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Ethnography Through Thick and Thin
George E. Marcus
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Description for Ethnography Through Thick and Thin
Paperback. Presents a series of essays on the changes that continue to sweep across anthropology. This book examines how the discipline's central practice of ethnography has been changed by "multi-sited" approaches to anthropology and how new research patterns are transforming anthropologists' careers. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 line illus. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
In the 1980s, George Marcus spearheaded a major critique of cultural anthropology, expressed most clearly in the landmark book Writing Culture, which he coedited with James Clifford. Ethnography through Thick and Thin updates and advances that critique for the late 1990s. Marcus presents a series of penetrating and provocative essays on the changes that continue to sweep across anthropology. He examines, in particular, how the discipline's central practice of ethnography has been changed by "multi-sited" approaches to anthropology and how new research patterns are transforming anthropologists' careers. Marcus rejects the view, often expressed, that these changes are undermining anthropology. The ... Read more
In the 1980s, George Marcus spearheaded a major critique of cultural anthropology, expressed most clearly in the landmark book Writing Culture, which he coedited with James Clifford. Ethnography through Thick and Thin updates and advances that critique for the late 1990s. Marcus presents a series of penetrating and provocative essays on the changes that continue to sweep across anthropology. He examines, in particular, how the discipline's central practice of ethnography has been changed by "multi-sited" approaches to anthropology and how new research patterns are transforming anthropologists' careers. Marcus rejects the view, often expressed, that these changes are undermining anthropology. The ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
Weight
449 g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691002538
SKU
V9780691002538
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About George E. Marcus
George E. Marcus is Professor of Anthropology at Rice University. Currently, he is producing an innovative series of annuals on contemporary change, Late Editions: Cultural Studies for the End of the Century. He is the coauthor of Anthropology as Cultural Critique (with Michael Fischer) and of Lives in Trust: The Fortunes of Dynastic Families in Late Twentieth-Century America (with Peter ... Read more
Reviews for Ethnography Through Thick and Thin
"This is an exceptionally significant contribution both to the field of anthropology and to broader discussions among scholars in a range of culture-focused fields. It is a very thoughtful, quirky, empirically compelling, and provocative work by one of the intellectual leaders in our field."—Don Brenneis, University of California, Santa Cruz