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Anthropology and race, then and now: Commentary on K. Visweswaran, `Race and the Culture of.

Authors :
Lewis, Herbert S.
Source :
American Anthropologist. Dec98, Vol. 100 Issue 4, p979. 3p.
Publication Year :
1998

Abstract

Presents a critique on the essay `Race and the Culture of Anthropology,' by Kamala Visweswaran. Failure to address the issue of equal evaluation of all cultures; Visweswaran's arguments; Visewaswaran's criticisms for the efforts of anthropologist Franz Boas to demonstrate the fallaciousness of racial discrimination and the ignorance of racism; Summary of Visweswaran's paper.

Subjects

Subjects :
*ESSAYS
*RACE discrimination

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00027294
Volume :
100
Issue :
4
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
American Anthropologist
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
1976101
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1998.100.4.979