The Anthropologist as Writer von Helena Wulff

<p> Writing is crucial to anthropology, but which genres are anthropologists expected to master in the 21st century? This book explores how anthropological writing shapes the intellectual content of the discipline and academic careers. First, chapters identify the different writing genres and contexts anthropologists actually engage with. Second, this book argues for the usefulness and necessity of taking seriously the idea of writing as a craft and of writing across and within genres in new ways. Although academic writing is an anthropologists primary genre, they also write in many others, from drafting administrative texts and filing reports to composing ethnographically inspired journalism and fiction.</p>

Helena Wulff is Professor of Social Anthropology at Stockholm University. Among her publications are the monographsBallet across Borders (1998, Bloomsbury),Dancing at the Crossroads (2007, Berghahn), andRhythms of Writing (2017, Bloomsbury).

List of Tables AcknowledgementsIntroducing the Anthropologist as Writer: Across and Within GenresHelena WulffPART I: THE ROLE OF WRITING IN ANTHROPOLOGICAL CAREERSChapter 1. The Necessity of Being a Writer in Anthropology TodayDominic BoyerChapter 2. Reading, Writing, and Recognition in the Emerging AcademyDon BrenneisChapter 3. O Anthropology, Where Art Thou? An Auto-Ethnography of ProposalsSverker FinnströmChapter 4. The Craft of Editing: Anthropologys Prose and QualmsBrian MoeranChapter 5. The Anglicization of Anthropology: Opportunities and ChallengesMáiréad Nic CraithPART II: ETHNOGRAPHIC WRITINGChapter 6. The Anthropologist as StorytellerAlma GottliebChapter 7. Writing for the FuturePaul StollerChapter 8. Life-writing: Anthropological Knowledge, Boundary-Making, and the ExperientialNarmala HalsteadChapter 9. Chekhov as Ethnographic MuseKirin NarayanPART III: REACHING OUT: POPULAR WRITING AND JOURNALISMChapter 10. On Some Nice Benefits and One Big Challenge of The Second FileAnette NyqvistChapter 11. The Writer as AnthropologistOscar HemerChapter 12. Writing Together: Tensions and Joy between Scholars and ActivistsEva-Maria Hardtmann, Vincent Manoharan, Urmila Devi, Jussi Eskola and Swarna Sabrina FrancisPART IV: WRITING ACROSS GENRESChapter 13. Fiction and Anthropological Understanding: A Cosmopolitan VisionNigel RapportChapter 14. On Timely Appearances: Anthropology, Art, LiteratureMattias ViktorinChapter 15. Digital Narratives in AnthropologyPaula UimonenChapter 16. Writing OtherwiseUlf Hannerz Index

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