethnologist 2017-05, Vol.44 (2), p.201-208
Main Authors: ROSA, JONATHAN, BONILLA, YARIMAR
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anthropology
Colonialism
Decolonization
diversity
Donald Trump
liberalism
Politics
Presidential elections
race
Trump, Donald J
United States
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Summary:ABSTRACT After Donald Trump's victory in the 2016 US presidential election, there was widespread public and scholarly outcry that particularized this historical moment. But the tendency to exceptionalize Trump obscures how his rise reflects long‐standing political and economic currents, both domestically and globally. By contrast, the effort to deprovincialize Trump effectively locates his electoral win within broader historical, political, and economic assemblages of which it is but one part. This entails examining how colonial and racial legacies shaped perceptions of the 2016 election, as well as the role of anthropology in the contemporary political landscape.
ISSN:0094-0496
1548-1425
DOI:10.1111/amet.12468