{"product_id":"anthropology-in-the-public-arena-9781118475478","title":"Anthropology in the Public Arena","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eANTHROPOLOGY IN THE PUBLIC ARENA\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eA critical insider, Jeremy MacClancy celebrates maverick anthropologists who transgressed academic frontiers, and urges his colleagues to engage the public. This is an entertaining, original, and provocative book.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAdam Kuper, Professor Emeritus, University of Cambridge\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJeremy MacClancy insightfully expands the history of anthropology beyond the confines of the academy, showing us how a collection of poets, popularizers, critics, surrealists, neo-Freudians, and iconoclast savants shaped anthropology's imagination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Price, St Martin's University,Washington\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eANTHROPOLOGY IN THE PUBLIC ARENA\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis detailed survey of the evolution of anthropology in Britain is also a spirited defence of the public as well as professional role of the discipline. The author argues for a broader vision of the value of anthropological knowledge that allows for the creative contributions of popular scientists and literary figures \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Beating the Bounds of Discipline? Innovation at the Margins and Beyond 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 John Layard, “Study of a Failure”: An Innovative Integrated Approach from the Psychoanalyst 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Geoffrey Gorer, “Britain’s Margaret Mead”: Blending Anthropology and Travelogue 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Robert Graves: Empowering Anthropological Modes of Explanation in Myth and Ritual 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Mass Observation: A Radical, Popular Ethnography of the People, by the People, and for the People 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Literary Image of the Anthropologist 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Parting Comments: Public Interest, Multiple Anthropologies 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 228\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528830493015,"sku":"9781118475478","price":91.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118475478.jpg?v=1731873188","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/anthropology-in-the-public-arena-9781118475478","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}