The relationship between anthropologists’ ethnographic investigations and the lived social worlds in which these originate is a fundamental issue for anthropology. Where some claim that only native voices may offer authentic accounts of culture and hence that ethnographers are only ever interpreters of it, others point out that anthropologists are, themselves, implanted within specific cultural contexts which generate particular kinds of theoretical discussions. The contributors to this volume reject the premise that ethnographer and informant occupy different and incommensurable “cultural worlds.” Instead they investigate the relationship between culture, context, and anthropologists’ models and accounts in new ways. In doing so, they offer fresh insights into this key area of anthropological research.
| ISBN: | 9780857456618 |
| Publication date: | 1st June 2012 |
| Author: | Deborah James |
| Publisher: | Berghahn Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 228 pages |
| Series: | EASA Series |
| Genres: |
Social and cultural anthropology Cultural studies |
The relationship between anthropologists’ ethnographic investigations and the lived social worlds in which these originate is a fundamental issue for anthropology. Where some claim that only native voices may offer authentic accounts of culture and hence that ethnographers are only ever interpreters of it, others point out that anthropologists are, themselves, implanted within specific cultural contexts which generate particular kinds of theoretical discussions. The contributors to this volume reject the premise that ethnographer and informant occupy different and incommensurable “cultural worlds.” Instead they investigate the relationship between culture, context, and anthropologists’ models and accounts in new ways. In doing so, they offer fresh insights into this key area of anthropological research.
Culture Wars features in the following genres: Social and cultural anthropology, Cultural studies
Culture Wars is available in Paperback, Hardback
Culture Wars was written by Deborah James and published by Berghahn Books
Culture Wars has 228 pages
Yes it is part of EASA Series series
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