Jeremy MacClancy

Anthropology in the Public Arena

Historical and Contemporary Contexts

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Produktbeschreibung

This articulate and authoritative survey of both the popular and academic trends in anthropology demonstrates the broad relevance of anthropological knowledge and argues for a more inclusive conception of the discipline that engages the public imagination.

Demonstrates the evolving social contexts of British anthropological theory and practice from the mid-19th century
Highlights the importance of popular anthropology in forming and sustaining the professional discipline
Explores the past and present cross-fertilization of anthropologists, scientists and prominent literary figures
Assesses the pioneering efforts online to advance the role of anthropology in public debates
Appeals to a broader readership interested in cultural and intellectual history

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 170mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9781118475508
• ISBN-10: 111847550X
• Artikelnr.: 36899357

Autorenporträt

Jeremy MacClancy is Professor in Social Anthropology at Oxford Brookes University, UK, and Director of the University's Anthropology Centre for Conservation, Environment and Development (ACCEnD). His research has included major studies of the cultural dimensions of nationalism in the Pacific islands of Vanuatu, and a prize-winning analysis of the politicized development of a Basque "cuisine" in northern Spain. MacClancy is author and editor of books including Consuming Culture (1992), Popularizing Anthropology (1996), Exotic No More: Anthropology on the Front Lines (2002), and Expressing Identities in the Basque Arena (2007).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments x 1 Beating the Bounds of Discipline? Innovation at the
Margins and Beyond 1 2 John Layard, "Study of a Failure": An Innovative
Integrated Approach from the Psychoanalyst 58 3 Geoffrey Gorer, "Britain's
Margaret Mead": Blending Anthropology and Travelogue 81 4 Robert Graves:
Empowering Anthropological Modes of Explanation in Myth and Ritual 110 5
Mass Observation: A Radical, Popular Ethnography of the People, by the
People, and for the People 135 6 The Literary Image of the Anthropologist
158 7 Parting Comments: Public Interest, Multiple Anthropologies 184
Bibliography 193 Index 228

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Acknowledgments x

1 Beating the Bounds of Discipline? Innovation at the Marginsand Beyond 1

2 John Layard, "Study of a Failure": An InnovativeIntegrated Approach from the Psychoanalyst 58

3 Geoffrey Gorer, "Britain's Margaret Mead":Blending Anthropology and Travelogue 81

4 Robert Graves: Empowering Anthropological Modes of Explanationin Myth and Ritual 110

5 Mass Observation: A Radical, Popular Ethnography of thePeople, by the People, and for the People 135

6 The Literary Image of the Anthropologist 158

7 Parting Comments: Public Interest, Multiple Anthropologies184

Bibliography 193

Index 228

Rezensionen

"A critical insider, Jeremy MacClancy celebrates maverickanthropologists who transgressed academic frontiers, and urges hiscolleagues to engage the public. This is an entertaining, originaland provocative book."
Adam Kuper, Professor Emeritus, University of Cambridge

"Jeremy MacClancy insightfully expands the history ofanthropology beyond the confines of the academy, showing us how acollection of poets, popularizers, critics, surrealists,neo-Freudians, and iconoclast savants shaped anthropology'simagination."
David Price, St. Martin's College