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The Culture Concept. Writing and Difference in the Age of Realism.
Elliott, Michael A. (Assistant Professor Of English, Emory University, Usa)
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Paperback. Series: Critical American studies series. Num Pages: 336 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Examines the prehistory of the American struggle to address cultural difference.
"Culture" is a term we commonly use to explain the differences in our ways of living. In this book Michael A. Elliott returns to the moment this usage was first articulated, tracing the concept of culture to the writings-folktales, dialect literature, local color sketches, and ethnographies-that provided its intellectual underpinnings in turn-of-the-century America.
The Culture Concept explains how this now-familiar definition of "culture" emerged during the late nineteenth century through the intersection of two separate endeavors that shared a commitment to recording group-based difference-American literary realism and scientific ethnography. Elliott ... Read more Show LessProduct Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Series
Critical American studies series
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816639724
SKU
V9780816639724
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About Elliott, Michael A. (Assistant Professor Of English, Emory University, Usa)
Michael A. Elliott is assistant professor of English at Emory University.
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