Writing Culture: The Poetics and Politics of Ethnography
by George E. Marcus, James Clifford
Writing Culture: The Poetics and Politics of Ethnography examines ethnography as a form of cultural writing. Bringing together questions of poetics, politics, and representation, the volume offers a scholarly resource for readers exploring anthropology, cultural interpretation, and the ways ethnographic knowledge is composed and communicated.
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Writing Culture: The Poetics and Politics of Ethnography examines ethnography through the related concerns of writing, representation, and cultural interpretation.
The volume focuses on the poetics of ethnographic expression and the political dimensions of describing culture.
Edited by George E. Marcus and James Clifford, it offers a scholarly perspective on how ethnographic knowledge is written and presented.
This book is suited to readers interested in anthropology, cultural studies, and the theory and practice of ethnographic writing.
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