
Critics Against Culture
Anthropological Observers of Mass Society
Richard Handler(Author)
University of Wisconsin Press
Will be published approx. on 31. December 2005
Book
Hardback
248 pages
978-0-299-21370-1 (ISBN)
Description
Critics against Culture: Anthropological Observers of Mass Society - a collection of essays on the history of anthropology focused on Benedict, Boas, Sapir, and modernist thought by one of American anthropology's leading scholars - explores the roots of anthropology's early involvement with the study of American society. The essays making up this volume, focused on the critique of mass society and the history of the culture concept, examine Boasian anthropologists as critics of mass society. The book also includes two new, previously unpublished essays: one on Alexis de Tocqueville and Margaret Mead, the other on Jules Henry and Richard Hoggart. Handler offers a striking analysis of Boasian cultural criticism and the intersection between anthropology, American studies, and cultural studies.
Reviews / Votes
Demonstrates the potentials and limits of American anthropology as a practice of social and cultural criticism and it provides among the clearest and most intelligent discussions of anthropology's relationship to... cultural studies. - George Marcus, Rice UniversityMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Wisconsin
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 164 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
452 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-299-21370-1 (9780299213701)
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Person
Richard Handler is professor of anthropology at the University of Virginia. His several books include Nationalism and the Politics of Culture in Quebec, published by the University of Wisconsin Press, and a book-length interview with David Schneider, Schneider on Schneider. Handler is also coauthor of Jane Austen and the Fiction of Culture and The New History in an Old Museum.