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Fischer 1986

 
Reference
 

Fischer, Michael M. J. 1986. "Ethnicity and the post-modern arts of memory." In Clifford, J. and Marcus 1986. Interest level: lay specialist.

Summary
 

Is one of 11 essays produced by participants at an intensive seminar held at the School of American Research in Santa Fe, New Mexico in April 1984. Focus of the seminar was "the making of ethnographic texts."

 

Participants discussed a number of papers on a wide variety of topics relating to the subject. Examines ethnicity via the review of five ethnic autobiographies (Armenian-American, Chinese-American, Afro-American, and Native American). Has threefold strategy:

 
  • Ethnographic listening
  • Attention to cultural criticism
  • Attention to experimental writing (page 198)

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