Person and Myth - Maurice Leenhardt in the Melanesian World

Informationen zum Autor James Clifford! Professor in the History of Consciousness Program at the University of California! Santa Cruz! is the author of  The Predicament of Culture  and coeditor (with George Marcus) of  Writing Culture . Klappentext "Clifford's magisterial biography should make Leenhardt as familiar to us as any other founding father." --Michael W. Young, Oceania Zusammenfassung Originally published in 1982, the author's analytical biography of Maurice Leenhardt (1878 - 1954) received wide critical acclaim for its insight into the colonial history of anthropology. In this book, he traces Leenhardt's life from his work as a missionary on the island of New Caledonia (1902 - 1926) to his subsequent return to Paris.

Product details

• Authors: James Clifford, Clifford James
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.03.1982
• EAN: 9780520042476
• ISBN: 978-0-520-04247-6
• No. of pages: 284
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, Society & culture: general, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)