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At the Pivot of East and West: Ethnographic, Literary and Filmic Arts

Michael M. J. Fischer

Culture, humanities & social science

At the Pivot of East and West: Ethnographic, Literary and Filmic Arts

By Michael M. J. Fischer, professor of anthropology and of science and technology studies

Duke University Press · 2023

In his latest book, Fischer examines documentary filmmaking and literature from Southeast Asia and Singapore for their para-ethnographic insights into politics, culture, and aesthetics. Continuing his project of applying anthropological thinking to the creative arts, Fischer exemplifies how art and fiction trace the ways in which taken-for-granted common sense changes over time speak to the transnational present and track signals of the future before they surface in public awareness.

From Summer 2024 recommended reading from MIT (MIT News). Cover image via Google Books.