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Anthropologists in a wider world: essays on field research

Paul Dresch, Wendy James and David J. Parkin
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  • Contents

  • Reviews

  • Frontmatter
  • List of Figures (page ix)
  • Notes on contributors (page xi)
  • Acknowledgements (page xv)
  • Introduction: Fieldwork and the passage of time (Paul Dresch and Wendy James, page 1)
  • 1. Indians and cowboys: two field experiences (Peter Riviére, page 27)
  • 2. A view from afar: memories of New Guinea Highland warfare (Michael O'Hanlon, page 45)
  • 3. Beyond the first encounter: transformations of 'the field' in North East Africa (Wendy James, page 69)
  • 4. Templates, evocations and the long-term fieldworker (David Parkin, page 91)
  • 5. Wilderness of mirrors: truth and vulnerability in Middle Eastern fieldwork (Paul Dresch, page 109)
  • 6. Serendipity: reflections on fieldwork in China (Frank Pieke, page 129)
  • 7. Fieldwork and reflexivity: thoughts from the anthropology of Japan (Roger Goodman, page 151)
  • 8. Recollections of life crisis: distancing the personal (Louella Matsunaga, page 167)
  • 9. View of Jain history (Marcus Banks, page 187)
  • 10. The ethnomusicologist in the wilderness (Hélène La Rue, page 205)
  • 11. Trying to get there: approaches to Indonesia (R. H. Barnes, page 229)
  • 12. The field and the desk: choices and linkages (N. J. Allen, page 243)
  • Epilogue: Fieldwork unfolding (David Parkin, page 259)
  • Bibliography (page 275)
  • Index (page 295)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
JAR 59.1 (Spring 2003): 141-143 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3631474
ANTCA 44.1 (2002): 151-152 http://www.jstor.org/stable/25606072
JRAI 8.1 (Mar. 2002): 190-191 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3134914
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Published: 2000
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN(s)
  • 9781571818003 (paper)
  • 9781789203929 (ebook)
  • 9781571817990 (hardcover)
Subject
  • Anthropology
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