The World of the Anthropologist

Informationen zum Autor Marc Auge and Jean-Paul Colleyn teach at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris. Both have published widely in Anthropology and Marc Auge is author of the bestselling, Non-places: an introduction to the anthropology of supermodernity. Marc Auge and Jean-Paul Colleyn teach at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris. Both have published widely in Anthropology and Marc Auge is author of the bestselling, Non-places: an introduction to the anthropology of supermodernity. Zusammenfassung Reveals what Anthropology is and what anthropologists do. This book explains the remains of traditional Anthropology. Describing the key ideas and methods which underpin the subject, from fieldwork through to the construction of knowledge itself, this work offers an insight into and overview of Anthropology. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Understanding the Contemporary World * Confusions over terms* The stakes of anthropology* The contemporary world2. Objects of Anthropology * From salvage ethnography to general anthropology* Diversification of domains* Construction of objects* Kinship* Economy, environment, ecology* Anthropology of politics* Anthropology of religion* Anthropology of performance* Ethnographic film and visual anthropology* Applied anthropology* Ethnographies and anthropology of science* Inside and outside the field of anthropology3. The Field4. Reading5. Writing6. Avoiding Blind Alleys

Product details

• Authors: Marc Auge, Marc Colleyn Auge, Marc Augé, Jean-Paul Colleyn, Colleyn Jean-Paul
• Assisted by: John Howe (Translation)
• Publisher: Berg Publishers Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2006
• EAN: 9781845204471
• ISBN: 978-1-84520-447-1
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 134 mm x 189 mm x 11 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology