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Jeremy Macclancy - Anthropology in the Public Arena: Historical and Contemporary Contexts - 9781118475508 - V9781118475508
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Anthropology in the Public Arena: Historical and Contemporary Contexts

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Description for Anthropology in the Public Arena: Historical and Contemporary Contexts Paperback. This articulate and authoritative survey of both the popular and academic trends in anthropology demonstrates the broad relevance of anthropological knowledge and argues for a more inclusive conception of the discipline that engages the public imagination. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 173 x 12. Weight in Grams: 388.
ANTHROPOLOGY IN THE PUBLIC ARENA

“A critical insider, Jeremy MacClancy celebrates maverick anthropologists who transgressed academic frontiers, and urges his colleagues to engage the public. This is an entertaining, original, and provocative book.”
Adam Kuper, Professor Emeritus, University of Cambridge

“Jeremy MacClancy insightfully expands the history of anthropology beyond the confines of the academy, showing us how a collection of poets, popularizers, critics, surrealists, neo-Freudians, and iconoclast savants shaped anthropology’s imagination.”
David Price, St Martin’s University,Washington

ANTHROPOLOGY IN THE PUBLIC ARENA

This detailed survey of the evolution of anthropology in Britain is also a spirited defence of the public ... Read more

MacClancy is guided by the notion that anthropology’s continued dynamism requires an alliance of interests, popular and academic, that will recover marginalized studies and recognize the value of contributions from outside the university research community. Its synthesis of diverse topics illuminates an anthropology that enriches the popular cultural discourse and serves as a versatile tool for exploring pressing issues of social organization and development. The reframed narrative of British anthropological history that emerges is as integral to the future of the subject as it is informative about its past.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781118475508
SKU
V9781118475508
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Jeremy Macclancy
Jeremy MacClancy is Professor in Social Anthropology at Oxford Brookes University, UK, and Director of the University’s Anthropology Centre for Conservation, Environment and Development (ACCEnD). His research has included major studies of the cultural dimensions of nationalism in the Pacific islands of Vanuatu, and a prize-winning analysis of the politicized development of a Basque “cuisine” in northern Spain. MacClancy is ... Read more

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