The art of tacking
An Interview-Dialog
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2632218 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M R Sanches (0000-0002-1327-8728, Centre for Research in Anthropology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 4 (2) |
| Issue | 4 (2 |
| Pages | 371-388 |
| Publication date | 2000-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Etnografica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0873-6561 • E-ISSN: 2182-2891 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/etnografica.2774 |
| OpenAlex | W4301073812 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 3 |
James Clifford's work has exercised a considerable influence in a wide range of fields, namely through his seminal book on Maurice Leenhardt, Person and Myth, and by playing a decisive role in the Writing Culture debate, where his approach proved to be central to the "ethnographic turn" not only in anthropology but also in literary studies, provoking a set of enthusiastic, or adverse, but rarely moderate reactions.The essays brought together in The Predicament of Culture motivated similar disparate responses and proved again to be a source of inquiry and inspiration for several fields and disciplines.His reflections on culture in his last book Routes, namely his concept of "travelling", "diasporic" cultures caused once more enthusiastic adhesion as well as skeptical rejection.The same applies to his contribution to establish closer links between anthropology and cultural studies, and inside these to promote a closer interaction between the more socially oriented, Neo-Marxian British approach and its more textualist US variant.Such contradictory overreactions are very often the result of a too hasty reading of complex texts, which need a cautious, slow deciphering
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2022 (21) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |