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The Innocent Anthropologist : Notes From a Mud Hut

By: Publication details: England; Eland; 2011Description: 190 Pages; PaperbackISBN:
  • 9781906011505
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306
Summary: The wittiest introduction to the life of a social anthropologist ever written. Studying in the Cameroons for his first experience of fieldwork, Barley discovers that the society of the Dowayo people refuses to conform to the rules of his new discipline. Although set amongst a little-known tribe in the Cameroons, this slim volume reaches out to a vast audience who would otherwise never look at a travel book about West Africa, let alone an anthropological field study. A seminal text for any student in search of a laugh. Witty, hilarious and unconventional, but also a remarkable intellectual achievement. Barley manages to turn the western science of anthropology on its head, so that for once the laugh is on the professional practitioners not the observed.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Karachi Society and Politics 306 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Withdrawn Not For Loan Book Bazaar PKLC026026
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Lahore Society and Politics 306 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available PKLC021912
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The wittiest introduction to the life of a social anthropologist ever written. Studying in the Cameroons for his first experience of fieldwork, Barley discovers that the society of the Dowayo people refuses to conform to the rules of his new discipline. Although set amongst a little-known tribe in the Cameroons, this slim volume reaches out to a vast audience who would otherwise never look at a travel book about West Africa, let alone an anthropological field study. A seminal text for any student in search of a laugh. Witty, hilarious and unconventional, but also a remarkable intellectual achievement. Barley manages to turn the western science of anthropology on its head, so that for once the laugh is on the professional practitioners not the observed.

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