Local Knowledge, Global Stage

Local Knowledge, Global Stage
ISBN-10
0803295162
ISBN-13
9780803295162
Category
Social Science
Pages
368
Language
English
Published
2016-10-01
Publisher
U of Nebraska Press
Authors
Regna Darnell, Frederic W. Gleach

Description

The Histories of Anthropology Annual presents localized perspectives on the discipline's history within a global context, with a goal of increasing awareness and use of historical approaches in teaching, learning, and conducting anthropology. This tenth volume of the series, Local Knowledge, Global Stage, examines worldwide historical trends of anthropology ranging from the assertion that all British anthropology is a study of the Old Testament to the discovery of the untranslated shorthand notes of pioneering anthropologist Franz Boas. Other topics include archival research into the study of Vancouver Island's indigenous languages, explorations of the Christian notion of virgin births in Edwin Sidney Hartland's The Legend of Perseus, and the Canadian government's implementation of European-model farms as a way to undermine Native culture. In addition to Boas and Hartland, the essays explore the research and personalities of Susan Golla, Claude L�vi-Strauss, and others.

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