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Working the field : accounts from French Louisiana /

Working the Field: Accounts from French Louisiana records reflections on the fieldwork conducted in French Louisiana by a group of anthropologists and folklorists from Louisiana, the United States, Canada, and France between the 1970s and 2000. Contributors cast a critical look at the core anthropol...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Henry, Jacques, Le Menestrel, Sara
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson, Miss. : University Press of Mississippi, ©2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION: The State of the Louisiana Field and Fieldwork (with a post-Katrina and Rita postscript); 1. FINDING THE FIELD THROUGH THE DISCOVERY OF THE SELF; 2. "ARE YOU GOING TO TREAT?": Asking Questions about Vernacular Medicine; 3. ARE YOU IN FOR THE LONG HAUL?; 4. THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ACTIVIST FOLKLORE: From Fieldwork to Programming; 5. (RE)TURN OF THE NATIVE: Insider Ethnography and the Politics of Fieldwork in South Louisiana; 6. TOURIST AND "CAJUN FROM FRANCE": The Shifting Identity of the Anthropologist; 7. HOMING IN ON THE FIELD.
  • 8. FIELDWORK IN FRENCH LOUISIANA: A Québec ExperienceContributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W.