Response to: K. Visweswaran, `Race and the Culture of Anthropology'.

Authors :: Stassinos, Elizabeth
Source :: American Anthropologist. Dec98, Vol. 100 Issue 4, p981. 3p.
Publication Year :: 1998
Abstract: Presents a critique on the paper `Race and the Culture of Anthropology,' by Kamala Visweswaran. Visweawaran's interpretation of the text `Race: Science and Politics,' by Ruth Benedict; Benedict's arguments for science in the form of anthropology; Erroneous presentation of Benedict's notion of cultural studies; Misuse of the history of relativism to reinvent theoretical orientations and topics.