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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454815603321

Titolo

Popularizing anthropology / / edited by Jeremy MacClancy and Chris McDonaugh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1996

ISBN

1-134-77795-7

1-280-35493-3

0-203-43675-X

0-203-28544-1

Descrizione fisica

viii, 253 p

Altri autori (Persone)

MacClancyJeremy

McDonaughChris <1953->

Disciplina

301

Soggetti

Anthropology

Human beings

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

chapter 1 Popularizing anthropology / Jeremy MacClancy -- chapter 2 Tricky tropes -- Styles of the popular and the pompous / Alan Campbell -- chapter 3 Typecasting -- Anthropology’s dramatis personae / Wendy James -- chapter 4 The chrysanthemum continues to flower -- Ruth Benedict and some perils of popular anthropology / Joy Hendry -- chapter 5 Communicating culture -- Margaret Mead and the practice of popular anthropology / William E. Mitchell -- chapter 6 Enlarging the context of anthropology -- The case of Anthropology Today / Jonathan Benthall -- chapter 7 Claude Lévi-Strauss and Louis Dumont -- Media portraits / Dominique Casajus -- chapter 8 Proximity and distance: representations of Aboriginal society in the writings of Bill Harney -- Representations of Aboriginal society in the writings of Bill Harney and Bruce Chatwin / Howard Morphy -- chapter 9 Women readers -- Other Utopias and own bodily knowledge / Judith Okely -- chapter 10 A bricoleur’s workshop -- Writing Les lances du crépuscule / Philippe Descola -- chapter 11 Fieldwork styles: Bohannan, Barley, and Gardner -- Bohannan, Barley, and Gardner / Jeremy MacClancy.