| Index |
Reviewed Books on Anthropological Theory
These are mostly anthropological studies of various sorts... mostly they were pulled onto this page to make my library page load faster! ;-)
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| Foucault's Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews & Other Writings 1972-1977 | A little disjointed-seeming in its leaps from essay subject to interview, but like most of Foucault's stuff I've read there's the occasional startlingly new idea that makes it well worth the effort. | |
 | Geertz' The Interpretation of Cultures | Excellent book... but then I've always liked Geertz' dry sense of humor when it comes to academia nuts. |
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| Lyotard's The Postmodern Condition | Probably one of the best explanations of postmodernism I've read, and according to my professor a seminal work in the field. Well worth a re-read just to make sure you caught everything! ;-) |
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| Barthes' Mythologies | A paper on the bourgeoisie tendency to mythologize society. Fascinating reading. |
| Said's Orientalism | Which covers Edward Said's seminal work on the academic movement called orientalism. | |
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| Anderson's Imagined Communities | A quick review of Benedict Anderson's book on the development and history of the nationalist movement. Quite good. |
 | Critical Review of Hebdige's Subculture: the Meaning of Style | Which is a fascinating book, analyzing the English music scene and how the 'styles' of the various groups speak of what each group believes. |
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Last Updated: Sun Mar 11 2000
