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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... Look at Uruk , Gilgamesh's city . Climb upon its wall and examine well its masonry . Is it not of burnt brick , and did not seven sages lay its foundation ? We know Gilgamesh , you and I , we know him by his name . From the day of his ...
... Look at Uruk , Gilgamesh's city . Climb upon its wall and examine well its masonry . Is it not of burnt brick , and did not seven sages lay its foundation ? We know Gilgamesh , you and I , we know him by his name . From the day of his ...
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... look for parallels in the plays of Shakespeare . We seek a hero of superhuman ability who defends his community against human enemies . He may achieve high prestige but little wealth , and should he overstep the limits of his power , he ...
... look for parallels in the plays of Shakespeare . We seek a hero of superhuman ability who defends his community against human enemies . He may achieve high prestige but little wealth , and should he overstep the limits of his power , he ...
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... look at Caribbean literature not primarily as a series of texts for critical study , but anthropologi- cally as a ... looks at photos of this elegantly garbed man of letters and sees pictures of his ever - so - English country manor ...
... look at Caribbean literature not primarily as a series of texts for critical study , but anthropologi- cally as a ... looks at photos of this elegantly garbed man of letters and sees pictures of his ever - so - English country manor ...
Contents
MAKING MYSTERIES WITH NAVAJO MATERIALS | 5 |
FICTIONAL | 15 |
Point of View in Anthropological Discourse | 31 |
Copyright | |
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