Far Afield: French Anthropology Between Science and Literature

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Anthropology has long had a vexed relationship with literature, and nowhere has this been more acutely felt than in France, where most ethnographers, upon returning from the field, write not one book, but two: a scientific monograph and a literary account. In Far Afield --brought to English-language readers here for the first time--Vincent Debaene puzzles out this phenomenon, tracing the contours of anthropology and literature's mutual fascination...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:022610706X

ISBN13:9780226107066

Release Date:April 2014

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:424 Pages

Weight:1.23 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 8.9"

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History Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Social Science Social Sciences

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