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Observers observed : essays on ethnographic fieldwork / edited by George W. Stocking, Jr.

Contributor(s): Stocking, George W., Jr. (George Ward), 1928-2013
Material type: TextTextSeries: History of anthropology: v. 1.Publisher: Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, 1983Description: vi, 242 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0299094545 (pbk.); 9780299094546 (pbk.)Subject(s): Ethnology -- Fieldwork | Participant observation | Ethnology -- HistoryDDC classification: 306/.0723 LOC classification: GN346 | .O27 1983Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
History of anthropology: Whence/Whither -- "The value of a person lies in his herzensbildung": Franz Boas' Baffin Island letter-diary, 1883-1884 / Douglas Cole -- Ethnographic charisma and scientific routine: Cushing and Fewkes in the American Southwest, 1879-1893 / Curtis Hinsley -- The ethnographer's magic: fieldwork in British anthropology from Tylor to Malinowski / George W. Stocking, Jr. -- Power and dialogue in ethnography: Marcel Griaule's initiation / James Clifford -- Learning about culture: reconstruction, participation, administration, 1934-1954 / Homer G. Barnett -- Following Deacon: the problem of ethnographic reanalysis, 1926-1981 / Joan Larcom -- "Facts are a word of God": an essay review / Paul Rabinow -- The dainty and the hungry man: literature and anthropology in the work of Edward Sapir / Richard Handler.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

History of anthropology: Whence/Whither -- "The value of a person lies in his herzensbildung": Franz Boas' Baffin Island letter-diary, 1883-1884 / Douglas Cole -- Ethnographic charisma and scientific routine: Cushing and Fewkes in the American Southwest, 1879-1893 / Curtis Hinsley -- The ethnographer's magic: fieldwork in British anthropology from Tylor to Malinowski / George W. Stocking, Jr. -- Power and dialogue in ethnography: Marcel Griaule's initiation / James Clifford -- Learning about culture: reconstruction, participation, administration, 1934-1954 / Homer G. Barnett -- Following Deacon: the problem of ethnographic reanalysis, 1926-1981 / Joan Larcom -- "Facts are a word of God": an essay review / Paul Rabinow -- The dainty and the hungry man: literature and anthropology in the work of Edward Sapir / Richard Handler.

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