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Nationalism and the Politics of Culture in Quebec (New Directions in Anthro Writing)
Richard Handler
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Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8ill. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
Richard Handler’s pathbreaking study of nationalistic politics in Quebec is a striking and successful example of the new experimental type of ethnography, interdisciplinary in nature and intensively concerned with rhetoric and not only of anthropologists but also of scholars in a wide range of fields, and it is likely to stir sharp controversy.
Bringing together methodologies of history, sociology, political science, and philosophy, as well as anthropology, Handler centers on the period 1976–1984, during which the independantiste Parti Québéois was in control of the provincial government and nationalistic sentiment was especially strong. Handler draws on historical and archival research, ... Read more
Richard Handler’s pathbreaking study of nationalistic politics in Quebec is a striking and successful example of the new experimental type of ethnography, interdisciplinary in nature and intensively concerned with rhetoric and not only of anthropologists but also of scholars in a wide range of fields, and it is likely to stir sharp controversy.
Bringing together methodologies of history, sociology, political science, and philosophy, as well as anthropology, Handler centers on the period 1976–1984, during which the independantiste Parti Québéois was in control of the provincial government and nationalistic sentiment was especially strong. Handler draws on historical and archival research, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Wisconsin, United States
ISBN
9780299115142
SKU
V9780299115142
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About Richard Handler
Richard Handler is professor of anthropology at the University of Virginia. He is also editor of Excluded Ancestors, Inventible Traditions, and Significant Others: Interpersonal and Professional Commitments in Anthropology both published by the University of Wisconsin Press.
Reviews for Nationalism and the Politics of Culture in Quebec (New Directions in Anthro Writing)
“An important book, one which will repay reading and re-reading by students of social science, of nationalism, and of Quebec.” —Queen’s Quarterly