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Dignity for the voiceless : Willem Assies' anthropological work in context /
Willem Assies died in 2010 at the age of 55. The various stages of his career as a political anthropologist of Latin American illustrate how astute a researcher he was. He had a keen eye for the contradictions he observed during his fieldwork but also enjoyed theoretical debate. A distrust of power...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
2014.
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| Collection: | Latin America studies ;
volume 103. |
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | Willem Assies died in 2010 at the age of 55. The various stages of his career as a political anthropologist of Latin American illustrate how astute a researcher he was. He had a keen eye for the contradictions he observed during his fieldwork but also enjoyed theoretical debate. A distrust of power led him not only to attempt to understand "people without voice" but to work alongside them so they could discover and find their own voice. Willem Assies explored the messy, often untidy daily lives of people, with their inconsistencies, irrationalities, and passions, but also with their hopes, |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781782382935 1782382933 |