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James Clifford

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James Clifford is a historian and Professor in the History of Consciousness Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Clifford and Hayden White were among the first faculty directly appointed to the History of Consciousness Ph.D. program in 1978, which was originally the only graduate department at UC-Santa Cruz. The History of Consciousness department continues to be an intellectual center for innovative interdisciplinary and critical scholarship in the U.S. and abroad, largely due to Clifford and White's influence, as well as the work of other prominent faculty who were hired in the 1980’s. Clifford served as Chair to this department from 2004-2007.

Clifford is the author of several widely cited and translated books, includin...more James Clifford is a historian and Professor in the History of Consciousness Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Clifford and Hayden White were among the first faculty directly appointed to the History of Consciousness Ph.D. program in 1978, which was originally the only graduate department at UC-Santa Cruz. The History of Consciousness department continues to be an intellectual center for innovative interdisciplinary and critical scholarship in the U.S. and abroad, largely due to Clifford and White's influence, as well as the work of other prominent faculty who were hired in the 1980’s. Clifford served as Chair to this department from 2004-2007.

Clifford is the author of several widely cited and translated books, including The Predicament of Culture: Twentieth Century Ethnography, Literature and Art (1988) and Routes: Travel and Translation in the Late 20th Century (1997), as well as the editor of Writing Culture: the Poetics and Politics of Ethnography, with George Marcus (1986). Clifford's work has sparked controversy and critical debate in a number of disciplines, such as literature, art history and visual studies, and especially in cultural anthropology, as his literary critiques of written ethnography greatly contributed to the discipline’s important self-critical period of the 1980's and early 1990's.

Clifford's dissertation research was conducted at Harvard University in History (1969-1977), and focused on anthropologist Maurice Leenhardt and Melanesia. However, because of his impact on the discipline of anthropology, Clifford is sometimes mistaken as an anthropologist with graduate training in cultural anthropology. Rather, Clifford's work in anthropology is usually critical and historical in nature, and does not often include fieldwork or extended research at a single field site. A geographical interest in Melanesia continues to influence Clifford's scholarship, and his work on issues related to indigeneity, as well as fields like globalization, museum studies, visual and performance studies, cultural studies, and translation, often as they relate to how the category of the indigenous is produced.(less)

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Books by James Clifford

Average rating: 3.80 · 270 ratings · 12 reviews · 24 distinct works

	Writing Culture: The Poetics and Politics of Ethnography 3.77 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 1986	My rating:
	The Predicament of Culture: Twentieth-Century Ethnography, Literature, and Art 3.83 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 1988 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Routes: Travel and Translation in the Late Twentieth Century 3.71 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Writing Culture: The Poetics and Politics of Ethnography by James Clifford (Editor), George E. Marcus (Editor) 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	On the Edges of Anthropology: Interviews 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2003	My rating:
	Surgimiento de La Antropología Posmoderna by James Clifford, Clifford Geertz 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	Person and Myth: Maurice Leenhardt in the Melanesian World 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1982 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Itinerarios Transculturales 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2000	My rating:
	I Frutti Puri Impazziscono: Etnografia, Letteratura E Arte Nel Secolo Xx 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1999	My rating:
	The Divine Services and Anthems Usually Sung in the Cathedrals and Collegiate Choires in the Church of England Collected by J. C. (1663) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating: