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8%OFFAyi Bamo - Fieldwork Connections: The Fabric of Ethnographic Collaboration in China and America - 9780295986685 - V9780295986685
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Fieldwork Connections: The Fabric of Ethnographic Collaboration in China and America

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Description for Fieldwork Connections: The Fabric of Ethnographic Collaboration in China and America Paperback. Tells the story of the intertwined research histories of three anthropologists working in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China in the late twentieth century. This book addresses the process of ethnography and the dynamics of international and intercultural communication. Series: Naomi B. Pascal Editor's Endowment. Num Pages: 384 pages, 56 photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 477.

Fieldwork Connections tells the story of the intertwined research histories of three anthropologists working in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China in the late twentieth century. Chapters are written alternately by a male American anthropologist, a male researcher raised in a village in Liangshan, and a highly educated woman from an elite Nuosu/Chinese family. As decades of mutual ethnographic research unfold, the authors enter one another's narratives and challenge the reader to ponder the nature of ethnographic “truth.”

The book begins with short accounts of the process by which each of the authors became involved in anthropological field research. ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Series
Naomi B. Pascal Editor's Endowment
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Seattle, United States
ISBN
9780295986685
SKU
V9780295986685
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About Ayi Bamo
Bamo Ayi is an anthropologist and scholar of comparative religion. She is deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Department, State Nationalities Commission, and professor of philosophy at Central Nationalities University, Beijing. Stevan Harrell is an anthropologist and translator. He is professor of anthropology at the University of Washington. Ma Lunzy is an ethnologist, historian, author, and curator. He is deputy ... Read more

Reviews for Fieldwork Connections: The Fabric of Ethnographic Collaboration in China and America
"This fascinating book is the result of multiparty fieldwork, unfolding over more than two decades. It is a valuable, inspired documentation of cross-cultural collaborative research that will prove especially engaging and informative to all of those who, working across disciplines, grapple with the thorny issue of representing the voices of indigenous peoples and minorities. Readers who are interested in ethnic ... Read more

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