{"product_id":"ethnography-as-commentary-9780822342830","title":"Ethnography as Commentary","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Internet allows ethnographers to deposit the textual materials on which they base their writing in virtual archives. This work argues that virtual archives have the potential to shift the emphasis in ethnographic writing from the monograph to commentary. It provides a model of writing in the presence of a virtual archive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eEthnography as Commentary\u003c\/i\u003e is a timely contribution to contemporary problems of anthropological knowledge-making. It is an argument about what ethnography has come to and an experiment about what it might still become more than two decades after the intense period of critiquing anthropology’s emblematic research practices.”—\u003cb\u003eGeorge E. Marcus\u003c\/b\u003e, co-author of \u003ci\u003eDesigns for an Anthropology of the Contemporary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Johannes Fabian is one of the most prominent and original thinkers in anthropology. With \u003ci\u003eEthnography as Commentary\u003c\/i\u003e, he makes a significant contribution to debates about modes of writing in anthropology and adjacent disciplines and to anthropological knowledge of postcolonial Central African culture and society. Younger scholars especially will find it a very instructive close-up portrayal of intensive ethnographic work.”—\u003cb\u003eUlf Hannerz\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eForeign News: Exploring the World of Foreign Correspondents\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface vii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. Closing House--A Late Ethnography 1\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. An Event: Closing the House 21\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. A Text: Made, Not Found 39\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Kahenga's Work 55\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Kahenga's World 73\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Kahenga's Thoughts 91\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Endings and Ends 111\u003cbr\u003e Notes 125\u003cbr\u003e Works Cited 133\u003cbr\u003e Index 137","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406052499799,"sku":"9780822342830","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822342830.jpg?v=1730494369","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ethnography-as-commentary-9780822342830","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}