Far afield : French anthropology between science and literature / Vincent Debaene ; translated by Justin Izzo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Debaene, Vincent, author.

Contributor:

Izzo, Justin, translator.

Standardized Title:

Adieu au voyage. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--France--History--20th century.

Ethnology.

Ethnology--Authorship.

Literature and anthropology--France--History--20th century.

Literature and anthropology.

History.

France.

Physical Description:

xv, 398 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2014.

Contents:

Ethnography in the eyes of literature. The birth of a discipline ; The French exception ; Rhetoric, the document, and atmosphere ; "A literature that is not meaningless like our own" ; The lost unity of heart and mind

L'adieu au voyage. "Ceci n'est pas un voyage" ; Les flambeurs d'hommes : the Ethiopian chronicles of Marcel Griaule ; L'afrique fantôme : Leiris and the "living document" ; Tristes tropiques : the search for correspondence and the logic of the sensible

Literature in the eyes of ethnography. Literature, letters, and the social sciences ; Disputes over territory ; 1955-1970 : a new deal.

Notes:

"Originally published as Vincent Debaene, L'adieu au voyage : L'ethnologie française entre science et littérature (Paris: Éditions Gallimard, 2010) © Éditions Gallimard, Paris, 2010."--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780226106908

022610690X

9780226107066

022610706X

OCLC:

854541703

Publisher Number:

40023494944