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The End of Culture

by Gans
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Overview

Gans demonstrates that human representation—language, ritual, art—could only have originated as an event taking place on a scene present to the consciousness of its participants. This volume lays the foundation for an important revision of our understanding of cultural achievement.

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Book Details

Published
July 1, 1992
Publisher
Berkeley : University of California Press, c1985.
Pages
345
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780520051812

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