This author reconsidered classic works of ethnography from a postmodernist standpoint in Works and Lives: The Anthropologist as Author.
This author reconsidered classic works of ethnography from a postmodernist standpoint in Works and Lives: The Anthropologist as Author. He described a syncretic village religion, the orthodox practices of Muslim merchants, and the Hinduism of government officials in The Religion of Java, while one of his essays is subtitled (*) "Religious Development in Morocco and Indonesia." In addition to "Islam Observed," this anthropologist argued against provincialism in the lecture "Anti-Anti-Relativism," and also described "webs of significance in which individuals are caught." For 10 points, identify this anthropologist who coined the term "thick description," which he employed in an essay from Interpretation of Cultures, entitled "Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight."
This author reconsidered classic works of ethnography from a postmodernist standpoint in Works and Lives: The Anthropologist as Author.
Clifford {Geertz}