The Culture Concept: Writing and Difference in the Age of Realism
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The Culture Concept: Writing and Difference in the Age of Realism is a scholarly work by Michael A. Elliott that examines how nineteenth-century realist literature engaged with and shaped emerging anthropological ideas about culture and difference.
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Target entity: The Culture Concept: Writing and Difference in the Age of Realism Context triple: [Michael A. Elliott, hasWritten, The Culture Concept: Writing and Difference in the Age of Realism]
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In Other Worlds: Essays in Cultural Politics
In Other Worlds: Essays in Cultural Politics is a seminal collection of essays by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak that helped shape postcolonial theory, feminist criticism, and deconstructive literary studies.
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The Theory of the Novel
The Theory of the Novel is a seminal early 20th-century work of literary theory that analyzes the historical development and philosophical significance of the novel as a modern epic form.
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The Many Faces of Realism
The Many Faces of Realism is a philosophical work by Hilary Putnam that explores and critiques various forms of metaphysical and scientific realism, arguing for a more nuanced, internal realist perspective.
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The Nature of Culture
The Nature of Culture is a seminal anthropological work by Alfred L. Kroeber that systematically explores the concept, patterns, and development of human culture.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Target entity: The Culture Concept: Writing and Difference in the Age of Realism Target entity description: The Culture Concept: Writing and Difference in the Age of Realism is a scholarly work by Michael A. Elliott that examines how nineteenth-century realist literature engaged with and shaped emerging anthropological ideas about culture and difference.
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A.
In Other Worlds: Essays in Cultural Politics
In Other Worlds: Essays in Cultural Politics is a seminal collection of essays by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak that helped shape postcolonial theory, feminist criticism, and deconstructive literary studies.
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B.
Writing and Difference
Writing and Difference is a seminal collection of essays by Jacques Derrida that helped establish deconstruction by critically engaging with structuralism, phenomenology, and the history of Western philosophy.
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C.
The Theory of the Novel
The Theory of the Novel is a seminal early 20th-century work of literary theory that analyzes the historical development and philosophical significance of the novel as a modern epic form.
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D.
The Many Faces of Realism
The Many Faces of Realism is a philosophical work by Hilary Putnam that explores and critiques various forms of metaphysical and scientific realism, arguing for a more nuanced, internal realist perspective.
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E.
The Nature of Culture
The Nature of Culture is a seminal anthropological work by Alfred L. Kroeber that systematically explores the concept, patterns, and development of human culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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scholarly work ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
American literature
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cultural anthropology ⓘ intellectual history ⓘ |
| addresses |
development of the culture concept in the nineteenth century
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formation of cultural hierarchies ⓘ notions of otherness in realist narratives ⓘ |
| author | Michael A. Elliott ⓘ |
| contribution |
links literary realism to anthropological discourse on culture
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shows how literature participated in defining cultural difference ⓘ |
| countryOfFocus |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| examines |
how realist writing shaped ideas of culture
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representations of cultural difference in realist texts ⓘ |
| field |
anthropology
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cultural history ⓘ literary studies ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
emergence of the modern concept of culture
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relationship between literature and anthropology ⓘ |
| genre |
American studies scholarship
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cultural studies ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodCovered | nineteenth century ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
anthropology of culture
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cultural difference ⓘ nineteenth-century American literature ⓘ realism in literature ⓘ |
| theoreticalApproach |
historical
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interdisciplinary ⓘ textual analysis ⓘ |
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