A Moment's Notice: Time Politics Across Culture

by Carol J. Greenhouse

Book Overview

Focusing on the problem of time--the paradox of time's apparent universality and cultural relativity--Carol J. Greenhouse develops an original ethnographic account of our present moment, the much-heralded postmodern condition, which is at the same time a reflexive analysis of ethnography itself. She argues that time is about agency and accountability, and that representations of time are used by institutions of law, politics, and scholarship to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801482283
• ISBN13: 9780801482281
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher