UID:
almafu_9959328750702883
Format:
1 online resource (xvi, 213 pages)
ISBN:
9781444308822
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1444308823
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9781444308839
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1444308831
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1282116541
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9781282116542
Content:
In 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 process. Contributors are high-profile in anthropology and many have a strong presence outside the field, in popular culture. Unique in its format: short essays, revealing and straightforward in content and writing style.
Note:
Introduction : the writer in the anthropologist / Maria D. Vesperi and Alisse Waterston -- Speaking truth to power with books / Howard Zinn -- Remember when writing was fun? : why academics should go on a low syllable, active voice diet / Karen Brodkin -- The bard / Carolyn Nordstrom -- Saggin' and braggin' / Lee D. Baker -- Stories for readers : a few observations from outside the academy / Andrew Barnes -- Writing poverty, drawing readers : stories in Love, sorrow and rage / Alisse Waterston -- Write ous indignation : Black girls, dilemmas of cultural domination and the struggle to speak the skin we are in / Signithia Fordham -- Writing truth to power : racism as statecraft / Arthur K. Spears -- Remembering Octavia / Sharon Ball -- Believing in anthropology as literature / Ruth Behar -- Walking in Zora's shoes or "seek(ing) out de inside meanin' of words" : the intersections of anthropology, ethnography, identity, and writing / Irma McClaurin -- Off the shelf and into oblivion? / Catherine Kingfisher -- "Don't use your data as a pillow" / S. Eben Kirksey -- The trope of the pith helmet : America's anthropology, anthropology's America / Micaela di Leonardo -- The book that wrote me / Roger Sanjek -- Fighting words / Paul Farmer -- Taking chances / Maria D. Vesperi.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Anthropology off the shelf. Chichester, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009 ISBN 9781405189200
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1405189207
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
DOI:
10.1002/9781444308822
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781444308822
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781444308822
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781444308822
