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Limits of ‘culture ethnography’: for a critique of contemporary ethnographic practice in the light of Eric Wolf's work

In this essay, we intend to outline a critique of the specialized notion of ethnography, fundamentally, that practiced around the study of cultural regularities, in societies characterized from an alleged "lesser social differentiation". This will be done by reviewing the consistent work o...

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Main Author:	Contreras, Raúl Ortiz
Format:	Online
Language:	Portuguese
Published:	Universidade Estadual de Campinas 2007
Subjects:	Etnografia da cultura História Ideologia Eric Wolf Culture ethnography History Ideology
Online Access:	https://econtents.sbu.unicamp.br/inpec/index.php/tematicas/article/view/13652
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