{"product_id":"the-anthropologist-as-writer-genres-and-contexts-in-the-twenty-first-century-9781785337420","title":"The Anthropologist as Writer: Genres and Contexts","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tWriting is crucial to anthropology, but which genres are anthropologists expected to master in the 21st century? This book explores how anthropological writing shapes the intellectual content of the discipline and academic careers. First, chapters identify the different writing genres and contexts anthropologists actually engage with. Second, this book argues for the usefulness and necessity of taking seriously the idea of writing as a craft and of writing across and within genres in new ways. Although academic writing is an anthropologist’s primary genre, they also write in many others, from drafting administrative texts and filing reports to composing ethnographically inspired journalism and fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Overall, the collection should be a mandatory reference for all working ethnographers in the social sciences and required reading in all graduate courses on ethnographic methods.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (JRAI)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Due to the volume’s overall approach to the writing process as part of the profession, the chapters offer insightful observations for scholars in both early and later stages of their careers… The strength of the edited volume is that each chapter takes a very concrete situation as departure point, from perspectives such as journalism, administration, publishing, activism or funding. These are the basis for wider observations about challenges and opportunities for the writer – the anthropologist – to take into account. As such, it is an extremely valuable resource for anthropologists and ethnographers working in academia.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Anthropological Journal of European Cultures (AJEC)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This well-written collection of essays is not merely a programmatic statement about the need for anthropologists to experiment with genres, but indicates how it can be done. It succeeds in showing just as much as telling, with examples ranging from the thought-provoking to the entertaining.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Thomas Hylland Eriksen\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Oslo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Tables\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroducing the Anthropologist as Writer:\u003c\/strong\u003e Across and Within Genres\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eHelena Wulff\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART I: THE ROLE OF WRITING IN ANTHROPOLOGICAL CAREERS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Necessity of Being a Writer in Anthropology Today\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDominic Boyer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Reading, Writing, and Recognition in the Emerging Academy\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDon Brenneis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e O Anthropology, Where Art Thou? An Auto-Ethnography of Proposals\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSverker Finnström\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Craft of Editing: Anthropology’s Prose and Qualms\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBrian Moeran\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Anglicization of Anthropology: Opportunities and Challenges\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMáiréad Nic Craith\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART II: ETHNOGRAPHIC WRITING\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Anthropologist as Storyteller\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAlma Gottlieb\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Writing for the Future\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePaul Stoller\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Life-writing: Anthropological Knowledge, Boundary-Making, and the Experiential\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eNarmala Halstead\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e Chekhov as Ethnographic Muse\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKirin Narayan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART III: REACHING OUT: POPULAR WRITING AND JOURNALISM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e On Some Nice Benefits and One Big Challenge of The Second File\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAnette Nyqvist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Writer as Anthropologist\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eOscar Hemer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e Writing Together: Tensions and Joy between Scholars and Activists\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eEva-Maria Hardtmann, Vincent Manoharan, Urmila Devi, Jussi Eskola and Swarna Sabrina Francis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART IV: WRITING ACROSS GENRES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 13.\u003c\/strong\u003e Fiction and Anthropological Understanding: A Cosmopolitan Vision\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eNigel Rapport\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 14.\u003c\/strong\u003e On Timely Appearances: Anthropology, Art, Literature\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMattias Viktorin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 15.\u003c\/strong\u003e Digital Narratives in Anthropology\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePaula Uimonen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 16.\u003c\/strong\u003e Writing Otherwise\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eUlf Hannerz \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042403942743,"sku":"9781785337420","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781785337420.jpg?v=1750954048","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-anthropologist-as-writer-genres-and-contexts-in-the-twenty-first-century-9781785337420","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}