Gramsci, Culture and Anthropology

Gramsci, Culture and Anthropology by Crehan, Kate. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780520236028.

In the last twenty years Antonio Gramsci has become a major presence in British and American anthropology, especially for anthropologists working on issues of culture and power. This book explores Gramscis understanding of culture and the links between culture and power. Kate Crehan makes extensive use of Gramscis own writings, including his preprison journalism and prison letters as well as the prison notebooks. Gramsci, Culture and Anthropology also provides an account of the intellectual and political contexts within which he was writing. Crehan examines the challenge that Gramscis approach poses to common anthropological assumptions about the nature of "culture" as well as the potential usefulness of Gramscis writings for contemporary anthropologists.