What does an international anthropology of the US say about the global practice of the discipline?

Abstract

This edited collection contributes to the framing of a global anthropology in the 21^st century as it poses a question and a mystery to readers. The question, whether the US can be “othered”, seems to me to help reflect on the practice of anthropology globally. From the outset, we get the sense that the question is preliminary answered negatively, thus unveiling the mystery—that the US has not been the site of long-term fieldwork nor the object of specialization by anthropologists from abroad.