The culture concept : writing and difference in the Age of Realism /

"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 ethnograp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Elliott, Michael A
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2002], ©2002 Minneapolis : c2002 Minneapolis : ©2002 Minneapolis : [2002]
Series:	Critical American studies series Critical American studies series
Subjects:	Boas, Franz, > 1858-1942 Boas, Franz, > 1858-1942 > Influence African Americans in literature African Americans > Intellectual life American literature > African American authors > History and criticism Culture in literature Difference (Psychology) in literature Ethnology in literature Indians in literature Literature and anthropology > United States Realism in literature American literature > African American authors Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Literature and anthropology United States Criticism, interpretation, etc

Table of Contents:

Culture, race, and narrative: reading Franz Boas
American literary realism and the documentation of difference
Between race and culture: Paul Laurence Dunbar and Charles W. Chestnutt
Searching for the "Real" indian: ethnographic realism and James Mooney's Ghost-Dance Religion
Culture and the making of native American literature
Beyond Boas: the realism of Zora Neale Hurston
Introduction: American Word Culture
1 Culture, Race, and Narrative: Reading Franz Boas
2. American Literary Realism and the Documentation of Difference
3. Between Race and Culture: Paul Laurence Dunbar and Charles W. Chesnutt
4. Searching for the "Real" Indian: Ethnographic Realism and James Mooney's Ghost-Dance Religion
5. Culture and the Making of Native American Literature
6. Beyond Boas: The Realism of Zora Neale Hurston.
Introduction: American Word Culture
1 Culture, Race, and Narrative: Reading Franz Boas
2. American Literary Realism and the Documentation of Difference
3. Between Race and Culture: Paul Laurence Dunbar and Charles W. Chesnutt
4. Searching for the "Real" Indian: Ethnographic Realism and James Mooney's Ghost-Dance Religion
5. Culture and the Making of Native American Literature
6. Beyond Boas: The Realism of Zora Neale Hurston.

The culture concept : writing and difference in the Age of Realism /

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