1st Edition
Understanding Culture A Handbook for Students in the Humanities
By Babette Hellemans
Copyright 2017
180 Pages
by
Amsterdam University Press
This pioneering textbook explores the theoretical background of cultural variety, both in past and present. How is it possible to study 'culture' when the topic covers the arts, literature, movies, history, sociology, anthropology and gender studies? 'Understanding Culture' examines the evolution of a concept with varying meanings depending on changing norms. Offering a long-duration analysis of... Read more
1) Introduction 2) The Classics 3) Man, mentality and society 4) Language 5) The Silence of the Archives 6) Non-Western Culture 7) Image, Memory and Practice
Biography
Babette Hellemans teaches Cultural History and Medieval History at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. She has published books and articles in English, French and Dutch focusing especially on the French intellectual tradition, the relationship between religion, academic discourse and the anthropology of images.
