Culture & Truth: The Remaking of Social Analysis (First Edition)

Boston, Massachusetts: Beacon Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Bound in two-toned black publisher's cloth and tan paper. Covers are plain with gilt text on the spine. Book is in three parts. Includes epilogue and notes. Indexed. xii, 253 pp. Dust jacket is tan with blue, black, and white lettering. Unmarked except for previous owner's name on the front flyleaf. Light wear and sunned spine on dust jacket. A nice copy. Full refund if not satisfied. FROM THE DUST JACKET: "Culture and Truth that cultures be studied not as reified wholes but as processes through which people understand their lives. Rosaldo believes that culture critics should pay greater attention to change through time. In particular, he advocates subjectivity in social analysis and the use of narrative to avoid portraying human life as static. His vision of social analysis concentrates on borders - the lines along which different groups work and live with divergent understandings. Drawing upon his own background as a Chicano as well as upon the works of three Chicano writers, Rosaldo claims that culture by their very nature are heterogeneous and always working in a realm of borders. [...] Witty, insightful, and persuasive, it is destined to revivify and transform the study of culture.?