Critics Against Culture: Anthropological Observers of Mass Society

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Univ of Wisconsin Press, 2005 - 224 pages

Critics against Culture: Anthropological Observers of Mass Society--a collection of essays on the history of anthropology focused on Benedict, Boas, Sapir, and modernist thought by one of American anthropology's leading scholars--explores the roots of anthropology's early involvement with the study of American society. The essays making up this volume, focused on the critique of mass society and the history of the culture concept, examine Boasian anthropologists as critics of mass society. The book also includes two new, unpublished essays: one on Alexis de Tocqueville and Margaret Mead, the other on Jules Henry and Richard Hoggart. Handler offers a striking analysis of Boasian cultural criticism and the intersection between anthropology, American studies, and cultural studies.

 

Table des matières

Tocquevilles Democracy
22
Literature
49
Sapirs Critique of American
73
Poetry Personality
96
Ruth Benedict and the Modernist Sensibility
123
Margaret Meads
141
Jules Henry Richard Hoggart
154
Raymond Williams George Stocking and Findesiècle
186
References
205
Index
221
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À propos de l'auteur (2005)

Richard Handler is professor of anthropology at University of Virginia. His several books include Nationalism and the Politics of Culture in Quebec, published by the University of Wisconsin Press, and a book-length interview with David Schneider, Schneider on Schneider. Handler is also coauthor of Jane Austen and the Fiction of Culture and, with Eric Gable, of The New History in an Old Museum.

Informations bibliographiques

TitreCritics Against Culture: Anthropological Observers of Mass Society
AuteurRichard Handler
ÉditeurUniv of Wisconsin Press, 2005
ISBN0299213706, 9780299213701
Longueur224 pages
  
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