The Future of anthropology : its relevance to the contemporary world
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The Future of anthropology : its relevance to the contemporary world
Athlone, 1995
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Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto Universityアフリカ専攻
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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: hard ISBN 9780485114454
Description
Is anthropology relevant to our lives today? Does anthropology have anything to contribute in the coming time? How are anthroplogists responding to the post-colonial, post-modernist world? Leading anthroplogists attempt to answer these questions, identifying and exploring key issues where anthropology connects with the problems of the contemporary scene.
Table of Contents
- From self-applause through self-criticism to self-confidence. Introduction: is anthropology relevant to the contemporary world? the rise and fall of scientific ethnography
- anthropology: still the uncomfortable discipline? anthropology for sale? learning from AIDS: the future of anthropology
- anthropology, gender, masculinity
- tourism, modernity, nostalgia
- prospects for tourism study in anthropology
- lost horizons regained: old age and the anthropology of contemporary society
- cultural imperialism and the mediation of otherness
- after emotion: ethnic cleansing in the former Yugoslavia, and beyond
- notes on the future anthropology.
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: pbk ISBN 9780485121056
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Focuses on the relevance of anthropology to problems of the contemporary world, covering: HIV/AIDS research, feminism and masculinity, tourism and heritage, refugees, ageing, cultural imperialism, the media, postmodernism and post-colonial criticism, science and anthropology in policy and practice.
Table of Contents
- From self-applause through self-criticism to self-confidence. Introduction: is anthropology relevant to the contemporary world? the rise and fall of scientific ethnography
- anthropology: still the uncomfortable discipline? anthropology for sale? learning from AIDS: the future of anthropology
- anthropology, gender, masculinity
- tourism, modernity, nostalgia
- prospects for tourism study in anthropology
- lost horizons regained: old age and the anthropology of contemporary society
- cultural imperialism and the mediation of otherness
- after emotion: ethnic cleansing in the former Yugoslavia, and beyond
- notes on the future anthropology.
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