Literature and AnthropologyPhilip Adams Dennis, Wendell M. Aycock Literature and Anthropology consists of a collection of papers written by anthropologists, writers, and literary scholars in reference to a multitude of topics such as ethnographic mystery novels, Caribbean literature, anthropological poetry and shamanism. These papers were selected by an interdisciplinary committee at Texas Tech on the basis of their individual merits. |
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... example , an extract from Oscar Lewis's Five Families . The selections are grouped under the headings of human nature and culture ; subsistence and economic exchange ; social organization - kinship and groups ; politics , government ...
... example , an extract from Oscar Lewis's Five Families . The selections are grouped under the headings of human nature and culture ; subsistence and economic exchange ; social organization - kinship and groups ; politics , government ...
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... example , that the United States at present has the highest standard of living in the world or that its health care is better than that of any other nation . An early and famous example of the use of anthropology in myth is a book by a ...
... example , that the United States at present has the highest standard of living in the world or that its health care is better than that of any other nation . An early and famous example of the use of anthropology in myth is a book by a ...
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... examples . Explicit references to secular success occur mainly in the comedies . For example , in Two Gentlemen of Verona , Valentine sets out to seek his fortune in the big city , is betrayed by his friend , Proteus , retreats into a ...
... examples . Explicit references to secular success occur mainly in the comedies . For example , in Two Gentlemen of Verona , Valentine sets out to seek his fortune in the big city , is betrayed by his friend , Proteus , retreats into a ...
Contents
MAKING MYSTERIES WITH NAVAJO MATERIALS | 5 |
FICTIONAL | 15 |
Point of View in Anthropological Discourse | 31 |
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