Ethnographic Narratives as World Literature
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-38706-7 (ISBN)
This book links world-literary studies with anthropology and ethnography. It shows how ethnographic narratives can represent a compelling point of departure for world-literary explorations. The volume compares the travel writing and fiction of Robert Louis Stevenson and Rudyard Kipling as colonial ethnographic narratives; the militant writings of Carlo Levi and Mahasweta Devi; and the travelogues and ethnographic fiction of Amitav Ghosh and the literary journalism of Frank Westerman. Each of these readings focuses on a set of social, political and historical circumstances and relies on a dialogue with anthropological theory and history. This book demonstrates how imperialism, colonialism, capitalism and ecology are interdependent, and contributes to methodological debates within both anthropology and world-literary studies.
Lucio De Capitani is Research Fellow in the Department of Linguistics and Comparative Cultural Studies at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy.
1. Ethnographic Fieldwork as a Point of Departure for World Literature.- 2. Colonial Ethnography and Uneven Intimacies in Robert Louis Stevenson and Rudyard Kipling.- 3. Militant Ethnography and Internal Colonialism in Carlo Levi and Mahasweta Devi.- 4. Patchy Ethnographies of Neocolonial and Neoliberal Landscapes in Amitav Ghosh and Frank Westerman.- 5. Conclusion.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 06.09.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | New Comparisons in World Literature |
| Zusatzinfo | IX, 279 p. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
| Gewicht | 381 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| Schlagworte | Anthropocene • Anthropology • Capitalism • Ecology • Fieldwork • imperialism • Literature and Postcolonial Studies • literature and the environment • Nation-Building • Neoliberalism • travelogues |
| ISBN-10 | 3-031-38706-6 / 3031387066 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-031-38706-7 / 9783031387067 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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