Dana E. Powell Livres

This book employs a critical and comparative approach to engage students in anthropological thinking. It emphasizes the importance of understanding diverse cultures and perspectives, encouraging readers to analyze social practices and human behavior through an anthropological lens. By integrating theory with practical examples, it fosters critical thinking skills essential for studying human societies, making it a valuable resource for students seeking a deeper understanding of anthropology.

In Landscapes of Power Dana E. Powell takes an historical and ethnographic approach to understanding how a controversial coal power plant slated for development in the Navajo (Dine) Nation was defeated and, in the process of its destruction, generated the conditions for new understandings of indigenous environmentalism to emerge.