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Using the influential and field-changing Writing Culture as a point of departure, the thirteen essays in Writing Culture and the Life of Anthropology address anthropology's past, present, and future. The contributors, all leading figures in anthropology today, reflect back on the writing culture movement of the 1980s, consider its influences on ethnographic research and writing, and debate what counts as ethnography in a post-Writing Culture era. They address questions of ethnographic method, new forms the presentation of research might take, and the anthropologist's role. Exploring themes such as late industrialism, precarity, violence, science and technology, globalization, and the non-human world, this book is essential reading for those looking to understand the current state of anthropology and its possibilities going forward. Contributors. Anne Allison, James Clifford, Michael M.J. Fischer, Kim Fortun, Richard Handler, John L. Jackson, Jr., George E. Marcus, Charles Piot, Hugh Raffles, Danilyn Rutherford, Orin Starn, Kathleen Stewart, Michael Taussig, Kamala VisweswaranProduct Identifiers
PublisherDuke University Press
ISBN-139780822358626
eBay Product ID (ePID)213370475
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Number of Pages280 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameWriting Culture and the Life of Anthropology
Publication Year2015
SubjectAnthropology
TypeTextbook
AuthorOrin Starn
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height229 mm
Item Weight503 g
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EditorOrin Starn
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States