LEADER 03867nam 2200733Ia 450 001 9910815592003321 005 20240430170352.0 010 $a1-282-11654-1 010 $a9786612116544 010 $a1-4443-0882-3 010 $a1-4443-0883-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000767481 035 $a(EBL)428271 035 $a(OCoLC)630533821 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001193617 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12501757 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001193617 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11147017 035 $a(PQKB)10908669 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000353851 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11246029 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000353851 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10302017 035 $a(PQKB)11327536 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC428271 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL428271 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10346227 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL211654 035 $a(PPN)191223891 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000767481 100 $a20081201d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aAnthropology off the shelf $eanthropologists on writing /$fedited by Alisse Waterston and Maria D. Vesperi 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMalden, MA ;$aChichester, West Sussex $cBlackwell$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (231 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4443-3879-X 311 $a1-4051-8920-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAnthropology off the Shelf: Anthropologists on Writing; Contents; Acknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; Foreword; 1: Introduction: The Writer in the Anthropologist; Part I: Conceptions; 2: Speaking Truth to Power with Books; 3: Remember When Writing Was Fun? Why Academics Should Go On a Low Syllable, Active Voice Diet; 4: The Bard; 5: Saggin' and Braggin'; 6: Stories for Readers: A Few Observations from Outside the Academy; Part II: Creations; 7: Writing Poverty, Drawing Readers: Stories in Love, Sorrow and Rage 327 $a8: Write-ous Indignation: Black Girls, Dilemmas of Cultural Domination and the Struggle to Speak the Skin We Are In9: Writing Truth to Power: Racism as Statecraft; 10: Remembering Octavia; 11: Believing in Anthropology as Literature; Part III: Receptions; 12: Walking in Zora's Shoes or "Seek[ing] Out de Inside Meanin' of Words": The Intersections of Anthropology, Ethnography, Identity, and Writing; 13: Off the Shelf and into Oblivion?; 14: "Don't Use Your Data as a Pillow"; 15: The Trope of the Pith Helmet: America's Anthropology, Anthropology's America; 16: The Book that Wrote Me 327 $a17: Fighting Words18: Taking Chances; Index 330 $aIn Anthropology off the Shelf, leading anthropologists reflect on the craft of writing and the passions that fuel their desire to write books.First of its kind volume in anthropology in which prominent anthropologists and 3 respected professionals outside the discipline follow the tradition of the "writers on writing" genre to reflect on all aspects of the writing processContributors are high-profile in anthropology and many have a strong presence outside the field, in popular cultureUnique in its format: short essays, revealing and straightforward in content and writing 606 $aEthnology$xAuthorship 606 $aLiterature and anthropology 606 $aAnthropologists$xAttitudes 615 0$aEthnology$xAuthorship. 615 0$aLiterature and anthropology. 615 0$aAnthropologists$xAttitudes. 676 $a306 701 $aWaterston$b Alisse$f1951-$0940543 701 $aVesperi$b Maria D$0979021 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815592003321 996 $aAnthropology off the shelf$92231748 997 $aUNINA