Writing Culture helped bring changes to both anthropology and ethnography often described in terms of being 'postmodern,' 'reflexive,' 'literary,' 'deconstructive,' or 'poststructural' in nature, in that the text helped to highlight the various epistemic and political predicaments that many practitioners saw as plaguing ethnographic representations and practices.
Budaya nyurat ngwantun ngicen pauwahan sane becik inggian ring antropologi miwah etnografi sane sering kasambat 'postmodern', 'refleksif', 'sastra', 'dekonstruktif', utawi  'poststruktural'.  Sasuratan punika ngwantu makudang kewagedan miwah pikobet politik sane kapanggihang olih samian praktisi pinaka sepat siku-siku  miwah praktik etnografi sane kantun mikobetin.