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About the Author
Charles L. Briggs is chair of the Folklore Graduate Program, codirector of the Medical Anthropology Program, codirector of the Berkeley Center for Social Medicine, and the Alan Dundes Distinguished Professor of Folklore in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of numerous books, including Learning How to Ask, Stories in the Time of Cholera, Making Health Public, and Tell Me Why My Children Died. He has received such honors as the James Mooney Award, the Chicago Folklore Prize, the Edward Sapir Book Prize, the J. I. Staley Prize, the Americo Paredes Prize, the New Millennium Book Award, and the Cultural Horizons Prize, as well as prestigious fellowships.
Reviews
"Charles Briggs, long our guide in learning how to ask, leads us in this brilliant collection toward learning how to unthink-unthink the need for policing disciplinary boundaries, unthink the ideological distinction between sophisticated academic and unreflective folk, unthink the presumption that we scholars are needed to give voice to the voiceless. A profoundly illuminating guide to the energizing potential of opening oneself to disruption and dialogue in research." -Richard Bauman, Indiana University, Bloomington "I know of no other single volume in folklore that offers this particular map of key issues connecting folklore studies to other disciplines. It should be required reading on graduate folklore syllabi and will inspire some healthy controversy, specifically about the impact and inherent politics of the discipline." -Margaret Mills, The Ohio State University "A significant contribution, offering arresting insights on topics that will certainly capture the attention of many folklorists." -Erika Brady, Western Kentucky University
"Few folklorists have been more influential than Charles Briggs in shaping recent scholarship in the field." -Journal of Folklore Research
Book Information
ISBN 9781646421015
Author Charles L. Briggs
Format Paperback
Page Count 346
Imprint University Press of Colorado
Publisher University Press of Colorado
Weight(grams) 566g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 25mm