Question

This is the last word in the title of an essay that argues for “ethnographies of the particular” as a way of accomplishing the title task. That essay titled for this concept calls out anthropology's ignorance of “halfie” anthropologists who are descended from indigenous people and violate the self/other distinction. Two books with this concept in the title originated the idea of anthropology's “crisis of representation” in the 80s and 90s. This is the last word (15[1])in the title (15[1])of an essay arguing for an emphasis on the anthropologist’s positionality in ethnography; (*) Lila Abu-Lughod (-5[1])titled that essay in opposition to a book of essays about “the politics and poetics of ethnography,” which also has this concept as the last word in its title. For 10 points, the “literary turn” in anthropology was led by a series of essays by James Clifford and (10[1])George Marcus (10[1])titled for “Writing” what (10[1])concept? (10[1])■END■ (10[3]0[1])

ANSWER: culture [accept “Writing Against Culture” or Writing Culture: The Politics and Poetics of Ethnography or Anthropology as Cultural Critique]
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2023 Chicago Open08/05/2023Y9100%22%11%131.00

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