Predicament of Culture: Twentieth-Century Ethnography, Literature, and Art Clifford James
Predicament of Culture: Twentieth-Century Ethnography, Literature, and Art Clifford James The Predicament of Culture is a critical ethnography of the West in its changing relations with other…
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Predicament of Culture: Twentieth-Century Ethnography, Literature, and Art Clifford James
The Predicament of Culture is a critical ethnography of the West in its changing relations with other societies. His critique raises questions of global significance: Who has the authority to speak for any group's identity and authenticity? Analyzing cultural practices such as anthropology, travel writing, collecting, and museum displays of tribal art, Clifford shows authoritative accounts of other ways of life to be contingent fictions, now actively contested in postcolonial contexts.
How do self and "the other" clash in the encounters of ethnography, travel, and modern interethnic relations? What are the essential elements and boundaries of a culture? In discussions of ethnography, surrealism, museums, and emergent tribal arts, Clifford probes the late-twentieth century predicament of living simultaneously within, between, and after
Writing Culture - Clifford James
Art of the Twentieth Century