The future of anthropology: its relevance to the contemporary world / edited by Akbar S. Ahmed and Cris N. Shore
1995, 1st Edition. London; Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Athlone. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Item #354969
ISBN: 0485121050
Physical description: ix, 291 pages; 23 cm. Contents:
Foreword: From self-applause through self-criticism to self-confidence / Jonathan Benthall -- Introduction: Is anthropology relevant to the contemporary world? / Akbar S. Ahmed and Cris N. Shore -- The rise and fall of scientific ethnography / Anna Grimshaw and Keith Hart -- Anthropology: still the uncomfortable discipline? / Susan Wright -- Anthropologists for sale? / I.M. Lewis -- Learning from AIDS: the future of anthropology / Ronald Frankenberg -- Feminist anthropologies and questions of masculinity / Andrea Cornwall and Nancy Lindisfarne -- Tourism, modernity and nostalgia / Nelson H.H. Graburn -- Prospects for tourism study in anthropology / Dennison Nash -- Lost horizons regained: old age and the anthropology of contemporary society / Haim Hazan -- Cultural imperialism and the mediation of otherness / David Morley and Kevin Robins -- After emotion: ethnic cleansing in the former Yugoslavia, and beyond / Stjepan G. Meštrovi -- Epilogue: notes on the future of anthropology / Anthony Giddens. Subjects: Ethnology Philosophy. Ethnology Methodology. Social anthropology.
Anthropology Research.
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