Novel Approaches to Anthropology
Subtitle: Contributions to Literary Anthropology
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated; Lexington Books
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780739175026
Subjects: Literature and anthropology; Fiction, history and criticism
Description: This volume of interdisciplinary essays reflect current contributions to literary anthropology. Novel Approaches to Anthropology: Contributions to Literary Anthropology showcases the myriad ways that anthropologists bring their disciplinary perspectives, theories, concepts, and pedagogical strategies to interpreting fiction and travel writing written in the past and present. The authors integrate insights from the reflexive deconstructive turn in anthropology and from critical Marxist and feminist approaches that ground interpretation in the political, economic, and social constraints and experiences of everyday life. The contributors share the view that fiction, like all artistic expression, is rooted in specific historical and cultural contexts. Literature, like all artistic expression, stimulates a critical imagination by allowing readers to take a fresh look at their own society and culture. -- Publisher website.