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Writing in anthropology : a brief guide / Shan-Estelle Brown, Rollins College.

Penn Museum Library GN307.7 .B76 2017
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Brown, Shan-Estelle, author.
Contributor:
George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
Series:
Brief guides to writing in the disciplines
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Anthropology--Authorship.
Anthropology.
Ethnology--Authorship.
Ethnology.
Anthropology--Research.
Ethnology--Research.
Physical Description:
xix, 220 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Place of Publication:
New York : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Summary:
"Writing in Anthropology: A Brief Guide applies the key concepts of rhetoric and composition -- audience, purpose, genre, and credibility -- to examples based in anthropology. It is part of a series of brief, discipline-specific writing guides from Oxford University Press designed for today's writing-intensive college courses." -- Back cover.
Contents:
Preface
About the author
Acknowledgments
Thinking and writing like an anthropologist
Writing critiques, response papers, and book/film reviews
Navigating field-based assignments
Reviewing the literature
Writing research papers
Editing for style
Citing your sources
Appendix: guide to peer review in anthropology
References
Notes
Credits
Index.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-206) and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
ISBN:
9780199381319
0199381313
OCLC:
960762216
Publisher Number:
99975323611

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