Tamar Gordon

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Tamar Gordon is an associate professor of anthropology in the Language, Literature, and Communications Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

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[edit] Educational background

Gordon received her Ph.D from the University of California at Berkeley.

[edit] Interests

The majority of Gordon's work is focused on the cultural analysis of contemporary religions and their intersections with local and global modernities. She also studies Polynesian and American societies. Her other interests entail:

  • Cultural anthropology
  • Religion and globalization
  • Evangelical media
  • Ethnographic methods
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Themed environments

[edit] Published works

  • 2001 - Gordon, Tamar. Mormons and Modernity in Tonga: The Politics of Religion, Identity and Tradition. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.

[edit] Other contributions

Gordon was also a director of a documentary film entitled, Global Villages: The Globalization of Ethnic Display.

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