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The future of anthropology : its relevance to the contemporary world / edited by Akbar S. Ahmed and Cris N. Shore.

Other author/creatorAhmed, Akbar S.
Other author/creatorShore, Cris, 1959-
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoLondon ; Atlantic Highlands, NJ : Athlone, 1995.
Descriptionix, 291 pages ; 23 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Foreword. From self-applause through self-criticism to self-confidence / Jonathan Benthall -- Introduction : is anthropology relevant to the contemporary world? / Akbar S. Ahmed and Cris N. Shore -- The rise and fall of scientific ethnography / Anna Grimshaw and Keith Hart -- Anthropology : still the uncomfortable discipline? / Susan Wright -- Anthropologists for sale? / I.M. Lewis -- Learning from AIDS : the future of anthropology / Ronald Frankenberg -- Feminist anthropologies and questions of masculinity / Andrea Cornwall and Nancy Lindisfarne -- Tourism, modernity and nostalgia / Nelson H.H. Graburn -- Prospects for tourism study in anthropology / Dennison Nash -- Lost horizons regained : old age and the anthropology of contemporary society / Haim Hazan -- Cultural imperialism and the mediation of otherness / David Morley and Kevin Robins -- After emotion : ethnic cleansing in the former Yugoslavia, and beyond / Stjepan G. Meštrović -- Epilogue : notes on the future of anthropology / Anthony Giddens.
Local noteLittle-348287--305131054494$
Local noteLittle-348287--305131054494$
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 95034567
ISBN0485114453 (hb)
ISBN9780485114454 (hb)
ISBN0485121050 (pbk.)
ISBN9780485121056 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks GN345 .F87 1995 ✔ Available Place Hold