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Anthropologists in a wider world : essays on field research /

"This book explores the transformations of world view and approach as they have been experienced by anthropological colleagues, a number of whom began their work very much in the earlier tradition. They cover experiences of field research in Africa, Papua New Guinea, South America, Central and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Dresch, Paul (Editor ), James, Wendy (Editor ), Parkin, David J., 1940- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2000.
Colección:Methodology and history in anthropology ; v. 7.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Fieldwork and the passage of time / Paul Dresch and Wendy James
  • Indians and cowboys : two field experiences / Peter Rivière
  • A view from afar : memories of New Guinea Highland warfare / Michael O'Hanlon
  • Beyond the first encounter : transformations of 'the field' in North East Africa / Wendy James
  • Templates, evocations and the long-term fieldworker / David Parkin
  • Wilderness of mirrors : truth and vulnerability in Middle Eastern fieldwork / Paul Dresch
  • Serendipity : reflections on fieldwork in China / Frank Pieke
  • Fieldwork and reflexivity : thoughts from the anthropology of Japan / Roger Goodman
  • Recollections of life crisis : distancing the personal / Louella Matsunaga
  • Views of Jain history / Marcus Banks
  • The ethnomusicologists in the wilderness / Hélène La Rue
  • Trying to get there : approaches to Indonesia / R.H. Barnes
  • The field and the desk : choices and linkages / N.J. Allen
  • Epilogue : Fieldwork unfolding / David Parkin.