Anthropology off the Shelf: Anthropologists on WritingISBN: 978-1-4443-3879-9
Paperback
230 pages
January 2011, Wiley-Blackwell
Other Available Formats: Hardcover
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"This wonderful collection of essays explores an essential
question: how do we tell an untold story? The answers will
inspire any anthropologist-writer with the nerve to take a
shot."
–David Kushner, author of Levittown and Masters of Doom
"This book should be on many of our must read lists! Its
provocative contents should inspire anthropologists and other
social scientists to think more courageously about what it can
mean—both for us and our potentially expanded and diversified
audiences—if more of us “come out” asserting
identities as writers. This collection makes a compelling
argument that anthropological writing needn't be confined to
conventional "academese," which seriously limits our public reach
and social impact."
–Faye V. Harrison, Professor of Anthropology and Director of
African American Studies, University of Florida, Author of
Outsider Within: Reworking Anthropology in the Global
Age
"Turning research into stories that matter to all of us is an
art scholars too rarely aspire to, let alone master. The
anthropologists in this collection tell the tale of that
challenge with inspiring passion, showing in the telling what
gifted writers they have become."
–Trevor Brown, Professor Emeritus, Indiana University
Bloomington
"It's inspiring to see behind the curtain of anthropologists,
some of the world's most influential storytellers, read of their
insecurities, passion, and a sense of mission one essayist says is
the human responsibility "to creatively offer something to the
world.""
–Keith Woods, Dean, The Poynter Institute