Table of contents : Contents Preface Introduction I. Framing the Project Chapter 1. Reworking Knowledge Conventions Chapter 2. African Laughter Chapter 3. Rethinking the Political Chapter 4. Globalizing Life-Worlds, Consuming Capitalism II. Situating Dissent Chapter 5. The Darker Side of Modernity Chapter 6. Doing Development Differently Chapter 7. African Grief Chapter 8. Transforming Tibet from Afar: The Writing of Guidelines for Global Development Agencies Intervening in Tibet III. Working with Identity Chapter 9. Sodomy as Metaphor Chapter 10. Two Selections Chapter 11. The Changing Complexions of Race Contributors Index