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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Tables VII
- Acknowledgments VIII
- Introducing the Anthropologist as Writer: Across and Within Genres 1
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I. The Role of Writing in Anthropological Careers
- Chapter 1 The Necessity of Being a Writer in Anthropology Today 21
- Chapter 2 Reading, Writing, and Recognition in the Emerging Academy 33
- Chapter 3 O Anthropology, Where Art Thou? An Auto-Ethnography of Proposals 46
- Chapter 4 The Craft of Editing: Anthropology’s Prose and Qualms 60
- Chapter 5 The Anglicization of Anthropology: Opportunities and Challenges 73
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II. Ethnographic Writing
- Chapter 6 The Anthropologist as Storyteller 93
- Chapter 7 Writing for the Future 118
- Chapter 8 Life-Writing: Anthropological Knowledge, Boundary-Making, and the Experiential 129
- Chapter 9 Chekhov as Ethnographic Muse 143
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III. Reaching Out: Popular Writing and Journalism
- Chapter 10 On Some Nice Benefits and One Big Challenge of the Second File 161
- Chapter 11 The Writer as Anthropologist 172
- Chapter 12 Writing Together: Tensions and Joy between Scholars and Activists 188
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IV. Writing across Genres
- Chapter 13 Fiction and Anthropological Understanding: A Cosmopolitan Vision 215
- Chapter 14 On Timely Appearances: Literature, Art, Anthropology 230
- Chapter 15 Digital Narratives in Anthropology 243
- Chapter 16 Writing Otherwise 254
- Index 271
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Tables VII
- Acknowledgments VIII
- Introducing the Anthropologist as Writer: Across and Within Genres 1
-
I. The Role of Writing in Anthropological Careers
- Chapter 1 The Necessity of Being a Writer in Anthropology Today 21
- Chapter 2 Reading, Writing, and Recognition in the Emerging Academy 33
- Chapter 3 O Anthropology, Where Art Thou? An Auto-Ethnography of Proposals 46
- Chapter 4 The Craft of Editing: Anthropology’s Prose and Qualms 60
- Chapter 5 The Anglicization of Anthropology: Opportunities and Challenges 73
-
II. Ethnographic Writing
- Chapter 6 The Anthropologist as Storyteller 93
- Chapter 7 Writing for the Future 118
- Chapter 8 Life-Writing: Anthropological Knowledge, Boundary-Making, and the Experiential 129
- Chapter 9 Chekhov as Ethnographic Muse 143
-
III. Reaching Out: Popular Writing and Journalism
- Chapter 10 On Some Nice Benefits and One Big Challenge of the Second File 161
- Chapter 11 The Writer as Anthropologist 172
- Chapter 12 Writing Together: Tensions and Joy between Scholars and Activists 188
-
IV. Writing across Genres
- Chapter 13 Fiction and Anthropological Understanding: A Cosmopolitan Vision 215
- Chapter 14 On Timely Appearances: Literature, Art, Anthropology 230
- Chapter 15 Digital Narratives in Anthropology 243
- Chapter 16 Writing Otherwise 254
- Index 271