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Edith L. B. Turner - Heart of Lightness: The Life Story of an Anthropologist - 9781845451264 - V9781845451264
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Heart of Lightness: The Life Story of an Anthropologist

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Description for Heart of Lightness: The Life Story of an Anthropologist Hardcover. Edith and Victor Turner were among the most influential researchers and teachers and social and cultural anthropology in the twentieth century. This memoir is a testimony to a remarkable partnership and to Edie Turner's own achievements during more than two decades after Victor's untimely death. Num Pages: index. BIC Classification: BG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. .

"Edith and Victor Turner were among the most influential researchers and teachers and social and cultural anthropology in the twentieth century. Together they, and Edie alone after Vic's death, raised the idea of participant observation (and indeed of team learning) to heights and depth most anthropologists never achieve." [From the Foreword]

This fascinating memoir is a lively testimony to a remarkable partnership and to Edie Turner's own achievements during more than two decades after Victor's untimely death.

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845451264
SKU
V9781845451264
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Ref
99-15

About Edith L. B. Turner
Edith L. B. Turner (1921-2016) was on the faculty of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Virginia. She specialized in ritual, religion, healing, and aspects of consciousness, and had done fieldwork among the Ndembu of Zambia, in Mexico, among the Iñupiat of Alaska, and in rural Ireland. Her numerous publications include The Spirit and the Drum (1987), Experiencing ... Read more

Reviews for Heart of Lightness: The Life Story of an Anthropologist
“…a bright and very personal journey into the work and life of Edith Turner…an important text for those interested in humanistic anthropology and the life of a remarkable anthropologist that has contributes to the study of ritual, religion, healing, consciousness and many other subjects.  ·  Social Anthropology

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