Doing Anthropology in Wartime and War Zones – World War I and the Cultural Sciences in Europe Paperback / softback
Edited by Reinhard Johler, Christian Marchetti, Monique Scheer
Part of the Histoire series
Paperback / softback
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World War I marks a well-known turning point in anthropology, and this volume is the first to examine the variety of forms it took in Europe.
Distinct national traditions emerged and institutes were founded, partly due to collaborations with the military.
Researchers in the cultural sciences used war zones to gain access to "informants": prisoner-of-war and refugee camps, occupied territories, even the front lines.
Anthropologists tailored their inquiries to aid the war effort, contributed to interpretations of the war as a "struggle" between "races", and assessed the "warlike" nature of the Balkan region, whose crises were key to the outbreak of the Great War.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:392 pages
- Publisher:Transcript Verlag
- Publication Date:01/10/2010
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- ISBN:9783837614220
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:392 pages
- Publisher:Transcript Verlag
- Publication Date:01/10/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9783837614220
