Culture writing : literature and anthropology in the midcentury Atlantic world / Tim Watson.
Culture writing : literature and anthropology in the midcentury Atlantic world / Tim Watson.
Culture writing : literature and anthropology in the midcentury Atlantic world / Tim Watson.
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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
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G 2018/1380
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Language
English
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Physical content
xvii, 218 pages ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: culture writing -- The anglophone Atlantic world. "Jumble sales are the same the world over": Barbara Pym and transatlantic anthropology; The sun also sets: anthropology at the end of empire in Ursula le Guin and Laura Bohannan; "Every guy has his own Africa": development and anthropol...
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Publisher
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2018]
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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,...
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Culture writing : literature and anthropology in the midcentury Atlantic world / Tim Watson.
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Literature and anthropology in the midcentury Atlantic world
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Modernist literature & culture
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2018/1380
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74VKVNAb6ZrO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVNAb6ZrO
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ISBN
9780190852672 hardcover
0190852674 hardcover
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809.933552
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991024161948102626
