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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818251703321

Autore

Varisco Daniel Martin

Titolo

Culture still matters : notes from the field / / by Daniel Martin Varisco

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, The Netherlands ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

90-04-38133-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (196 pages)

Collana

Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia ; ; Volume 121

Disciplina

305.8001

Soggetti

Ethnology - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / Daniel Martin Varisco -- Culture is Not a Text / Daniel Martin Varisco -- On Not Reading against Culture / Daniel Martin Varisco -- On to the Logic of Being There / Daniel Martin Varisco -- Beyond the End of Anthropology / Daniel Martin Varisco.

Sommario/riassunto

Varisco’s Culture Still Matters: Notes from the Field is on the relationship between ethnographic fieldwork and the culture concept in the ongoing debate over the future of anthropology, drawing on the history of both concepts. Despite being the major social science that offers a methodology and tools to understand diverse cultures worldwide, scholars within and outside anthropology have attacked this field for all manner of sins, including fostering colonialism and essentializing others. This book revitalizes constructive debate of this vibrant field’s history, methods and contributions, drawing on the author’s ethnographic experience in Yemen. It covers complicated theoretical concepts about culture and their critiques in readable prose, accessible to students and interested social scientists in other fields. With forewords from Bryan S. Turner and Anouar Majid.