Before cultures : the ethnographic imagination in American literature, 1865-1920

Before cultures : the ethnographic imagination in American literature, 1865-1920 / Brad Evans.

Author/creator	Evans, Brad
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.
Description	x, 244 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subject(s)	American literature--19th century --History and criticism. Ethnology in literature. Literature and anthropology--United States --History --19th century. Literature and anthropology--United States --History --20th century. American literature--20th century --History and criticism. Ethnic groups in literature. Ethnicity in literature.

Contents	Introduction : the failed genealogies of culture -- Eccentricity : Cushing's Zuni sketchbooks and American notions of culture -- Circulating culture : reading the Harris-Powell folklore debate -- The object-life of books : collecting local color -- Howellsian chic : the local color of cosmopolitanism -- The ends of culture : W.E.B. Du Bois and the legacy of Boasian anthropology -- Afterword: On literature and anthropology.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-232) and index.
LCCN	2005008993
ISBN	0226222632 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0226222640 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PS217.E75 E94 2005	✔ Available	Place Hold