John Steinbeckʼs work analysed from Human Biology
The Harvest Gypsies, written by the North-American John Steinbeck, is the topic on which a group of students of the Faculty of Biology of the UB based their works to participate in the Steinbeck Festival International Fringe Fest 2013, an annual event organised by the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas (California), the writerʼs home town.
Steinbeck Festival is one of the oldest literary festivals in the Unites States on John Steinbeck, 1962 Nobel Laureate; it promotes the participation of worldwide organizations interested in fostering cultural initiatives focused on the writer (1902-1968), an advocate for social justice in the United States and author of such important works as The Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden and Of Mice and Men.
The Harvest Gypsies, written by the North-American John Steinbeck, is the topic on which a group of students of the Faculty of Biology of the UB based their works to participate in the Steinbeck Festival International Fringe Fest 2013, an annual event organised by the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas (California), the writerʼs home town.
Steinbeck Festival is one of the oldest literary festivals in the Unites States on John Steinbeck, 1962 Nobel Laureate; it promotes the participation of worldwide organizations interested in fostering cultural initiatives focused on the writer (1902-1968), an advocate for social justice in the United States and author of such important works as The Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden and Of Mice and Men.
Works explore topics such as migration, child mortality, ecological disasters, education, malnutrition, young peopleʼs future, etc. Teaching staff of the Anthropology Unit of the Faculty of Biology, affiliated centre with the campus of international excellence BKC, supported the activity.