Far Afield - French Anthropology Between Science and Literature

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. The author puzzles out this phenomenon.

About the author

Vincent Debaene is associate professor of French at Columbia University. He is the critical editor of the Pleiade edition of the collected works of Claude Levi-Strauss. Justin Izzo is assistant professor of French Studies at Brown University.

Summary

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. The author puzzles out this phenomenon.

Product details

• Authors: Vincent Debaene, Debaene Vincent
• Assisted by: Justin Izzo (Translation), Izzo Justin (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.04.2014
• EAN: 9780226107066
• ISBN: 978-0-226-10706-6
• No. of pages: 424
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; French, France, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French, Literary studies: general