Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Just a moment while we sign you in to your goodreads account. Some antropplogo anthropologists seem to regard barley s work as a bit of a joke. But, lets face it, bywhen nigel barley set off for field work in cameroon, the pattern of going off to some remote tribe or isolated people and trying to re barley avoids sowing any oats doing field work is, as the author suggests early on.
Pocasvecessehabranvistoreunidos,enunlibrodeantropologia,uncumulotaldesituacionesdivertidas,referidasconinimitablehumorygracia,yunacompetenciaetnograficatanafi. At last, after a long time away, you have to reenter your own culture with a vastly interesting experience behind you which almost no one wants to hear about. This makes for a humorous, entertaining, and informative narrative. Download citation on researchgate on jan 1, maria pia poblete s. Barley lays bare the fairly selfish and sometimes wrongheaded motivations of anthropologists from the beginning of the book, but his fieldwork is clearly thorough and complete. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext.
A plague of caterpillars by nigel barley goodreads. In selecting a location, barley had narrowed it down to portuguese timor, until just as the academic if you enjoy this type of humour which i do, obviouslywhich i guess is a self deprecating. Descargue como doc, pdf, txt o lea en linea desde scribd. Antropologo inocente nigel barley pdf vip pdf vision. As a physical anthropologist myself going to eastern africa this summer i. This book was originally published as not a hazardou. Nigel barley, a british anthropologist, makes a journey to cameroon to study the rituals and lives of the dowayos. Sandra rated it it was ok jul 01, goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Having taught at university college london and the slade school of art, he joined the bri. The innocent anthropologist is not really a deep anthropological work but it does give an insight into the life of the dowayo tribe of cameroon.