Talk:An Anthropologist on Mars

Dead Link[edit]

FYI the New Yorker hyperlink at the bottom of the page appears to be dead.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Gunstar hero (talk • contribs) 15:44, 6 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Question[edit]

I wonder how psychiatrists label the peculiar tendency to have one's name printed twenty times larger than the book title ... Frank Landsman (talk) 08:42, 4 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

LOL, I see that a lot! 142.167.170.180 (talk) 23:14, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Grandin does in fact use the exact phrase "an anthropologist from Mars" with from as she's showing that she is viewing humans from an outside perspective but Sacks uses the modified form "An Anthropologist on Mars" to refer to his position as a human viewing the outside. The difference is slight but important. And if she does use Sacks version it has to be in reference to Sacks position and not her's.

"The title of this essay comes from the phrase, "I'm an anthropologist from Mars", Grandin used to describe how she often feels in social interactions, but modified by Sacks to fit his perspective as "An Anthropologist on Mars"."

i'm not going to start an edit war so i'll place it here if you can't tell the difference in meaning that took me 10 mins to get

puting "an anthropologist from Mars" in quotes brings up pages with it attributed to Grandin

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.71.142.215 (talk) 08:48, 20 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I own the book. On page 259 of the Vintage 1996 edition, she is quoted as saying, "Much of the time ... I feel like an anthropologist on Mars". Zagalejo^^^ 18:32, 20 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]