This collection focuses on the concept of reflexivity and how it warps the portrayal of anthropological truth. The essays show how an understanding of reflexivity leads to cultural and methodological self-awareness. Contributors include Richard Schechner, Victor Turner, Barbara Myerhoff, Jay Ruby, Eric Michaels, Dennis Tedlock, George Marcus, Paul Rabinow, Barbara Babcock, Carol Ann Parssinen, and Dan Rose

Jay Ruby is Professor of Anthropology and director of a graduate program in the anthropology of visual communication at Temple University. He is the editor of Robert J. Flaherty, A Biography, written by Paul Rotha, also published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.