Eight essays, perhaps from a June 1995 conference in Ann Arbor, recount specific stories and examine themes associated with African-Americans who sided with the British during the US war for independence. Among their perspectives are their military role in the war, history and material culture, blac

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This volume of interdisciplinary essays reflect current contributions to literary anthropology. Novel Approaches to Anthropology: Contributions to Literary Anthropology showcases the myriad ways that anthropologists bring their disciplinary perspectives, theories, concepts, and pedagogical strategies to interpreting fiction and travel writing written in the past and present. The authors integrate insights from the reflexive deconstructive turn in anthropology and from critical Marxist and feminist approaches that ground interpretation in the political, economic, and social constraints and...