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Title: The Predicament of Culture: Twentieth-Century Ethnography, Literature and Art by James Clifford ISBN: 0-674-69843-6 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: May, 1988 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.50

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Summary: Outstanding anthropological essays
Comment: James Clifford's book considers how anthropology can exist in these postmodern times. Considering such phenomena as a museum exhibit which displays "primitive artefacts" next to contemporaneous "modern art pieces," Clifford discusses the way "Western" culture privileges its own culture at the expense of other cultures, clearly showing the ways assumptions of the definition of culture defines this privilege. Clifford's essay on the Mashpees on Cape Cod offers a striking example of directions in which anthropology can move to redesign its own project without privileging itself. A well-written, erudite text. Highly recommended for anyone interested in the workings of contemporary society.

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