Ethnology, Myth and Politics - Anthropologizing Croatian Ethnology (Hardcover, New Ed)

The book offers a critical overview of Croatian ethnology written by the most prominent Croatian ethnologist/ anthropologist in the second half of the 20th century - Dunja Rihtman-Augustin (recently deceased). She was the first Croatian ethnologist to break with the long established tradition of diffusionist (culture area) studies of her contemporaries and start to anthropologize Croatian ethnology. This book, compiled and completed by Jasna Capo Zmegac, highlights some crucial remarks with regard to the relationship between ethnology and politics. They are formulated as a series of research questions and problems, including: the role of folk culture as mythomoteur, cannonization of the folk culture, nationalization of the peasants in the 19th century and the role of ethnology. This vividly written text offers an exceptional insight into Croatian ethnological developments in the past century, as well as into crucial ruptures in Croatian society which have had important repercussions on ethnological discipline.

General

Imprint:	Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Progress in European Ethnology
Release date:	July 2004
First published:	2004
Authors:	Dunja Rihtman-Augustin • Jasna Capo Zmegac
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	164
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7546-4039-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > Biological anthropology > General
LSN:	0-7546-4039-6
Barcode:	9780754640394

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