Description: Imaginary Ethnographies : Literature, Culture, and Subjectivity, Paperback by Schwab, Gabriele, ISBN 0231159498, ISBN-13 9780231159494, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK Through readings of iconic figures such as the cannibal, the child, the alien, and the posthuman, Gabriele Schwab analyzes literary explorations at the boundaries of the human. Treating literature as a dynamic medium that "writes culture"—one that makes the abstract particular and local, and situates us within the world—Schwab pioneers a compelling approach to reading literary texts as "anthropologies of the future" that challenge habitual productions of meaning and knowledge.
Schwabs study draws on anthropology, philosophy, critical theory, and psychoanalysis to trace literatures profound impact on the cultural imaginary. Following a new interpretation of Derridas and Lvi-Strausss famous controversy over the indigenous Nambikwara, Schwab explores the vicissitudes of "traveling literature" through novels and films that fashion a cross-cultural imaginary. She also examines the intricate links between colonialism, cannibalism, melancholia, the fate of disenfranchised children under the forces of globalization, and the intertwinement of property and personhood in the neoliberal imaginary. Schwab concludes with an exploration of discourses on the posthuman, using Samuel Becketts "The Lost Ones" and its depiction of a future lived under the conditions of minimal life. Drawing on a wide range of theories, Schwab engages the productive intersections between literary studies and anthropology, underscoring the power of literature to shape culture, subjectivity, and life.
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Book Title: Imaginary Ethnographies : Literature, Culture, and Subjectivity
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Item Height: 229 mm
Subject: Anthropology
Publication Year: 2012
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Publication Name: Imaginary Ethnographies: Literature, Culture, and Subjectivity
Language: English
Type: Textbook
Author: Gabriele Schwab
Item Width: 152 mm
Format: Paperback
