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The Dialogic Emergence of Culture

  • ISBN-13: 9780252064432
  • Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
    Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
  • Edited by Dennis Tedlock, Edited by Bruce Mannheim
  • Price: AUD $64.99
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  • Local release date: 16/03/1995
  • Format: Hardback 312 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Sociology [JHB]
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Major figures in contemporary anthropology present a dialogic critique of ethnography. Moving beyond sociolinguistics and performance theory, and inspired by Bakhtin and by their own field experiences, the contributors revise notions of where culture actually resides. This pioneering effort integrates a concern for linguistic processes with interpretive approaches to culture. Culture and ethnography are located in social interaction. The collection contains dialogues that trace the entire course of ethnographic interpretation, from field research to publication. The authors explore an anthropology that actively acknowledges the dialogical nature of its own production. Chapters strike a balance between theory and practice and will also be of interest in cultural studies, literary criticism, linguistics, and philosophy. CONTRIBUTORS: Deborah Tannen, John Attinasi, Paul Friedrich, Billie Jean Isbell, Allan F. Burns, Jane H. Hill, Ruth Behar, Jean DeBernardi, R. P. McDermott, Henry Tylbor, Alton L. Becker, Bruce Mannheim, Dennis Tedlock
''Required reading for any folklore postgraduate.'' -- Gillian Bennett, Folklore ''An important contribution to the continuing interdisciplinary dialogue that is articulating ever more fully and precisely this practice-approach to culture.'' -- Anthropology and Humanism
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