Works and Lives: The Anthropologist as Author

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Polity Press, 1989 - Anthropologists - 157 pages
This major work, now available in paperback, by one of the world′s leading anthropologists discusses the style, imagery and metaphor of the great anthropologists, thereby developing Geertz′s claim that doing good anthropology is like writing good literature.

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Works and Lives: The Anthropologist as Author
Clifford Geertz
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Works and Lives: The Anthropologist as Author
Clifford Geertz
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About the author (1989)

Clifford Geertz published his famous work, "The Interpretation of Cultures," in 1973. It influenced a generation of not only anthropologists but also other scholars and intellectuals. His most recent book is "After the Fact: Two Countries, Four Decades, One Anthropologist." He is currently a faculty member at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.

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TitleWorks and Lives: The Anthropologist as Author
AuthorClifford Geertz
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherPolity Press, 1989
ISBN0745607594, 9780745607597
Length157 pages
  
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