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Laura Nader : Letters to and from an Anthropologist by Laura Nader (2020, Hardcover)

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Laura Nader : Letters to and from an Anthropologist, Hardcover by Nader, Laura, ISBN 1501752243, ISBN-13 9781501752247, Brand New, Free shipping in the US "Laura Nader is a towering figure as anthropologist, teacher, and public intellectual. Her letters give a glimpse of academic life mostly unseen by academics and by the general public. The collection includes letters from academic colleagues, but it alsocontains correspondence from lawyers, politicians, citizens, people on death row, Peace Corps workers, members of the military, scientists, and more."--

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PublisherCornell University Press

ISBN-101501752243

ISBN-139781501752247

eBay Product ID (ePID)28038376059

Product Key Features

Book TitleLaura Nader : Letters to and from an Anthropologist

Number of Pages392 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicWomen, Letters, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Anthropology / General

Publication Year2020

IllustratorYes

GenreSocial Science, Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections

AuthorLaura Nader

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight32.1 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2020-024241

Reviews Letters is a carefully crafted book that masterfully weaves together several narratives. Letters challenges us all to contemplate, calmly compose our thoughts, and commit ourselves to reclaiming the art of heartfelt, handwritten communication., A fascinating and eclectic documentary record, one for which different readers will find disciplinary, historical, and biographic interest in relation to different topics, exchanges, and interlocuters., Letters is a carefully crafted book that masterfully weaves together several narratives. Letters challenges us all to contemplate, calmly compose our thoughts, and commit ourselves to reclaiming the art of heartfelt, handwritten communication., Letters is a carefully crafted book that masterfully weaves together several narratives... Letters challenges us all to contemplate, calmly compose our thoughts, and commit ourselves to reclaiming the art of heartfelt, handwritten communication.

Table Of ContentIntroduction 1. Getting Started in the Sixties 2. Reinventing Anthropology in the Seventies 3. Uncovering Academic Mindsets in the Eighties 4. The Ivory Tower Is No More in the Nineties 5. A Twenty-First-Century World Epilogue

SynopsisLaura Nader documents decades of letters written, received, and archived by esteemed author and anthropologist Laura Nader. She revisits her correspondence with academic colleagues, lawyers, politicians, military officers, and many others, all with unique and insightful perspectives on a variety of social and political issues. She uses personal and professional correspondence as a way of examining complex issues and dialogues that might not be available by other means. By compiling these letters, Nader allows us to take an intimate look at how she interacts with people across multiple fields, disciplines, and outlooks. Arranged chronologically by decade, this book follows Nader from her early career and efforts to change patriarchal policies at UC, Berkeley, to her efforts to fight against climate change and minimize environmental degradation. The letters act as snapshots, giving us glimpses of the lives and issues that dominated culture at the time of their writing. Among the many issues that the correspondence in Laura Nader explores are how a man on death row sees things, how scientists are concerned about and approach their subject matter, and how an anthropologist ponders issues of American survival. The result is an intriguing and comprehensive history of energy, physics, law, anthropology, feminism and legal anthropology in the United States, as well as a reflection of a lifelong career in legal scholarship.

LC Classification NumberGN33.N334 2020