Person and Myth: Maurice Leenhardt in the Melanesian World

By James Clifford

Book Overview

Originally published in 1982, James Clifford's analytical biography of Maurice Leenhardt (1878-1954)--missionary, anthropologist, founder of French Oceanic studies, historian of religion, and colonial reformer--received wide critical acclaim for its insight into the colonial history of anthropology.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520042476
• ISBN13: 9780520042476
• Release Date: March 1982
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"