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hi
what comes to my mind immediately is michael taussig's book on the magic of
the state, and in this interview he speaks of the interplay between
anthropology and fiction http://cabinetmagazine.org/issues/18/strauss.php -
hope this is of help
mariya
On 4 September 2012 23:00, Dr Beatrice Jauregui <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> I am writing in the hopes that some of you on this list might be able
> to offer some useful references regarding the interplay between
> ethnography and fiction. My friend and colleague teaches comparative
> literature (specializing in 20th century French lit), and asked me if
> I might be able to help (see below), but I cannot think of anything...
> If you have any ideas, please share off-list--and if anyone is
> interested in whatever I gather, let me know and I'll send on the
> info.
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> Thanks,
> --Bea
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> ...[in my class, i plan to use] these strange fictional ethnographies
> by belgian poet henri michaux. ie he literally makes up (strange)
> people/places and then writes about them in the voice of a slightly
> baffled ethnographer. i love this text (and in fact everything by
> michaux). here's the question: what obvious or interesting secondary
> material could go with such a text? i'm thinking, something
> "canonical" on the "fictional" structures of ethnography and
> vice-versa(?)
>
> (of course ideal if you can think of something originally written in
> french but even if not.) i don't what our text to be drowned out by
> theory so something that could sit nicely by it, allow us to frame
> some of the stakes but not in an overly authoritative way (max 50
> pages, ideally just a chapter).
>
> could also be tangential - or derridean...
>
> --
> Dr Beatrice Jauregui
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> University of Cambridge
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