Beyond writing culture : current intersections of epistemologies and representational practices / Olaf Zenker and Karsten Kumoll.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zenker, Olaf.

Contributor:

Kumoll, Karsten.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Authorship.

Ethnology.

Ethnology--Methodology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Two decades after the publication of Clifford and Marcus' volume Writing Culture, this collection provides a fresh and diverse reassessment of the debates that this pioneering volume unleashed. At the same time, Beyond Writing Culture moves the debate on by embracing the more fundamental challenge as to how to conceptualise the intricate relationship between epistemology and representational practices rather than maintaining the original narrow focus on textual analysis. It thus offers a thought-provoking tapestry of new ideas relevant for scholars not only concerned with 'the

Contents:

Cover Page; Copyright Page; Table of Physics; Preface; Acknowledgement; Chapter 1: Prologue: Opening Doors Beyond Writing Culture; Chapter 2: Testualization, Mystification and the Power of the Frame; Chapter 3: Reading James Clifford: On Ethnographic Allegory; Chapter 4: Indigenous Research and the Politics of Representation; Chapter 5: From the Spirit's Point of View; Chapter 6: Interlogue; Chapter 7: Language Matters; Chapter 8: Ethnographic Cognition and Writing Culture; Chapter 9: Hard Truths; Chapter 10: The Migration of the 'Culture' Concept; Chapter 11: Epilogue; Notes on Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612662379

9781782383345

1782383344

9781282662377

1282662376

9781845458171

1845458176

OCLC:

651130316