ISBN:
9780520388741
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9780520388734
Language:
English
Pages:
xv, 361 Seiten
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Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Atelier 9
Series Statement:
Atelier
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Benson, Peter, 1979- Stuck moving or
DDC:
301.092
Keywords:
Benson, Peter
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Anthropologists Biography
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Emotions Anthropological aspects
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Conduct of life
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Erlebnisbericht
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Erlebnisbericht
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Erlebnisbericht
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Erlebnisbericht
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Ethnologe
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Anthropologe
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Ethnologie
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Selbstreflexion
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Universität
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Drogenkonsum
Abstract:
"AUTHOR'S NOTE: This book is unconventional. A self-conscious experiment in form that draws together two vernaculars: anthropological thought and the pop culture of my youth. It is a fraught exercise. I write as a White guy about angst and alienation in the privileged spaces of anthropology and higher education. I appreciate the irony. I hope nonetheless that my experiences with and critical perspectives on social conventions, the culture of liberalism, and ableism in academia might be useful. I seek to expand possibilities of anthropological representation while challenging epistemological, aesthetic, and professional norms in my discipline. It bothers me that anthropology can be so sanctimonious. I take aim at the ableist conceit that anthropologists are non-characters studying a messy world. Much of my life has been a mess. My work has been undertaken amid struggles with pregnancy loss, bipolar disorder, and drug addiction. I have deep regrets about my participation in an exploitative field. I have deep regrets about many things. I have hurt people and been hurt by people. I hope my stories and reflections add to what others have already written about a more open, honest, and self-deprecating anthropology"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Sixteen candles -- Lost in translation -- And everything is going fine -- Murmur of the heart -- Do the right thing -- Rushmore -- Toy story -- Shame -- Life is sweet -- The graduate -- My own private Idaho -- Boyhood -- Broken flowers -- Stagecoach -- The red balloon -- Planet of the apes.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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