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The Innocent Anthropologist

Paperback • 2011 • English

The Innocent Anthropologist

By Nigel Barley

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About the book

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 studen...Show more

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9781906011505

Publisher

Eland Publishing Ltd

Published year

2011

Language

English

Original title

The Innocent Anthropologist

Format

Paperback

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