Far Afield: French Anthropology Between Science and Literature

by Vincent Debaene

Book Overview

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. In Far Afield--brought to English-language readers here for the first time--Vincent Debaene puzzles out this phenomenon, tracing the contours of anthropology and literature's mutual fascination...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022610690X
• ISBN13: 9780226106908
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.1"