{"product_id":"rolling-in-ditches-with-shamans-jaime-de-angulo-and-the-professionalization-of-american-anthropology-hardcover","title":"Rolling in Ditches with Shamans: Jaime de Angulo and the Professionalization of American Anthropology - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWendy Leeds-Hurwitz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRolling in Ditches with Shamans\u003c\/em\u003e charts American anthropology in the 1920s through the life and work of one of the amateur scholars of the time, Jaime de Angulo (1887-1950). Although he earned a medical degree, de Angulo chose to live on an isolated ranch in Big Sur, California, where he participated fully in the lives of the people who were his ethnographic informants. The period of his most extensive research coincides almost perfectly with the professionalization of anthropology, and de Angulo provides a link between those who are generally recognized as the most important figures of the day: Franz Boas, Alfred Kroeber, and Edward Sapir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fields of salvage ethnography and linguistics, which Boas emphasized, were aimed at recording the culture, language, and myths of the Native groups before they became completely acculturated. In keeping with these dictates, de Angulo recorded data from thirty groups, mostly in California, which otherwise might have been lost. In an unusual move for that time, he also wrote fiction and poetry describing the modern lives of the people he studied, something of little interest to Boas but of great interest today. His most enduring work is \u003cem\u003eIndian Tales\u003c\/em\u003e, a fictional synthesis of myths learned from various California Indians. De Angulo's range of interests, originality, and expertise exemplified the curiosity and brilliance of those who pioneered American anthropology at this time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWendy Leeds-Hurwitz is a professor of communication at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. She is the author of several books, including \u003cem\u003eWedding as Text: Communicating Cultural Identities through Ritual\u003c\/em\u003e, and the editor of \u003cem\u003eSocial Approaches to Communication\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWendy Leeds-Hurwitz is a professor of communication at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. She is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eWedding as Text: Communicating Cultural Identities through Ritual\u003c\/i\u003e, and the editor of \u003ci\u003eSocial Approaches to Communication\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 359\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.25 x 9.28 x 6.56 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47468635390205,"sku":"9780803229549","price":104.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/MnZlcWFKZFVLdGh4QTB4UlhuTEZPdz09.webp?v=1777290696","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/rolling-in-ditches-with-shamans-jaime-de-angulo-and-the-professionalization-of-american-anthropology-hardcover","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}