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OverviewThis book examines Marius Barbeau's career at Canada's National Museum (now the Canadian Museum of History), in light of his education at Oxford and in Paris (1907-1911). Based on archival research in England, France and Canada, Marius Barbeau's Vitalist Ethnology presents Barbeau's anthropological training at Oxford through his meticulous course notes, as well as archival photographs at the Pitt Rivers Museum and the Bibliotheque et Archives nationales du Quebec. It also draws upon Barbeau's professional correspondence at Library and Archives Canada, the BC Archives, and, above all, the National Museum, where he worked for over four decades. The author, Frances M. Slaney, sheds light on the professional life of this founder of Canadian anthropology, exploring his difficult working relationships with Edward Sapir, his collaborations with Franz Boas, and his outstanding fieldwork in rural Quebec and with Indigenous communities on British Columbia's Northwest Coast. Barbeau penned over 1,000 books and articles, in addition to curating innovative museum exhibitions and art shows. He invited Group of Seven artists into his field sites, convinced that their works could better capture the vitality of Quebec's rural culture than his own abundant photographs. For these-and many other-contributions, the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada recognized him as a person of national historic importance in 1985. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Frances M. SlaneyPublisher: University of Ottawa Press Imprint: University of Ottawa Press ISBN: 9780776637136ISBN 10: 0776637134 Publication Date: 07 June 2022 Recommended Age: From 16 years Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print ![]() This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |