Future of Anthropological Knowledge

Informationen zum Autor Henrietta L.Moore is Reader in Social Anthropology and Director of the Gender Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Klappentext The nature and purpose of anthropology has been reassessed in recent years by third world, black and feminist scholars. A wide range of global perspectives are examined as well as the effects of technology and geo-political configurations. Zusammenfassung The nature and purpose of anthropology has been reassessed in recent years by third world, black and feminist scholars. A wide range of global perspectives are examined as well as the effects of technology and geo-political configurations. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 The Changing Nature of Anthropological Knowledge: An Introduction, Henrietta Moore 2 Interpreting Electron Micrographs, Emily Martin 3 Globalization and Localization: New Challenges to Rural Research 4 Anthropology, China, and the Modernities: The Geopolitics of Cultural Knowledge, Aihwa Ong 5 Traceling Theory, Anthropology, and the Discourse of Modernity in China, Mayfair Yang 6 Anthropology without Tears: How a `Local' Sees the `Local' and the `Global', Wazir Jahan Karim 7 Chimpanzees, Diamonds and war: Debating Local-Global Interaction on the Liberia-Sierra Leone Border, Paul Richards Afterwards, Peter Harries-Jones

Product details

• Authors: Henrietta Moore
• Assisted by: Henrietta Moore (Editor), Moore Henrietta (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.03.1996
• EAN: 9780415107860
• ISBN: 978-0-415-10786-0
• No. of pages: 190
• Series: ASA Decennial Conference Series: The Uses of Knowledge
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Sociology, Anthropology, Society & culture: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Society and culture: general