The Predicament of Culture: Twentieth-century Ethnography, Literature and Art

The Predicament of Culture: Twentieth-century Ethnography, Literature and Art


Yazar J Clifford
Yayınevi Harvard University Press
ISBN 9780674698437
Baskı yılı 1988
Sayfa sayısı 386
Ağırlık 0.57 kg
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"The Predicament of Culture" is a critical ethnography of the West in its changing relations with other societies. Analyzing cultural practices such as anthropology, travel writing, collecting, and museum displays of tribal art, Clifford shows authoritati
Introduction: The Pure Products Go Crazy Part One: Discourses 1. On Ethnographic Authority 2. Power and Dialogue in Ethnography: Marcel Griaules Initiation 3. On Ethnographic Self-Fashioning: Conrad and Malinowski Part Two: Displacements 4