Michel Leiris, French Anthropology, and a Side Trip to the Antilles

in French Politics, Culture & Society
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Sally Price College of William and Mary

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https://doi.org/10.3167/153763704780996753
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Susan Sontag seems to have been on to something when she placed her word portraits of Michel Leiris and Claude Lévi-Strauss back to back.2 An elaboration of her comparison (which was more implied than explicit) may help situate anthropological practice in France—and Leiris’ special role in it—within the larger context of trends elsewhere in the world.

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Article Category:
Research Article
Page Count:
13
Print Publication Date:
01 Mar 2004
Online Publication Date:
01 Mar 2004
Copyright:
© the Institute of French Studies at New York University and the Minda de Gunzberg Center for European Studies at Harvard University 2004

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