Culture writing: literature and anthropology in the midcentury Atlantic world

"Culture Writing argues that the period of decolonization witnessed dynamic exchanges between writers and anthropologists on both sides of the Atlantic. The book analyzes writers who engaged professionally with anthropology--Barbara Pym, Ursula Le Guin, Saul Bellow, Édouard Glissant--and anthro...

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Main Author: Watson, Tim 1965- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY, United States of America Oxford University Press [2018]
Series:Modernist literature & culture
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Summary:"Culture Writing argues that the period of decolonization witnessed dynamic exchanges between writers and anthropologists on both sides of the Atlantic. The book analyzes writers who engaged professionally with anthropology--Barbara Pym, Ursula Le Guin, Saul Bellow, Édouard Glissant--and anthropologists who adopted literary forms--Laura Bohannan, Michel Leiris, and Claude Lévi-Strauss"--
Physical Description:xvii, 218 Seiten 25 cm
ISBN:9780190852672
0190852674

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