The Predicament of Culture
Twentieth-Century Ethnography, Literature, and Art
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
| Author: | James Clifford | ISBN: | 9780674503731 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | May 18, 1988 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | James Clifford |
| ISBN: | 9780674503731 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | May 18, 1988 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
The Predicament of Culture is a critical ethnography of the West in its changing relations with other societies. 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. In discussions of ethnography, surrealism, museums, and emergent tribal arts, Clifford probes the late twentieth-century predicament of living simultaneously within, between, and after culture.
The Predicament of Culture is a critical ethnography of the West in its changing relations with other societies. 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. In discussions of ethnography, surrealism, museums, and emergent tribal arts, Clifford probes the late twentieth-century predicament of living simultaneously within, between, and after culture.
