Jane Austen and the Fiction of Culture: An Essay on the Narration of Social RealitiesUniversity of Arizona Press, 1990 - 175 pages Though there has been much discussion of the uses of literature for social analysis, this is the first book-length work that takes the complete body of work of a major novelist as the basis for rethinking ethnographic representation and cross-cultural analysis. |
Contents
The Natural the Civil and the Unnatural | 18 |
Family Connections and Incest | 29 |
But What Then of Reality? | 149 |
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alter-cultural analysis Anne Elliot anthropology argue Austen's narratives Austen's novels Austen's texts Azande behavior Bertram Bingley blood brother Catherine chapter characters choice claim communication concepts connections contrast conventions courtship cousins criticism cultural dance Darcy Dashwood daughters dialogue discussion distinction Donwell Edmund Elinor Elizabeth Bennet Elton Emma Emma's endogamy engagement ethnographic etiquette Evans-Pritchard example exchange Fanny Price Fanny's father feelings fiction Frank Churchill heroines hierarchy Highbury human incest independence interactions interpretation irony Jane Austen Knightley Knightley's Lady mangu Mansfield Park Marianne marital marriage marry Marvin Mudrick Mary Crawford moral Moreover multiple narration natural Northanger Abbey particular partners person potential Pride and Prejudice principles rank readers reading realism reality refusal relations relationship romantic selection sense Sense and Sensibility siblings Sir Thomas sister social order social status society spouses suggests theatrical tion translation understanding unnatural utilitarian voice wealth witch witchcraft woman women young Zande