Culture and the Legacy of Anthropology

Transatlantic Approaches 1870–1930. A Reader

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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Beskrivning

This reader investigates the changing face of the notion of culture, tracing how it emerged in some of the most important and controversial phases of the lively Anglo-American debate on the subject from the late nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century, including the crucial years of Modernism. Shedding light on the cross-disciplinary approaches that characterized the debate and focusing especially on the legacy of anthropology, the volume presents a selection of some of the most distinguished voices from such assorted fields as literature, linguistics, anthropology, sociology and ethnology, whose interests and areas of enquiry apparently converged and partly overlapped. A selection of primary sources from leading figures such as Matthew Arnold, Bronisław Malinowski, Ruth Benedict, T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound and Aldous Huxley provide an overview of the crucial issues raised on a wide array of topics: civilization, race, nation, progress, evolution, education, art, science, literature and politics. The primary sources are accompanied by critical essays that offer new insights into these classic texts. This reader will be of use to undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as to scholars exploring the cross-disciplinary or transatlantic nature of the study of culture.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-07-31
Mått:152 x 229 x 0 mm
Vikt:773 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:476
Förlag:Peter Lang International Academic Publishers
ISBN:9781788740456

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Maristella Gatto is Associate Professor of English Language and Translation at the University of Bari (Italy).Alessandra Squeo is Researcher and Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Bari, where she teaches English Literature and Culture.Maristella Trulli is Associate Professor of English Literature and Culture at the University of Bari.

Innehållsförteckning

CONTENTS: Alessandra Squeo: The humanist and the anthropologist: Victorian notions of culture in Matthew Arnold and Edward Burnett Tylor – Laura Chiara Spinelli: Thomas Henry Huxley on culture: Science and humanities in Victorian England – Readings from: Matthew Arnold: Culture and Anarchy (1869), Edward Burnett Tylor: Primitive Culture (1871), Thomas Henry Huxley, «Science and Culture» (1880) – Maristella Gatto: From «armchair» to «open-air» anthropology: Views of culture in James George Frazer and Bronisław Malinowski – Readings from: James George Frazer: ‘The scope of social anthropology. A lecture delivered before the University of Liverpool’ (1908), Bronisław Malinowski: «Culture», in Encyclopedia of Social Sciences (1931) – Angela Di Gennaro: Franz Boas: A brand new perspective for the study of culture – Angela Di Gennaro: The multifaceted nature of culture(s): Edward Sapir’s in-depth analysis – Angela Di Gennaro: Benjamin L. Whorf: Language as the key to understanding culture – Lorena Carbonara: In search of a plural language: Rethinking Ruth Benedict’s new and old patterns of culture – Readings from: Franz Boas: «Early Cultural Traits» (1911), Edward Sapir: «Culture, Genuine and Spurious» (1924), Benjamin Lee Whorf: «A linguistic consideration of thinking in primitive communities» (1936), Ruth Benedict: Patterns of Culture (1934) – Cristina Consiglio: No tradition, no culture-history: Introduction to Lawrence’s «America, Listen to Your Own» – Maristella Trulli: A theory in progress: Before and after Eliot’s Strange Gods – Rosanna Damato: T. S. Eliot’s homogeneous culture in After Strange Gods – Lorenza Cervellera: Forster’s «Does Culture Matter?» and other essays – Elisa Fortunato: «Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose»: Notes on «T. H. Huxley as a Literary Man» – Giovanna Epifania: Interdisciplinarity and transculturalism in Ezra Pound’s Guide to Kulchur – Readings from: D. H. Lawrence: «America, Listen to Your Own» (1920), T. S. Eliot: After Strange Gods (1934), E. M. Forster: «Does Culture Matter?» (1935), Aldous Huxley: «T. H. Huxley as a Literary Man» (1936), Ezra Pound: Guide to Kulchur (1938)..