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Glimpses into My Own Black Box: An Exercise in Self-Deconstruction (History of Anthropology)
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Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
George W. Stocking, Jr., has spent a professional lifetime exploring the history of anthropology, and his findings have shaped anthropologists’ understanding of their field for two generations. Through his meticulous research, Stocking has shown how such forces as politics, race, institutional affiliations, and personal relationships have influenced the discipline from its beginnings. In this autobiography, he turns his attention to a subject closer to home but no less challenging. Looking into his own “black box,” he dissects his upbringing, his politics, even his motivations in writing about himself. The result is a book systematically, at times brutally, self-questioning. An ... Read more
George W. Stocking, Jr., has spent a professional lifetime exploring the history of anthropology, and his findings have shaped anthropologists’ understanding of their field for two generations. Through his meticulous research, Stocking has shown how such forces as politics, race, institutional affiliations, and personal relationships have influenced the discipline from its beginnings. In this autobiography, he turns his attention to a subject closer to home but no less challenging. Looking into his own “black box,” he dissects his upbringing, his politics, even his motivations in writing about himself. The result is a book systematically, at times brutally, self-questioning. An ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Wisconsin, United States
ISBN
9780299249847
SKU
V9780299249847
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George W. Stocking, Jr., is the Stein-Freiler Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Chicago. He is the author of many books, including Victorian Anthropology; After Tylor: British Social Anthropology, 1888–1951; Delimiting Anthropology; and The Ethnographer’s Magic. He founded the History of Anthropology series published by the University of Wisconsin Press and edited its ... Read more
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