Anthropology off the shelf anthropologists on writing - Waterston, Alisse 1951-; Vesperi, Maria D. (Chichester, West Sussex, England Wiley-Blackwell, 2011)
Writing poverty, drawing readers : stories in Love, sorrow and rage Off the shelf and into oblivion? Walking in Zora's shoes or "seek(ing) out de inside meanin' of words" : the intersections of anthropology, ethnography, identity, and writing Believing in anthropology as literature "Don't use your data as a pillow" Remembering Octavia Writing truth to power : racism as statecraft The trope of the pith helmet : America's anthropology, anthropology's America Write-ous indignation : Black girls, dilemmas of cultural domination and the struggle to speak the skin we are in The book that wrote me Stories for readers : a few observations from outside the academy Saggin' and braggin' Fighting words The bard Remember when writing was fun? : why academics should go on a low syllable, active voice diet Taking chances Speaking truth to power with books Introduction : the writer in the anthropologist Roger Sanjek -- Maria D. Vesperi. Micaela di Leonardo -- S. Eben Kirksey -- Paul Farmer -- Catherine Kingfisher -- Irma McClaurin -- Ruth Behar -- Sharon Ball -- Arthur K. Spears -- Signithia Fordham -- Alisse Waterston -- Andrew Barnes -- Lee D. Baker -- Carolyn Nordstrom -- Karen Brodkin -- Howard Zinn -- Maria D. Vesperi and Alisse Waterston --
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Ethnology -- Authorship; Literature and anthropology; Anthropologists -- Attitudes