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Theory can be more than it used to be : learning anthropology's method in a time of transition / edited by Dominic Boyer, James D. Faubion, and George E. Marcus.

Format Book and Print
Publication Info Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2015.
Copyright Notice ©2015
Descriptionvi, 285 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorBoyer, Dominic, editor.
Other author/creatorFaubion, James D., editor.
Other author/creatorMarcus, George E., editor.
Included WorkContainer of (work): Boyer, Dominic. Portable analytics and lateral theory.
Contents Ethnography, fieldwork, theorization -- Portable analytics and lateral theory / Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe -- On programmatics / James D. Faubion -- The ambitions of theory work in the production of contemporary anthropological research / George E. Marcus -- Theorizing the present ethnographically / Andreas Glaeser -- Trans-formations of biology and of theory / Kaushik Sunder Rajan -- Figuring out theory: ethnographic sketches / Kim Fortun -- Pedagogy, training, analytical method -- Responses -- Theory as parallax and provocation / Andrea Ballestero -- Undisciplined engagements: anthropology, ethnography, theory / Lisa Breglia -- Theory-making: from the raw to the cooked / Jessica Marie Falcone -- People in glass cages (shouldn't throw theoretical stones) / Jamer Hunt -- Ethnography and social theory: a dialectic to hang our hats on / Townsend Middleton -- Theory as method / Deepa S. Reddy -- Dialogue -- Encountering and engaging theory (or not) -- Theory in the positive sense of the term -- Teaching theory and analytical method -- Afterword: on the need to reinvent anthropolgical teaching and training in theory / Dominic Boyer.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2015018642
ISBN9781501700071 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN1501700073
ISBN9781501700088 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1501700081

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