The Trope of the Pith Helmet: America's Anthropology, Anthropology's America

Micaela di Leonardo*

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Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationAnthropology off the Shelf
Subtitle of host publicationAnthropologists on Writing
PublisherWiley Blackwell
Pages160-171
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9781405189200
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 7 2009

Keywords

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  • Trope of the Pith helmet - America's Anthropology

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Social Sciences(all)

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di Leonardo, M. (2009). The Trope of the Pith Helmet: America's Anthropology, Anthropology's America. In Anthropology off the Shelf: Anthropologists on Writing (pp. 160-171). Wiley Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444308822.ch15