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Observers observed : essays on ethnographic fieldwork

Title
Observers observed : essays on ethnographic fieldwork / edited by George W. Stocking, Jr.
Publication
Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, 1983.

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Additional Authors
Stocking, George W., Jr. (George Ward), 1928-2013.
Description
vi, 242 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Series Statement
History of anthropology ; v. 1
Uniform Title
History of anthropology ; v. 1.
Subject
  • Ethnology > Fieldwork
  • Participant observation
  • Ethnology > History
  • Ethnology > history
  • Ethnology
  • Ethnologie
  • Feldforschung
  • Volkskunde
  • Aufsatzsammlung
  • Culturele antropologie
  • Veldwerk
  • Enquêtes de terrain (ethnologie)
  • Ethnologues
  • Ethnologie > Méthodologie
  • Observation participante
Genre/Form
  • History.
  • Essays.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographies 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.
ISBN
  • 0299094502
  • 9780299094508
  • 0299094545
  • 9780299094546
LCCN
83047771
OCLC
  • ocm09894662
  • 9894662
  • SCSB-97305
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library