Anthropological writing, perhaps more than any other academic discourse, had been caught in the cross-fire of postmodern discussions about the crisis of representation and the imperialism of knowledge. The legitimacy of the field demands that the writer be an objective transcriber of the nature of some other - that she not take to this observation and transcription the force of her own subjectivity. In recent years the problems of objectivity have been exacerbated by criticisms from within and without the discipline of anthropology that call into question no only the history of the field but also the very premises that authorize it. This study explores the extent to which the discipline of anthropology has rewritten itself in the face of these criticisms.
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