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Justin Izzo (trans) and
Vincent Debaene
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Univ of Chicago Pr
Publication date
April 4, 2014
Pages
398
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780226106908
ISBN-10
022610690X
Dimensions
1.20 by 6.50 by 9.50 in.
Weight
1.48 lbs.
Original list price
$115.00
Other format details
university press
Summaries and Reviews
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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 and the ground upon which they meet in the works of thinkers from Marcel Mauss and Georges Bataille to Claude Lévi-Strauss and Roland Barthes.
The relationship between anthropology and literature in France is one of careful curiosity. Literary writers are wary about anthropologists’ scientific austerity but intrigued by the objects they collect and the issues they raise, while anthropologists claim to be scientists but at the same time are deeply concerned with writing and representational practices. Debaene elucidates the richness that this curiosity fosters and the diverse range of writings it has produced, from Proustian memoirs to proto-surrealist diaries. In the end he offers a fascinating intellectual history, one that is itself located precisely where science and literature meet.
The relationship between anthropology and literature in France is one of careful curiosity. Literary writers are wary about anthropologists’ scientific austerity but intrigued by the objects they collect and the issues they raise, while anthropologists claim to be scientists but at the same time are deeply concerned with writing and representational practices. Debaene elucidates the richness that this curiosity fosters and the diverse range of writings it has produced, from Proustian memoirs to proto-surrealist diaries. In the end he offers a fascinating intellectual history, one that is itself located precisely where science and literature meet.
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Hardcover
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With Vincent Debaene |
from Univ of Chicago Pr (April 4, 2014)
9780226106908 | details & prices | 398 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.20 in. | 1.48 lbs | List price $115.00
About: 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.
About: 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.
Paperback
With Vincent Debaene |
from Univ of Chicago Pr (April 4, 2014)
9780226107066 | details & prices | 398 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.24 lbs | List price $35.00
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