The heroic anthropologist rides again : the depiction of the anthropologist in popular culture / edited by Frank A. Salamone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

American Anthropological Association. Meeting (110th : 2011 : Montreal, Quebec)

Contributor:

Salamone, Frank A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anthropologists--Congresses.

Anthropologists.

Anthropology in popular culture--Congresses.

Anthropology in popular culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (100 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection of papers presented at the 2011 American Anthropological Association meetings in Montreal, Canada, represent the beginning of anthropological investigation of the way in which anthropologist have been portrayed in popular culture. Frank Sa

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; THE HEROIC ANTHROPOLOGIST RIDES AGAIN; THE ANTHROPOLOGISTS IN AVATAR; ANTHROPOLOGISTS AND ADVENTURERS; ANTHROPOLOGIST AS "PRACTICAL ADVENTURER"; THE "UGLY AMERICAN" AS A MISUNDERSTOOD AMERICAN HERO; MEL AND ZORA'S HEROIC ADVENTURE; CONTRIBUTORS

Notes:

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

Papers presented at the 110th annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association in Montreal, Quebec, in November 2011.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-4438-3960-4

OCLC:

825978084