Anthropology of Media - Askew; Wilk
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The Anthropology of Media: A Reader
Brings together key writings in the emergent field of theanthropology of media for the first time Integrates key themes in the anthropology of media by meansof editorial commentary Explores the theoretical issues that have arisen fromethnographic studies of media offers a critical overview of how mass media represents andconstructs both Western and non-Western cultures. Moving beyondearlier anthropological preoccupation with ethnographic film anddrawing on the recent explosion of creative studies of culture andmedia, this volume heralds the emergence of a…mehr

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The Anthropology of Media: A Reader

Brings together key writings in the emergent field of theanthropology of media for the first time
Integrates key themes in the anthropology of media by meansof editorial commentary
Explores the theoretical issues that have arisen fromethnographic studies of media offers a critical overview of how mass media represents andconstructs both Western and non-Western cultures. Moving beyondearlier anthropological preoccupation with ethnographic film anddrawing on the recent explosion of creative studies of culture andmedia, this volume heralds the emergence of a new field - theanthropology of media - and brings its key literaturetogether for the first time.
Autorenporträt
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.
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"In its bold presentation of an emergent subfield -anthropology of media - this comprehensive collection is atimely resource for students and others interested incross-cultural research on mass communication. Destined to become astandard text, it explores a wide range of theoretical ideas andspotlights fascinating case studies. Highly recommended!" HaraldE. L. Prins, Society for Visual Anthropology (1999-2001)

"Provides a unique collection of classic and vanguard,theoretical and substantive studies that demonstrates thecentrality of anthropology to contemporary media studies. By ajudicious selection of fascinating papers this volume is able to gobeyond any single study to reveal the many different ways ananthropology sensitive to political and economic environments caninvestigate the production, consumption, and consequences of mediaby creators and users. As such it makes the ideal foundation forteaching a subject that has now clearly come into its own."Daniel Miller, University College London