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Modernist Anthropology
Marc . Ed(S): Manganaro
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Description for Modernist Anthropology
Hardback. Editor(s): Manganaro, Marc. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
Recent insights into the nature of representation and power relations have signaled an important shift in perspective on anthropology: from a fieldwork-based "science" of culture to an interpretive activity bound to the discursive and ideological process called "text-making." This collection of essays reflects the ongoing cross-fertilization between literary criticism and anthropology. Focusing on texts written or influenced by anthropologists between 1900 and 1945, the work relates current perspectives on anthropology's discursive nature to the literary period known as "Modernism.". The essays, each demonstrating anthropology's profound influence on this important cultural movement, are organized according to discourse type: from the ... Read more
Recent insights into the nature of representation and power relations have signaled an important shift in perspective on anthropology: from a fieldwork-based "science" of culture to an interpretive activity bound to the discursive and ideological process called "text-making." This collection of essays reflects the ongoing cross-fertilization between literary criticism and anthropology. Focusing on texts written or influenced by anthropologists between 1900 and 1945, the work relates current perspectives on anthropology's discursive nature to the literary period known as "Modernism.". The essays, each demonstrating anthropology's profound influence on this important cultural movement, are organized according to discourse type: from the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Legacy Library
Number of Pages
350
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691633558
SKU
V9780691633558
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Reviews for Modernist Anthropology
"This book is an excellent anthology that raises troubling questions for anthropologists... All of the articles in this anthology not only focus upon canonical anthropological texts, but also situate these texts in the sweep of anthropological history... To date, Modernist Anthropology is the most sophisticated statement of 'textual anthropology.'"
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