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The Anthropologist as Writer: Genres and Contexts in the Twenty-First Century
Helena Wulff (Ed.)
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Description for The Anthropologist as Writer: Genres and Contexts in the Twenty-First Century
Hardback. Although academic writing is an anthropologist's primary genre, they also write in many others, from drafting administrative texts and filing reports to composing ethnographically inspired journalism and fiction. This book explores how writing shapes anthropologists and their discipline. Editor(s): Wulff, Helena. Num Pages: 276 pages, 2 illustrations, 4 tables. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 568.
Writing is crucial to anthropology, but which genres are anthropologists expected to master in the 21st century? This book explores how anthropological writing shapes the intellectual content of the discipline and academic careers. First, chapters identify the different writing genres and contexts anthropologists actually engage with. Second, this book argues for the usefulness and necessity of taking seriously the idea of writing as a craft and of writing across and within genres in new ways. Although academic writing is an anthropologist's primary genre, they also write in many others, from drafting administrative texts and filing reports to composing ethnographically inspired ... Read more
Writing is crucial to anthropology, but which genres are anthropologists expected to master in the 21st century? This book explores how anthropological writing shapes the intellectual content of the discipline and academic careers. First, chapters identify the different writing genres and contexts anthropologists actually engage with. Second, this book argues for the usefulness and necessity of taking seriously the idea of writing as a craft and of writing across and within genres in new ways. Although academic writing is an anthropologist's primary genre, they also write in many others, from drafting administrative texts and filing reports to composing ethnographically inspired ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
276
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785330186
SKU
V9781785330186
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About Helena Wulff (Ed.)
Helena Wulff is Professor of Social Anthropology at Stockholm University. Among her publications are the monographs Ballet across Borders (1998, Bloomsbury), Dancing at the Crossroads (2007, Berghahn), and Rhythms of Writing (2017, Bloomsbury).
Reviews for The Anthropologist as Writer: Genres and Contexts in the Twenty-First Century
Overall, the collection should be a mandatory reference for all working ethnographers in the social sciences and required reading in all graduate courses on ethnographic methods. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (JRAI)