Anthropology off the shelf :
Anthropology off the shelf : anthropologists on writing /
edited by Alisse Waterston and Maria D. Vesperi.
- 1 online resource (xvi, 213 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the writer in the anthropologist / Maria D. Vesperi and Alisse Waterston -- Speaking truth to power with books / Howard Zinn -- Remember when writing was fun? : why academics should go on a low syllable, active voice diet / Karen Brodkin -- The bard / Carolyn Nordstrom -- Saggin' and braggin' / Lee D. Baker -- Stories for readers : a few observations from outside the academy / Andrew Barnes -- Writing poverty, drawing readers : stories in Love, sorrow and rage / Alisse Waterston -- Write ous indignation : Black girls, dilemmas of cultural domination and the struggle to speak the skin we are in / Signithia Fordham -- Writing truth to power : racism as statecraft / Arthur K. Spears -- Remembering Octavia / Sharon Ball -- Believing in anthropology as literature / Ruth Behar -- Walking in Zora's shoes or "seek(ing) out de inside meanin' of words" : the intersections of anthropology, ethnography, identity, and writing / Irma McClaurin -- Off the shelf and into oblivion? / Catherine Kingfisher -- "Don't use your data as a pillow" / S. Eben Kirksey -- The trope of the pith helmet : America's anthropology, anthropology's America / Micaela di Leonardo -- The book that wrote me / Roger Sanjek -- Fighting words / Paul Farmer -- Taking chances / Maria D. Vesperi.
In Anthropology off the Shelf, leading anthropologists reflect on the craft of writing and the passions that fuel their desire to write books. First of its kind volume in anthropology in which prominent anthropologists and 3 respected professionals outside the discipline follow the tradition of the "writers on writing" genre to reflect on all aspects of the writing process. Contributors are high-profile in anthropology and many have a strong presence outside the field, in popular culture. Unique in its format: short essays, revealing and straightforward in content and writing style.
9781444308822 1444308823 9781444308839 1444308831 1282116541 9781282116542
10.1002/9781444308822 doi
10.1002/9781444308822 Wiley InterScience http://www3.interscience.wiley.com
Ethnology--Authorship.
Literature and anthropology.
Anthropologists--Attitudes.
Anthropologists.
Ethnology.
Literature and anthropology.
Anthropologists--Attitudes.
Ethnology--Authorship.
Literature and anthropology.
Electronic books.
GN307.7 / .A59 2009
306
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the writer in the anthropologist / Maria D. Vesperi and Alisse Waterston -- Speaking truth to power with books / Howard Zinn -- Remember when writing was fun? : why academics should go on a low syllable, active voice diet / Karen Brodkin -- The bard / Carolyn Nordstrom -- Saggin' and braggin' / Lee D. Baker -- Stories for readers : a few observations from outside the academy / Andrew Barnes -- Writing poverty, drawing readers : stories in Love, sorrow and rage / Alisse Waterston -- Write ous indignation : Black girls, dilemmas of cultural domination and the struggle to speak the skin we are in / Signithia Fordham -- Writing truth to power : racism as statecraft / Arthur K. Spears -- Remembering Octavia / Sharon Ball -- Believing in anthropology as literature / Ruth Behar -- Walking in Zora's shoes or "seek(ing) out de inside meanin' of words" : the intersections of anthropology, ethnography, identity, and writing / Irma McClaurin -- Off the shelf and into oblivion? / Catherine Kingfisher -- "Don't use your data as a pillow" / S. Eben Kirksey -- The trope of the pith helmet : America's anthropology, anthropology's America / Micaela di Leonardo -- The book that wrote me / Roger Sanjek -- Fighting words / Paul Farmer -- Taking chances / Maria D. Vesperi.
In Anthropology off the Shelf, leading anthropologists reflect on the craft of writing and the passions that fuel their desire to write books. First of its kind volume in anthropology in which prominent anthropologists and 3 respected professionals outside the discipline follow the tradition of the "writers on writing" genre to reflect on all aspects of the writing process. Contributors are high-profile in anthropology and many have a strong presence outside the field, in popular culture. Unique in its format: short essays, revealing and straightforward in content and writing style.
9781444308822 1444308823 9781444308839 1444308831 1282116541 9781282116542
10.1002/9781444308822 doi
10.1002/9781444308822 Wiley InterScience http://www3.interscience.wiley.com
Ethnology--Authorship.
Literature and anthropology.
Anthropologists--Attitudes.
Anthropologists.
Ethnology.
Literature and anthropology.
Anthropologists--Attitudes.
Ethnology--Authorship.
Literature and anthropology.
Electronic books.
GN307.7 / .A59 2009
306