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The Anthropology of Media: A Reader / Edition 1

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ISBN-10:: 0631220941
ISBN-13:: 9780631220947
Pub. Date:: 02/15/2002
Publisher:: Wiley

ISBN-10:: 0631220941
ISBN-13:: 9780631220947
Pub. Date:: 02/15/2002
Publisher:: Wiley

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The Anthropology of Media: A Reader

Brings together key writings in the emergent field of the anthropology of media for the first time
Integrates key themes in the anthropology of media by means of editorial commentary
Explores the theoretical issues that have arisen from ethnographic studies of media

offers a critical overview of how mass media represents and constructs both Western and non-Western cultures. Moving beyond earlier anthropological preoccupation with ethnographic film and drawing on the recent explosion of creative studies of culture and media, this volume heralds the emergence of a new field – the anthropology of media – and brings its key literature together for the first time.

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ISBN-13:	9780631220947
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	02/15/2002
Series:	Wiley Blackwell Readers in Anthropology , #2
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	6.80(w) x 9.70(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Kelly Askew is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology and the Center for Afroamerican and African Studiesat the University of Michigan. She is the author of Performing the Nation: Swahili Music and Cultural Politics in Tanzania (2002).

Richard R. Wilk is Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at Indiana University. He is the author of several books, including Household Ecology (1991) and Economies and Cultures (1996), as well as over a hundred papers and articles on topics as diverse as Maya archaeology, research ethics, and global consumer culture.

Acknowledgments viii

Timeline of Media Development x

Introduction 1
Kelly Askew

Part I Seeing/Hearing is Believing: Technology and Truth 15

Part II Representing Others 73

Part III Representing Selves 157

Part IV Active Audiences 237

Part V Power, Colonialism, Nationalism 323

Resource Bibliography 394

Index 406

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"In its bold presentation of an emergent subfield – anthropology of media – this comprehensive collection is a timely resource for students and others interested in cross-cultural research on mass communication. Destined to become a standard text, it explores a wide range of theoretical ideas and spotlights fascinating case studies. Highly recommended!" Harald E. L. Prins, Society for Visual Anthropology (1999–2001)

"Provides a unique collection of classic and vanguard, theoretical and substantive studies that demonstrates the centrality of anthropology to contemporary media studies. By a judicious selection of fascinating papers this volume is able to go beyond any single study to reveal the many different ways an anthropology sensitive to political and economic environments can investigate the production, consumption, and consequences of media by creators and users. As such it makes the ideal foundation for teaching a subject that has now clearly come into its own." Daniel Miller, University College London

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