The Innocent Anthropologist - Notes from a Mud Hut

Nigel Barley

Waveland Pr Inc

2000

190 páginas

6h 20m

ISBN-13: 9781577661566

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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5 (Perfeito)

An entertaining serious book. Mr. Barley's understated tone is a powerful tool in the rendition of amazement and humor. Those of us who have had the pleasure of an African sojourn can relate to his continuous sense of wonder and surprise which rightfully and at every turn challenge our daily assumptions. This is a very humorous often hilarious book, whose last chapter, Mr. Barley's return to England, is a must read for anyone trying to understand the fascination foreign travel and foreign experiences can exert. The clash of cultures on the reverse is as powerful a discovery as his entire life in the bush was. A great book on all accounts!