Anthropology with an Attitude : Critical Essays

Preface ix Acknowledgments xiv Prelude: With So Much Critique and Reflection Around, Who Needs Theory? 1(10) PART I: Critical Concerns Ethnographic Objectivity: From Rigor to Vigor 11(22) Ethnographic Misunderstanding and the Perils of Context 33(20) Keep Listening: Ethnography and Reading 53(17) Ethnology and History 70(17) Culture with an Attitude 87(16) PART II: Critical Memories Hindsight 103(15) Curios and Curiosity 118(22) Time, Narration, and the Exploration of Central Africa 140(18) Remembering the Other: Knowledge and Recognition 158(21) Africa's Belgium 179(20) Coda: Not in a Thousand Years: On the (Ir)relevance of the Millennium 199(8) Notes 207(24) References 231(18) Index 249