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Culture writing : literature and anthropology in the midcentury Atlantic world /

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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 anthropologi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Watson, Tim, 1965- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Series:Modernist literature & culture.
Subjects:
Literature and anthropology.
Anthropology in literature.
Ethnology in literature.
Culture in literature.
Literature, Modern > 20th century > History and criticism.
Anthropologists' writings > History and criticism.
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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 pages ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190852672
0190852674