Rhetoric in American anthropology : gender, genre, and science / Risa Applegarth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Applegarth, Risa, author.

Series:

Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture.

Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy, and Culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--History.

Ethnology.

Anthropology--Philosophy.

Anthropology.

Anthropologists' writings.

Women anthropologists.

Feminist anthropology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In the early twentieth century, the field of anthropology transformed itself from the "welcoming science," uniquely open to women, people of color, and amateurs, into a professional science of culture. The new field grew in rigor and prestige but excluded practitioners and methods that no longer fit a narrow standard of scientific legitimacy. In Rhetoric in American Anthropology, Risa Applegarth traces the "rhetorical archeology" of this transformation in the writings of early women anthropologists"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Gender, Genre, and Knowledge in the Welcoming Science

1. Ethnographic Monographs: Genre Change and Rhetorical Scarcity

2. Field Autobiographies: Rhetorical Recruitment and Embodied Ethnography

3. Folklore Collections: Professional Positions andSituated Representations

4. Ethnographic Novels: Educational Critiques and Rhetorical Trajectories

Conclusion: Rhetorical Archaeology

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780822979470

0822979470

OCLC:

882423042