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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 wa...
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transcript Verlag,
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| Publisher Address: | Bielefeld : |
| Publication Dates: |
2014. ©2010 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Histoire ;
volume 12 |
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| Summary: |
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. |
| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (394 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9783839414224 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | GN17 |
| CLC: | K505 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- "A Time Like No Other": The Impact of the Great War on European Anthropology / Continuity and Change in British Anthropology, 1914 1919 / Doing Anthropology in Russian Military Uniform / Wartime Folklore: Italian Anthropology and the First World War / Science behind the Lines: The Effects of World War I on Anthropology in Germany / Laboratory Conditions: German-Speaking Volkskunde and the Great War / "Betwixt and Between": Physical Anthropology in Bulgaria and Serbia until the End of the First World War / Swords into Souvenirs: Bosnian Arts and Crafts under Habsburg Administration / The Experience of Borders: Montenegrin Tribesmen at War / Austro-Hungarian Volkskunde at War: Scientists on Ethnographic Mission in World War I / Large-Scale Anthropological Surveys in Austria-Hungary, 1871 1918 / Jews among the Peoples: Visual Archives in German Prison Camps during the Great War / Captive Voices: Phonographic Recordings in the German and Austrian Prisoner-of-War Camps of World War I / AfterMath: Anthropological Data from Prisoner-of-War Camps / Ethnographic Films from Prisoner-of-War Camps and the Aesthetics of Early Cinema / After the Great War: National Reconfigurations of Anthropology in Late Colonial Times / List of Contributors -- Name Index. |