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Writing anthropologists, sounding primitives : the poetry and scholarship of Edward Sapir, Margaret Mead, and Ruth Benedict / A. Elisabeth Reichel.

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Book
Author/Creator:
Reichel, A. Elisabeth, author.
Contributor:
ProQuest ebook central.
Series:
Critical studies in the history of anthropology
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939--Criticism and interpretation.
Sapir, Edward.
Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978--Criticism and interpretation.
Mead, Margaret.
Benedict, Ruth, 1887-1948--Criticism and interpretation.
Benedict, Ruth.
Benedict, Ruth, 1887-1948.
Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978.
Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939.
Anthropologists' writings, American--History and criticism.
Anthropologists' writings, American.
American poetry--20th century.
American poetry.
Criticism and interpretation.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvii, 406 pages) : illustrations.
Place of Publication:
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2021]
System Details:
text file
Contents:
Introduction : poets, anthropologists, primitives
Of mumbling melody, soft singing, and slow speech : constructions of sonic otherness in the poetry of Edward Sapir
On alternating sounds : musical alterities in Sapir's poetry and critical writings
Interlude : French-Canadian folk songs in translation
"For you have given me speech!" : gifted literates, illiterate primitives, and Margaret Mead
Toward unnerving the us : the poetry and scholarship of Ruth Benedict
Conclusion : cultural and media evolutionism in Boasian anthropology and beyond
Appendix: The Complete Poetry of Edward Sapir, Margaret Mead, and Ruth Benedict.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9781496227522
1496227522
Publisher Number:
40030651754
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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