Between Anthropology and Literature

ISBN-13: 9780415753906 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014

Rose de Angelis

Opis

The authors of this volume all address the ways in which the language of social science fuses with that of the literary imagination and contributes to the ongoing debate on the merits of interdisciplinarity.

Recenzje

' ... the essays are all insightful; they clearly show that great ethnographic riches can be found in narrative and travel writing, and they illustrate the value of anthropological readings of literature.' - The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Spis treści

Acknowledgments. Introduction. Part 1: Anthropology and Literature as Ethnography 1. The Ethnographic Novel: Finding the Insider's Voice Janet Tallman 2. Splendid Disciplines: American Indian Women's Ethnographic Literature Roseanne Hoefel 3. A Woman's Work is Never Done: Business and Family Politics in Umbertina and Rosa in Television Land Rose De Angelis Part 2: Anthropology, Ritual and Literature 4. Rituals to Cope with Change in Women's Lives: Judity Minty's Dancing the Fault Janet Ruth Heller 5. The Subversion of Ritual in the Theatre of Paloma Pedrero Susan P. Berardini 6. And Love Thee After: Necrophilia on the Jacobean Stage Richard W. Grinnell 7. Staging the Social Drama of Maghrebi Female Identity in the Theatre of Fatima Gallaire Janice B. Gross Part 3: Anthropology and Literature as Travelogue 8. Oriental Imprisonments: Habaneras as Seen by Nineteenth Century Women Travel Writers Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert 9. Travelers Possessed: Generic Hybrids and the Caribbean Ivette Romero-Cesareo 10. Anthropology and Literature: Of Bedfellows and Illegitimate Offspring Mario Cesareo Notes on Contributors. Index.

O autorze

Rose De Angelis