William Washabaugh

Dr.
William Washabaugh
Born January 14, 1945
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Education Doctorate, Wayne State University, 1974
Occupation Anthropology professor
Years active 1975-present
Employer University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Known for Linguistic anthropology, popular culture studies
Home town Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Title Professor of Cultural Anthropology
Website
pantherfile.uwm.edu/wash/www/

William Washabaugh (born January 14, 1945) is Professor of cultural anthropology at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee where he has pursued studies of language and popular culture since 1974. You can see more about his academic work at his university Website. His publications are listed on his Curriculum Vitae.

Research interests

Linguistic anthropology, popular culture studies

Courses taught

Anthro 012: Origin and Evolution of Language

Anthro 013: Sign Languages and the Deaf

Anthro 014: Foundations of Flamenco Music

Anthro 104: World Ethnography

Anthro 150: Multicultural America

Anthro 193: Freshman Seminar: Museums: Gateways to Modern Life

Anthro 302: Anthropology and Popular Culture

Anthro 328: Music, Gender, and Nationalism

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Education

B.A., 1966, St. Bernard's Seminary, Rochester, NY

M.A., 1970, U. of Connecticut Storrs, CT

Ph.D., 1974, Wayne State U., Detroit, MI

Thesis and Dissertation: Puerto Rican Immigrants in Willimantic, CT (M.A.), Variability in Decreolization on Providence Island, Colombia (Ph.D.)

Publications

Books Authored & Published

1986. Five Fingers for Survival: Deaf Sign Language in the Caribbean Ann Arbor: Karoma Press, 205 pp.[2]

1988. Speak into the Mirror: A Story of Linguistic Anthropology Lanham MD: University Press of America.

1996. Flamenco: Passion, Politics and Popular Culture Oxford: Berg Publishers.[3]

In Translation:

(Pasión, política y cultural popular, Prólogo de Enrique Folch González, Traducción de Verónica Canales y Enrique Folch González, 2005, Ediciones Paidós Ibérica, Barcelona,[4] )

(Flamenko, Tutku, Politika ve Popüler Kültür, Sanat v Kuram, Ayriniti Yayinlari, 2006, .[5])

2000. Deep Trout: Angling in Popular Culture Oxford: Berg Publishers.[6]

2012. Flamenco Music and National Identity in Spain, Williston, VT: Ashgate.[7]

Books on the Web

2004 Waltzing Porcupines.

2005 A Life of Response.

Books Edited

1983. The Social Context of Creolization (edited by Ellen Woolford and Washabaugh) Karoma Press: Ann Arbor.[8]

1998. The Passion of Music and Dance: Gender, Sexuality, and the Body Oxford: Berg Publishers.[9]

Articles

1974. "Saussure, Durkheim, and Sociolinguistic Theory."Archivum Linguisticum, Vol. 5, pp. 25-34.[10]

1975. "On the Development of Complementizers in Creolization." Working Papers on Language Universals, Vol. 17, pp. 109–140.[11]

1976. "The History of Linguistics and the Theoretical Status of Inherent Variability." Proceedings of the 1975 Mid-America Linguistics Conference, pp. 515–554.

1977. "Decreolization and Second Language Acquisition." Current Themes in Linguistics, ed. Fred Eckman, Hemisphere Press, pp. 7l-97.

1977. "Constraining Variation in Decreolization." Language, Vol. 53(2), pp. 329–353.[12]

1977. "The Iconic and the Analog in SIGN." Aspects of Non-Verbal Communication, ed. W. von Raffler-Engel & B. Hoffer, Trinity University Press, pp. 75–120.

1977. "Horizontal Variation in Decreolization." Proceedings of the 1976 Mid-America Linguistics Conference. Minneapolis, pp. 415–428.[13]

1978. "Providence Island Sign Language: A Context-Dependent Language." (Washabaugh, Woodward and DeSantis) Anthropological Linguistics, Vol. 20(3), pp. 95–109.

1978. "Aspects of the Syntax of Providence Island Sign Language." Proceedings of the 1977 Mid-America Linguistics Conference. Columbia, Mo., p. 129-138

1978. "Complexities in Creole Continua." Lingua, Vol. 46, pp. 245–261.

1979. "Linguistic Anti-Structure." Journal of Anthropological Research, Vol. 35(1), pp. 30–46.

1979. "Hearing and Deaf Signers on Providence Island." Sign Language Studies, Vol. 24, pp. 191–214.

1979. "On the Sociality of Creole Languages." The Genesis of Language, ed. Kenneth Hill. Karoma Press, pp. 125–139. (Reprinted in Dialects and Language Variation, ed. by Harold B. Allen and William D. Linn, Academic Press.)

1980. "The Manu-Facturing of a Language." Semiotica, Vol. 29 (1/2), pp. 1–37. (Reprinted in Sign Language Studies, Vol. 29, pp. 291–330).

1980. "The Organization and Use of Providence Island Sign Language." Sign Language Studies, Vol 26, pp. 65–92.

1980. "The Role of Speech in the Construction of Reality." Semiotica, Vol. 31 (3/4), pp. 197–214.

1980. "Brainstorming Creole Languages." Theoretical Orientations in Creole Language Studies, ed. Albert Valdman. Academic Press, pp. 129–138.

1980. "Complexities in the Organization of Sign Languages." Semiotica, Vol 32(1/2), pp. 155–173.

1981. "Pursuing Creole Roots." Generative Studies in Creole Languages, ed. Pieter Muysken. Dordrecht, Holland: Foris Publishers, pp. 85–102.

1981. "From Preposition to Complementizer in Caribbean English Creole." English World-Wide, ed. Richard Day. Verlag: Heildberg, pp. 97–109.[14]

1981. "Sign Language in its Social Context." Annual Review of Anthropology. Vol 10, pp. 237–252.[15]

1981. "The Deaf of Grand Cayman, B.W.I." Sign Language Studies, Vol. 31, pp. 117–134.[16]

1981. "Portuguese Expansion and the Development of the Atlantic Creole Languages." (Washabaugh and Greenfield) Luso-Brazilian Review, Vol. 18(2), pp. 225–238. (Reprinted in The Social Context of Creolization, ed. Woolford & Washabaugh).[17]

1982. "The Performance of the Material Word." Reviews in Anthropology, Spring, pp. 117–126.

1983. "Creoles of the Off-Shore Islands: Providencia, San Andres and the Caymans. Central American English, ed. by John Holm & A. Herzfeld. Verlag, pp. 157-179.

1983. "The Acculturation Model and the Problem of Variation in Second Language Acquisition." (Eckman and Washabaugh) Pidginization, Creolization and Second LanguageAcquisition, ed. Roger Andersen. Newbury House, pp. 275–290.

1985. "Language and Self Consciousness among the Deaf of Providence Island." Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Sign Language Research, Linstok Press, pp. 324–333.

1986. "The Acquisition of Communicative Skills by the Deaf of Providence Island." Semiotica 62(1/2): 179-190.

1987. "A Response to Nylander's 'Irrealis in Pidgin and Creole Languages'." Studies in Language 11 (2): 443-5.

1989 "A Reflexive Perspective in Linguistic Anthropology." For a Semiotics of Emotion, ed. W. Koch. Verlag.

1994. "Flamenco Body." Popular Music 13(1): 75-90.

1995. "Ironies in the History of Flamenco." Theory, Culture & Society. 12(1): 133-156.

1995. "Two Angles on Flamenco" Popular Music vol. 14(3): 365-71.

1995. "The Politics of Passion" Journal of Musicological Research, 15: 85-112.

1997. "Flamenco and Documentary" Ethnomusicology, vo. 41(1): 51-67.

1998. "La invención del "Cante Gitano" in Flamenco y Nacionalismo, ed. by Gerhard Steingress and Enrique Baltanas. Sevilla: Fundacion Machado, pp. 59–70.

1998. "Flamenco de ida y vuelta y el nuevo orden mundial" in Flamenco y Nacionalismo, ed. by Gerhard Steingress and Enrique Baltanas. Sevilla: Fundacion Machado, pp. 239–45.

2003. "Screening the Classroom" New Technologies at Work, ed. Helena Wulff and Christina Garstean. Berg: Oxford, pp 205–22.

2003. "Learning Objects in a Constructivist Curriculum," Teaching with Technology Today, Vol. 9, No. 6.[18]

2007. "Philosophical Bases for Visual Multiculturalism at the College Level," Visual Literacy, edited by James Elkins. NY: Routledge, pp. 129–44.[19]

2010. "Flamenco Leaning Forward," Flamenco Project, ed. by Steve Kahn. Sevilla: Cajasol.

Reviews

1974. "Crab Antics by Peter J. Wilson." AmericanAnthropologist, Vol. 76(3), pp. 627–8.

1974. "Oscar: An Inquiry into the Nature of Sanity by Peter J. Wilson." Caribbean Studies, Vol. 14 (3), pp. 176–8.

1976. "Pidgins and Creoles by Loreto Todd." Journal of Linguistics, Vol. 12, pp. 174–7.

1976. "Cours de linguistique generale, edition critique, appendice par R. Engler." Historiographica Linguistica, Vol. 3(1), pp. 117–120.

1979. "Languages of the West Indies, by Douglas Taylor." American Anthropologist, Vol. 81(1), p. 136.

1979. "Sign Language of the Deaf edited by L. Namir and I.M. Schlesinger." Journal of Linguistics, Vol. 15(1), pp. 154–7.

1980. "Sign Language and Language Acquisition in Man and Ape edited by Fred C.C. Peng." Language, Vol.56 (3), pp. 685–7.

1982. "The Pidgin and Creole Languages, by Hugo Schuchardt, translated by Glenn Gilbert." Language Problems and Language Planning, Vol. 7 (3), p. 348.

1983. "Dialogues on the Psychology of Language and Thought, ed. Robert W. Rieber." General Linguistics, 24(3): 201-04.

1985. "The Man-of-Words in the West Indies, by Roger Abrahams." American Anthropologist 87(2): 448.

1986. "Papers of the Third and Fourth Meetings of the American Gypsy Lore Society." American Anthropologist 88(4): 989-990.

1988. "The Pariah Syndrome, by Ian Hancock." American Anthropologist 90 (4).

1989 "Pidgin and Creole Linguistics" edited by Glenn Gilbert." Language 65 (1).

1989. "Pidgins and Creoles, Vol. I by John Holm." American Anthropologist 91 (2).

1988. "The Politics of Language 1791–1819 by Olivia Smith." Multilingua 8 (1)

1994. "Language, Wittgenstein, Saussure by Roy Harris Multilingua. 13 (1/2): 225-227.

1991 "Emics and Etics edited by Headlund Pike and Harris." Journal of Asian Studies.50 (3)

1992. "Tense-Mood-Aspects Systems of Creole Languages by John Singler." Journal of Linguistic Anthropology

1991. "Language and Species by Derek Bickerton". Pacific Discovery 44(4).

1992. "A Discourse Centered Approach to Language by Greg Urban." Multilingua 14(1): 100-102.

1994. "Competing Discourse by David Lee." Multilingua. 13 (3): 320-321.

1997.23. Focus and Case in Creole Grammar. Multilingua 16 (1): 423-6.

1997. Modernism and Popular Culture in Egypt. American Anthropologist, 99 (3):621.

1998. Language Shock by William Agar. Multilingua 17 (1): 115-116.

1999. Focus and Case in Creole Grammar, by John Singler. Multilingua 18.

2000. Contesting Art: Art, Politics & Identity in the Modern World, by J. MacClancy, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, vol. 6 (2): 346-7.

2001. Gesture in Naples by A. deJorio, translated and edited by A. Kendon, Language in Society 30(4): 652-5

2001. Music, Race, and Nation, by P. Wade, J. of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 7(4): 620-1.

2005. The Cantaoras: Music, Gender and Identity in Flamenco Song, by Loren Chuse, Ethnomusicology Forum, 14(2):244-6.

2009. Flamenco Postmoderno, by Gerhard Steingress. Journal of Popular Music and Society 29 (3): 281 - 283.

2010, Brazilian Popular Music: Caetano Veloso and the Regeneration of Tradition by Lorraine Leu, Journal of Popular Music and Society, 33 (1):126 - 127.

Popular essays

1996. "Flamenco Videos Yesterday and Today: Reading Carmen," The Journal of Flamenco Artistry 3(1): 11-14.

1997. "Early Documentaries," The Journal of Flamenco Artistry 3(2).

1997. "Returning to Latin," The Journal of Flamenco Artistry

1998. "Maria de la O." The Journal of Flamenco Artistry 3(5): 14-17.

2013. "Flamenco Protests, Now and Then" De Flamenco.com, April 13.[20]

References

  1. ↑ "UW-Milwaukee: Anthropology - William Washabaugh". www4.uwm.edu. Retrieved 2014-09-13.
  2. ↑ "JSTOR: Language, Vol. 64, No. 3 (Sep., 1988), pp. 616-623". jstor.org. Retrieved 2014-09-13.
  3. ↑ "Flamenco : passion, politics and popular culture (Book, 1996) [WorldCat.org]". worldcat.org. Retrieved 2014-09-13.
  4. ↑ "FLAMENCO, Pasión, política y cultura popular - William Washabaugh. Flamenco". deflamenco.com. Retrieved 2014-09-13.
  5. ↑ "Pankitap | Flamenko – Tutku, Politika ve Popüler Kültür". pankitap.com. Retrieved 2014-09-13.
  6. ↑ "Deep Trout : Angling in Popular Culture. (Book, 2000) [WorldCat.org]". worldcat.org. Retrieved 2014-09-13.
  7. ↑ Washabaugh, P.W. (2013). Flamenco Music and National Identity in Spain. Ashgate Publishing, Limited. ISBN 9781409495260.
  8. ↑ "Review of: The social context of creolization, Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh, editors | SIL International". sil.org. Retrieved 2014-09-13.
  9. ↑ "JSTOR: An Error Occurred Setting Your User Cookie". jstor.org. Retrieved 2014-09-13.
  10. ↑ Archivum Linguisticum (v. 5-7). Mansell. 1974. ISSN 0004-0703.
  11. ↑ Svorou, S. (1994). The Grammar of Space. J. Benjamins. ISBN 9789027229113.
  12. ↑ "Language Variation in Caribbean Creole/Non-Lexifier Contact ... - PDF". pdfcast.org. Retrieved 2014-09-13.
  13. ↑ Holm, P.J. (1982). Central American English. John Benjamins Publishing Company. ISBN 9781588116734.
  14. ↑ Winford, D. (1993). Predication in Caribbean English Creoles. J. Benjamins Publishing Company. ISBN 9789027252319.
  15. ↑ "An Error Occurred Setting Your User Cookie". annualreviews.org. Retrieved 2014-09-13.
  16. ↑ Lane, H.; Pillard, R.C.; Hedberg, U. (2010). The People of the Eye: Deaf Ethnicity and Ancestry. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 9780199781089.
  17. ↑ Blackburn, R. (1998). The Making of New World Slavery: From the Baroque to the Modern, 1492-1800. Verso. ISBN 9781859841952.
  18. ↑ Teaching with Technology Today. "Teaching with Technology Today, Volume 9, Number 6". uwsa.edu. Retrieved 2014-09-13.
  19. ↑ Routledge. "Visual Literacy (Paperback) - Routledge". routledge.com. Retrieved 2014-09-13.
  20. ↑ "Flamenco Protests, Now and Then - más flamenco". deflamenco.com. Retrieved 2014-09-13.

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