In the wings of the ethnography stage: Michel Leiris’ scientific pursuit and existential quest

This paper analyses the attitude of a French surrealist writer and ethnographer, Michel Leiris, who accompanied the expedition led by Marcel Griaule, from Dakar to Djibouti (1931–33), as the archivist-secretary of this official “mission”. In fact, Leiris participated actively in the ethnographic ac...

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Main Author: Anny Wynchank
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: Tydskrif vir Letterkunde Association 2017-04-01
Series:Tydskrif vir Letterkunde
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Online Access:https://journals.assaf.org.za/index.php/tvl/article/view/2264