Rereading Cultural Anthropology
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Rereading Cultural Anthropology
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Author : George E. Marcus
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 1992
Rereading Cultural Anthropology written by George E. Marcus and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Social Science categories.
During its first six years (1986-1991), the journal Cultural Anthropology provided a unique forum for registering the lively traffic between anthropology and the emergent arena of cultural studies. The nineteen essays collected in Rereading Cultural Anthropology, all of which originally appeared in the journal, capture the range of approaches, internal critiques, and new questions that have characterized the study of anthropology in the 1980s, and which set the agenda for the present. Drawing together work by both younger and well-established scholars, this volume reveals various influences in the remaking of traditions of ethnographic work in anthropology; feminist studies, poststructuralism, cultural critiques, and disciplinary challenges to established boundaries between the social sciences and humanities. Moving from critiques of anthropological representation and practices to modes of political awareness and experiments in writing, this collection offers systematic access to what is now understood to be a fundamental shift (still ongoing) in anthropology toward engagement with the broader interdisciplinary stream of cultural studies. Contributors. Arjun Appadurai, Keith H. Basso, David B. Coplan, Vincent Crapanzano, Faye Ginsburg, George E. Marcus, Enrique Mayer, Fred Meyers, Alcida R. Ramos, John Russell, Orin Starn, Kathleen Stewart, Melford E. Spiro, Ted Swedenburg, Michael Taussig, Julie Taylor, Robert Thornton, Stephen A. Tyler, Geoffrey M. White
Rereading
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Author : Matei Călinescu
language : en
Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press
Release Date : 1993
Rereading written by Matei Călinescu and has been published by New Haven : Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Literary Criticism categories.
What motivates us to reread literary works? How is our pleasure, interpretation, involvement, and evaluation different when we read a literary work and when we reread it? This fascinating book by Matei Calinescu is the first to focus on the implications of rereading for critical understanding. Drawing on literary theory, cultural anthropology, psychology, philosophy, and previous theories of reading, Calinescu describes the dynamics of rereading and explores the sometimes complementary, sometimes sharply conflicting relationships between reading and rereading. Calinescu analyzes fictional works by Borges, Nabokov, Proust, Robbe-Grillet, and Henry James, among others, explaining how reading texts is related both to symbolic play or make-believe and to games with rules. He reviews the history of reading in modern times, discussing, for example, how the Reformation led to rereadings of Scripture and how the proliferation of books during the Enlightenment led to a shift from "intensive reading" to "extensive reading." Calinescu looks at the distinctions between reading and rereading from the perspectives of the age, situation, and gender of the individual reader. He discusses the problems raised by secret or oblique languages and codes - devised to evade censors, communicate with a select audience of "secret sharers, " or play games of hide-and-seek with the reader - and shows that they naturally lead to rereading a text. Calinescu argues persuasively that an understanding of rereading is useful in formulating both analytic strategies of practical criticism and a poetics of reading.
Cultural Anthropology
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Author : Sheldon Smith
language : en
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Release Date : 1998
Cultural Anthropology written by Sheldon Smith and has been published by Allyn & Bacon this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Social Science categories.
This introduction to cultural anthropology text uses a global approach to examine basic anthropological concepts within a regional context, providing an analysis of contemporary issues throughout. This text utilizes a political ecology perspective, which combines cultural ecology, with its emphasis on adaptation, and political economy, which focuses on the links between productive activity, trade, and distribution of power. This text presents anthropology as a discipline that is indispensable in understanding the dynamics of contemporary intercultural interactions and ethnic conflict. The global approach directs attention both to Western and non-Western traditional and complex societies, where archeological, historical and contemporary data is used to show how cultures adapt and interact over time and within our contemporary global community. The book explores the effects of colonialism, trade and capitalism on the local indigenous cultures of each region, but also shows how contemporary indigenous and minority groups are taking action, in both constructive and destructive ways.While all the traditional anthropological topics are covered, this book also provides an overview of key events in the prehistory and history of Western civilization including a chapter on the rise of capitalism and a chapter on American culture. It also explores, in the relevant regional chapters, the contemporary transitions from economies based on central planning and state ownership of industries to more capitalistic economies, the struggles to institute democratic reforms and the efforts to establish national identities and boundaries in multi-ethnic regions formerly united by repressive political systems.
An Introduction To Cultural Anthropology
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Author : C. Nadia Seremetakis
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2017-05-11
An Introduction To Cultural Anthropology written by C. Nadia Seremetakis and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-11 with Social Science categories.
This book engages young scholars, teachers and students in a critical dialogue with past and present directions in cultural-historical studies. More particularly, it prepares prospective anthropologists, as well as readers interested in human cultures for understanding basic theoretical and methodological ethnographic principles and pursuing further what has been known as cultural anthropological perspectives. The book discusses key, field-based studies in the discipline and places them in dialogue with related studies in social history, linguistics, philosophy, literature, and photography, among others.
A Dictionary Of Cultural Anthropology
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Author : Luis Vivanco
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018-09-20
A Dictionary Of Cultural Anthropology written by Luis Vivanco and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-20 with Social Science categories.
This new dictionary comprises more than 400 entries, providing concise, authoritative definitions for a range of concepts relating to cultural anthropology, as well as important findings and intellectual figures in the field. Entries include adaptation and kinship, scientific racism, and writing culture, providing readers with a wide-ranging overview of the subject. Accessibly written and engaging, A Dictionary of Cultural Anthropology is authored by subject experts, and presents anthropology as a dynamic and lively field of enquiry. Complemented by a global list of anthropological organizations, more than 20 figures and tables to illustrate the entries, and web links pointing to useful external sources, this is an essential text for undergraduates studying anthropology, and also serves those studying allied subjects such as archaeology, politics, economics, geography, sociology, and gender studies.
Explorations In Cultural Anthropology
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Author : Colleen E. Boyd
language : en
Publisher: Altamira Press
Release Date : 2011
Explorations In Cultural Anthropology written by Colleen E. Boyd and has been published by Altamira Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Social Science categories.
A collection of readings chosen to demonstrate the varied and valuable applications of the anthropological perspective to real-world problems on local, regional, and global scales. It provides students with a variety of ethnographic and other anthropological materials so they do not have to buy an array of titles.
Cultural Anthropology
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Author : Serena Nanda
language : en
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Release Date : 2019-01-09
Cultural Anthropology written by Serena Nanda and has been published by SAGE Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-09 with Social Science categories.
Cultural Anthropology integrates critical thinking, explores rich ethnographies, and prompts students to skillfully explore and study today’s world. Readers will better understand social structures by examining themselves, their culture, and cultures from all over the globe. Serena Nanda and Richard L. Warms show how the analytical understandings and tools derived from over a century of systematically collecting data and thinking about culture can help students analyze, understand, and act effectively in the world. With a practical emphasis on areas such as medicine, forensics, development and advocacy, this book takes an applied approach to anthropology. The authors cover a broad range of theories, both historical and contemporary, without any insistence on any particular approach, and balance it with applied, contemporary, real-world global issues. The new Twelfth Edition includes a wealth of new examples and over 500 references that update ethnographic examples, statistical information, and theoretical approaches.
New Perspectives In Cultural Anthropology
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Author : Roger M. Keesing
language : en
Publisher: New York ; Montreal : Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Release Date : 1971
New Perspectives In Cultural Anthropology written by Roger M. Keesing and has been published by New York ; Montreal : Holt, Rinehart and Winston this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with Social Science categories.
Description And Comparison In Cultural Anthropology
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Author : Ward H. Goodenough
language : en
Publisher: CUP Archive
Release Date : 1980
Description And Comparison In Cultural Anthropology written by Ward H. Goodenough and has been published by CUP Archive this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Social Science categories.
How are different cultures to be described and compared? This book provides a clear and concise discussion of the theoretical issues involved in ethnographic description and comparative study. Taking up the classic problems in the study of of social organisation, Professor Goodenough describes the major issues in the cross-cultural study of kinship and the family, revealing the kinds of constants, both formal and functional, on which such study must be based. The result is new definitions of marriage, family and parenthood for use in cross-cultural analysis and a greater understanding of this form of analysis itself. The statement on the interdependence of description and comparison in cultural anthropology and its implications for a science of culture, provides fresh insights into cross-cultural analysis for both the theoretical and the practical anthropologist.
Social And Cultural Anthropology
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Author : Nigel Rapport
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2000
Social And Cultural Anthropology written by Nigel Rapport and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Social Science categories.
Social and Cultural Anthropology: The Key Conceptsis the ideal introduction to this discipline, defining and discussing its central terms with clarity and authority. Among the concepts explored are: cybernetics, ecriture, the feminine, gossip, human Rights, moralities, stereotypes, thick description, and violence. Each entry is accompanied by extensive cross-referencing and an invaluable list of suggestions for further reading.