Anthropology and Social Theory - Culture, Power, and the Acting Subject

Informationen zum Autor Sherry B. Ortner Klappentext Essays on how a theory of "serious games"--as a way of conceiving of social and political power relations--can inform ethnographic research. Zusammenfassung The award-winning anthropologist Sherry B. Ortner draws on her longstanding interest in theories of cultural practice to rethink key concepts of culture! agency! and subjectivity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Updating Practice Theory 1 Chapter One: Reading America: Preliminary Notes on Class and Culture 19 Chapter Two: Resistance and the Problem of Ethnographic Refusal 42 Chapter Three: Identities: The Hidden Life of Class 63 Chapter Four: Generation X: Anthropology in a Media-Saturated World 80 Chapter Five: Subjectivity and Cultural Critique 107 Chapter Six: Power and Projects: Reflections on Agency 129 Notes 155 References Cited 167 Index 181

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Sherry B Ortner, Sherry B. Ortner
• Editore: Duke University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.11.2006
• EAN: 9780822338116
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-3811-6
• Pagine: 200
• Dimensioni: 159 mm x 235 mm x 17 mm
• Serie: A John Hope Franklin Center Book; John Hope Franklin Center Book; A John Hope Franklin Center Book; John Hope Franklin Center Book
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche