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Missionary impositions : conversion, resistance, and other challenges to objectivity in religious ethnography /
This book explores some of the less understood research considerations involved in studying religious populations with a missionary imperative. The essays encompass ethnographic fieldwork in Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, and other populations, addressing such topics as the fluidity of the anthropolog...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Lanham, MD :
Lexington Books,
Ã2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book explores some of the less understood research considerations involved in studying religious populations with a missionary imperative. The essays encompass ethnographic fieldwork in Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, and other populations, addressing such topics as the fluidity of the anthropologist's own religious identity, objectivity versus subjectivity, the issue of reflexivity in ethnography, and the multi-positionality of the researcher. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vi, 112 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781283993463 1283993465 9780739177891 0739177893 |