Anthropology and Social Theory Culture, Power, and the Acting Subject

Name: Anthropology and Social Theory Culture, Power, and the Acting Subject
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ISBN: 9780822338642

ISBN-10: 0822338645

ISBN-13: 9780822338642

Edition: 2006

Authors: Sherry B. Ortner

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This is a collection of theoretical and interpretive essays that advocate reconfiguring, rather than abandoning, the concept of culture. This volume shows how social theory must both build upon and move beyond classic practice theory in order to understand the modern world.

Book details

List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 11/30/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 200
Size: 0.24" wide x 0.35" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Introduction: Updating Practice Theory



Reading America: Preliminary Notes on Class and Culture



Resistance and the Problem of Ethnographic Refusal



Identities: The Hidden Life of Class



Generation X: Anthropology in a Media-Saturated World



Subjectivity and Cultural Critique



Power and Projects: Reflections on Agency


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