The Innocent Anthropologist : Notes from a Mud Hut
by:
Nigel Barley (author)
When British anthropologist Nigel Barley set up home among the Dowayo people in northern Cameroon, he knew how fieldwork should be conducted. Unfortunately, nobody had told the Dowayo. His compulsive, witty account of first fieldwork offers a wonderfully inspiring introduction to the real life of...
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When British anthropologist Nigel Barley set up home among the Dowayo people in northern Cameroon, he knew how fieldwork should be conducted. Unfortunately, nobody had told the Dowayo. His compulsive, witty account of first fieldwork offers a wonderfully inspiring introduction to the real life of a cultural anthropologist doing research in a Third World area. Both touching and hilarious, Barley's unconventional story--in which he survived boredom, hostility, disaster, and illness--addresses many critical issues in anthropology and in fieldwork.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781577661566 (1577661567)
ASIN: 1577661567
Publish date: September 1st 2000
Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc
Pages no: 190
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Travel,
Humor,
Biography,
History,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
Africa,
Science,
Culture,
Anthropology
Nigel Barley se fue a África y en un año tuvo hepatitis vírica, malaria, unos parásitos que ponen huevos bajo las uñas y que se tratan rebanando trozos de carne con una navaja, y todos los que pasaron sin diagnosticar. Perdió 18 kg y los dos dientes de delante.Además se aburrió muchísimo y pasó mese...
12 years ago
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