Reversed gaze : an African ethnography of American anthropology /

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Illustrating how life circumstances can influence ethnographic fieldwork, Mwenda Ntarangwi focuses on his experiences as a Kenyan anthropology student and professional anthropologist practicing in the United States and Africa. Whereas Western anthropologists often study non-Western cultures, Mwenda...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ntarangwi, Mwenda
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
Ntarangwi, Mwenda.
Anthropology > United States.
Anthropology > Africa.
Anthropologie > États-Unis.
Anthropologie > Afrique.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Social Scientists & Psychologists.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Anthropology.
Africa.
United States.
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Imagining anthropology, encountering America
  • Tripping on race, training anthropologists
  • Of monkeys, Africans, and the pursuit of the Other
  • Remembering home, contrasting experiences
  • Mega-anthropology : the AAA annual meetings
  • A new paradigm for twenty-first-century anthropology?

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