Novel Approaches to Anthropology - Contributions to Literary Anthropology (Hardcover)

This volume of interdisciplinary essays reflects current contributions to literary anthropology. It showcases the myriad ways that anthropologists bring their disciplinary perspectives, theories, concepts and pedagogical strategies to interpreting fiction and travel writing written in the past and present. The authors integrate insights from the reflexive deconstructive turn in anthropology and from critical Marxist and feminist approaches that ground interpretation in the political, economic, and social constraints and experiences of everyday life. The contributors share the view that fiction, like all artistic expression, is rooted in specific historical and cultural contexts. It therefore provides a rich source of information about societies and time periods in the present and about those that cannot be investigated through traditional ethnographic methods. Literature, like all artistic expression, stimulates a critical imagination by allowing readers to take a fresh look at their own society and culture.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2013
First published:	September 2013
Contributors:	Mary-Elizabeth Reeve
Editors:	Marilyn Cohen
Contributors:	John W. Pulis • Helena Wulff • Ward Keeler • David Surrey • Ray McDermott
Dimensions:	236 x 160 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	268
ISBN-13:	978-0-7391-7502-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7391-7502-5
Barcode:	9780739175026

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