Title: The heroic anthropologist rides again : the depiction of the anthropologist in popular culture /
Authors: Salamone, Frank A.; American Anthropological Association. 2011 :
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Pub.,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Anthropologists Congresses.; Anthropology in popular culture Congresses.; Mass media and anthropology Congresses.
Contents: The heroic anthropologist rides again / Frank A. Salamone -- The anthropologists in Avatar / James W. Dow -- Anthropologists and adventurers: from sages to action heroes / Debra Picchi -- Anthropologist as "practical adventurer": using popular fiction to introduce undergraduate students to relevance of anthropology in today's world / Merrily Stover & Darlene A. Smucny -- The "ugly American" as a misunderstood American hero / John Rhoades -- Mel and Zora's heroic adventure: representing Haitian voodoo to 20th century Americans / Stephen Glazier.