Writing Culture and the Life of Anthropology (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780822358732)

Using the influential and field-changing Writing Culture as a point of departure, the thirteen essays in Writing Culture and the Life of Anthropology address anthropology's past, present, and future. The contributors, all leading figures in anthropology today, reflect back on the "writing culture" movement of the 1980s, consider its influences on ethnographic research and writing, and debate what counts as ethnography in a post-Writing Culture era. They address questions of ethnographic method, new forms the presentation of research might take, and the anthropologist's role. Exploring themes such as late industrialism, precarity, violence, science and technology, globalization, and the non-human world, this book is essential reading for those looking to understand the current state of anthropology and its possibilities going forward.

Contributors. Anne Allison, James Clifford, Michael M.J. Fischer, Kim Fortun, Richard Handler, John L. Jackson, Jr., George E. Marcus, Charles Piot, Hugh Raffles, Danilyn Rutherford, Orin Starn, Kathleen Stewart, Michael Taussig, Kamala Visweswaran

Author: Orin Starn
ISBN-10: 0822358735
ISBN-13: 9780822358732
Publisher: Duke University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/08/2015
Pages: 280
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 8.81h x 6.46w x 0.56d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2015