Before cultures : the ethnographic imagination in American literature, 1865-1920

Publication Data

• Title Before cultures : the ethnographic imagination in American literature, 1865-1920
• Author Brad Evans
• Publisher University of Chicago Press
• Publication date 2005
• Publication location Chicago, Ill.
• Language English

Contents

Introduction
The failed genealogies of culture
Eccentricity : Cushing's Zuni sketchbooks and American notions of culture
Circulating culture : reading the Harris-Powell folklore debate
The object-life of books : collecting local color
Howellsian chic : the local color of cosmopolitanism
The ends of culture : W.E.B. Du Bois and the legacy of Boasian anthropology
Afterword: On literature and anthropology.

Topics

• American literature :: 19th century :: History and criticism
• Ethnology in literature
• Literature and anthropology :: United States :: History :: 19th century
• Literature and anthropology :: United States :: History :: 20th century
• American literature :: 20th century :: History and criticism
• Ethnic groups im literature
• 013269395

Before cultures : the ethnographic imagination in American literature, 1865-1920 by Brad Evans. ISBN 0226222640. Published by University of Chicago Press in 2005. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.