MGSA Survey of University Faculty and Administrators
Prof. Yiorgos Anagnostou
Assistant Professor
Ohio
State University
Department of Greek and Latin
I. Degrees
Ph.D. 1999 Ohio
State University
(Anthropology, Modern Greek Studies, Comparative Studies)
II. Areas of Specialization
Greek-American Culture and Society
Greek Diaspora
Anthropology of Greece
III. Courses Taught in Modern Greek Studies
Modern Greek Language
Contemporary Greek Culture
Issues in Greek-American Society
IV. Principal Publications (Greek words are given in transliteration)
Books
The Contours of "White
Ethnicity": Popular Ethnography and the Making of Usable Pasts in Greek America (Forthcoming, Ohio University
Press)
Selective List of Articles
"A Critique of Symbolic Ethnicity: The Ideology of Choice?" Ethnicities (Forthcoming)
"The Politics of Metaethnography in the Age of
'Popular Folklore.'" Journal of American Folklore
Vol.119 (474):381-412.
"Through the Lenses of Rage: Refracting Success in Greek America."
Modern Greek Studies, Australia,
New Zealand.
Vol. 13 (2005): 132-145.
"Forget the Past, Remember the Ancestors! Modernity,
'Whiteness,' American Hellenism, and the Politics of Memory in Early Greek America."
Journal of Modern Greek Studies Vol. 21.1 (2004): 25-71.
"'That Imagination Called Hellenism:' Connecting Greek Worlds, Past and
Present, in Greek America."
The Classical Bulletin. 80.2 (2004): 247-281.
"Private Heirlooms, Public Memories: Tradition and Greek America as Translation." Gramma: A Journal of Theory and Criticism. Vol.
12 (2004): 109-125.
"Model Americans, Quintessential Greeks: Ethnic Success and Assimilation
in Diaspora." Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies. Vol.
12.3 (2003):279-327.
"'Whiteness Studies' in the United States: Theory and
Politics." O Politis. Issue 72:33-38.
2000 [In Greek].
V. Office Address
414 University Hall
230 North Oval
Dept. of Greek and Latin
Ohio
State University
Columbus,
OH 43210
Office Telephone (F)=Fax
(614) 292-7843
(614) 292-7835 (F)
Electronic Address
[email protected]
VI. Home Address
2999 Neil
Avenue, Apt. #53B
Columbus,
OH 43202
Home Telephone (F)=Fax
(614) 487-8449
VII. Comments and Additional Information
(no information submitted)
Information revised February 3, 2007
Web Page revised February 3, 2007
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