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Objects and Objections of Ethnography
James T. Siegel
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Paperback. The major contribution of anthropology to the intellectual and the political world has been to show the worthiness of attending to the people and cultures of the world. But, due to the modification of the treatment of differences, the emphasis has then been put on recognizing similarities. This title features essays that are against this trend. Num Pages: 188 pages, 2 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
The essays in this volume, in all their astonishing richness and diversity, focus on the question of the “other.” Brimming with whole flotillas of new ideas, they delineate subtle and various ways in which that question can be made the basis of an ethnographic project.
In them, the author responds to the invitations extended by a specific location rather than pursuing a codified method. And they examine many different socialities in many different locations—among them the Cornell University campus in the late seventies, the former Musée de l’Homme and the Quai Branly Museum in Paris, the
Indonesian province ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
Number of Pages
188
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780823232758
SKU
V9780823232758
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About James T. Siegel
James T. Siegel is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Asian Studies at Cornell University. His most recent books are Naming the Witch; A New Criminal Type in Jakarta: Counter-Revolution Today; Fetish, Recognition, Revolution; and Solo in the New Order: Language and Hierarchy in an Indonesian City.
Reviews for Objects and Objections of Ethnography
"To read this book of essays by James Siegel is to embark on that rarest and most exciting of journeys; in the process of moving with him across the varied terrain of his own intellectual career, one's thought is transformed. Objects and Objections of Ethnography comprises old and new essays on classical topics in social anthropology, considered anew as contemporary ... Read more