272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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Anthropology written for a popular audience is the most neglected branch of the discipline. In the 1980s postmodernist anthropologists began to explore the literary and reflective aspects of their work. Popularizing Anthropology advances that trend by looking at a key but previously marginalized genre of anthropology. The contributors, who are well known anthropologists, explore such themes as:... Read more
Notes on contributors, Preface, 1 Popularizing anthropology, 2 Tricky tropes: styles of the popular and the pompous, 3 Typecasting: anthropology’s dramatis personae, 4 The chrysanthemum continues to flower: Ruth Benedict and some perils of popular anthropology, 5 Communicating culture: Margaret Mead and the practice of popular anthropology, 6 Enlarging the context of anthropology: the case of Anthropology Today, 7 Claude Lévi-Strauss and Louis Dumont: media portraits, 8 Proximity and distance: representations of Aboriginal society in the writings of Bill Harney and Bruce Chatwin, 9 Women readers: other utopias and own bodily knowledge, 10 A bricoleur’s workshop: writing Les lances du crepuscule, 11 Fieldwork styles: Bohannan, Barley, and Gardner, Index
Biography
Jeremy McClancy, Christian McDonaugh
'Read and enjoy this book, but treat its arguments seriously. In the modern age of mass communication, and (as if we need reminding) dwindling resources for higher education, it is time this important, but much-neglected genre is given the recognition it deserves.' – Anthropology in Action
