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The heroic anthropologist rides again : the depiction of the anthropologist in popular culture / edited by Frank A. Salamone.
Penn Museum Library GN41.6 .A44 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- American Anthropological Association. Annual Meeting (110th : 2011 : Montreal, Quebec)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Anthropologists--Congresses.
- Anthropologists.
- Anthropology in popular culture--Congresses.
- Anthropology in popular culture.
- Mass media and anthropology--Congresses.
- Mass media and anthropology.
- Anthropology.
- Popular culture.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- 94 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2012.
- Contents:
- The heroic anthropologist rides again / Frank A. Salamone
- The anthropologists in Avatar / James W. Dow
- Anthropologists and adventurers: from sages to action heroes / Debra Picchi
- Anthropologist as "practical adventurer": using popular fiction to introduce undergraduate students to relevance of anthropology in today's world / Merrily Stover & Darlene A. Smucny
- The "ugly American" as a misunderstood American hero / John Rhoades
- Mel and Zora's heroic adventure: representing Haitian voodoo to 20th century Americans / Stephen Glazier.
- Notes:
- Papers presented at the 110th annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association in Montreal, Quebec, in November 2011.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1443838810
- 9781443838818
- OCLC:
- 792927833
- Publisher Number:
- 99948735371
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