Writing culture : the poetics and politics of ethnography / edited by James Clifford and George E. Marcus.
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 25th anniversary ed. / with a foreword by Kim Fortun. |
| Publication Info | Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, [2010], ©1986. |
| Description | xxv, 305 pages : 1 illustration ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Clifford, James, 1945- |
| Other author/creator | Marcus, George E. |
| Other author/creator | Fortun, Kim. |
| Other author/creator | School of American Research (Santa Fe, N.M.) |
| Contents | Introduction : partial truths / James Clifford -- Fieldwork in common places / Mary Louise Pratt -- Hermes' dilemma : the masking of subversion in ethnographic description / Vincent Crapanzano -- From the door of his tent : the fieldworker and the inquisitor / Renato Rosaldo -- On ethnographic allegory / James Clifford -- Post-modern ethnography : from document of the occult to occult document / Stephen A. Tyler -- The concept of cultural translation in British social anthropology / Talal Asad -- Contemporary problems of ethnography in the modern world system / George E. Marcus -- Ethnicity and the post-modern arts of memory / Michael M.J. Fischer -- Representations are social facts : modernity and post-modernity in anthropology / Paul Rabinow -- Afterword : ethnographic writing and anthropological careers / George E. Marcus. |
| General note | Originally published: c1986. With new foreword. |
| General note | Publication date from publisher's website. |
| General note | "A School of American Research advanced seminar." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-294) and index. |
| ISBN | 9780520266025 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0520266021 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | GN307.7 .W75 2010 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |