Anthropologist as Writer

Helena Wulff is Professor of Social Anthropology at Stockholm University. Among her publications are the monographs Ballet across Borders (1998, Bloomsbury), Dancing at the Crossroads (2007, Berghahn), and Rhythms of Writing (2017, Bloomsbury).

• List of TablesAcknowledgementsIntroducing the Anthropologist as Writer: Across and Within GenresHelena WulffPART I: THE ROLE OF WRITING IN ANTHROPOLOGICAL CAREERSChapter 1. The Necessity of Being a Writer in Anthropology TodayDominic BoyerChapter 2. Reading, Writing, and Recognition in the Emerging AcademyDon BrenneisChapter 3. O Anthropology, Where Art Thou? An Auto-Ethnography of ProposalsSverker FinnströmChapter 4. The Craft of Editing: Anthropology’s Prose and QualmsBrian MoeranChapter 5. The Anglicization of Anthropology: Opportunities and ChallengesMáiréad Nic CraithPART II: ETHNOGRAPHIC WRITINGChapter 6. The Anthropologist as StorytellerAlma GottliebChapter 7. Writing for the FuturePaul StollerChapter 8. Life-writing: Anthropological Knowledge, Boundary-Making, and the ExperientialNarmala HalsteadChapter 9. Chekhov as Ethnographic MuseKirin NarayanPART III: REACHING OUT: POPULAR WRITING AND JOURNALISMChapter 10. On Some Nice Benefits and One Big Challenge of The Second FileAnette NyqvistChapter 11. The Writer as AnthropologistOscar HemerChapter 12. Writing Together: Tensions and Joy between Scholars and ActivistsEva-Maria Hardtmann, Vincent Manoharan, Urmila Devi, Jussi Eskola and Swarna Sabrina FrancisPART IV: WRITING ACROSS GENRESChapter 13. Fiction and Anthropological Understanding: A Cosmopolitan VisionNigel RapportChapter 14. On Timely Appearances: Anthropology, Art, LiteratureMattias ViktorinChapter 15. Digital Narratives in AnthropologyPaula UimonenChapter 16. Writing OtherwiseUlf Hannerz Index

“Overall, the collection should be a mandatory reference for all working ethnographers in the social sciences and required reading in all graduate courses on ethnographic methods.” • Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (JRAI)“Due to the volume’s overall approach to the writing process as part of the profession, the chapters offer insightful observations for scholars in both early and later stages of their careers… The strength of the edited volume is that each chapter takes a very concrete situation as departure point, from perspectives such as journalism, administration, publishing, activism or funding. These are the basis for wider observations about challenges and opportunities for the writer – the anthropologist – to take into account. As such, it is an extremely valuable resource for anthropologists and ethnographers working in academia.” • Anthropological Journal of European Cultures (AJEC)“This well-written collection of essays is not merely a programmatic statement about the need for anthropologists to experiment with genres, but indicates how it can be done. It succeeds in showing just as much as telling, with examples ranging from the thought-provoking to the entertaining.” • Thomas Hylland Eriksen, University of Oslo