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Africanizing anthropology : fieldwork, networks, and the making of cultural knowledge in central Africa / Lyn Schumaker.

e-Duke Books Scholarly Collection Pre-2008 Archive Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Schumaker, Lyn.
Series:
e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Rhodes-Livingstone Institute--History.
Rhodes-Livingstone Institute.
Ethnology--Zambia--History.
Ethnology.
Ethnology--Zambia--Fieldwork.
Ethnology--Africa, Southern--History.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (390 p.)
Place of Publication:
Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2001.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
An innovative cultural study of a major site of British anthropology, done with methods from the history of science, detailing the development of methods, practices, and work culture in the colonial context.
Contents:
1 "The Water Follows the Stream"
2 Contexts and Chronologies
3 Archetypal Experiences
4 The Laboratory in the Field
5 "A Lady and an American"
6 Atop the Central African Volcano
7 Africanizing Anthropology
8 The Culture of Fieldwork
Epilogue.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-362) and index.
ISBN:
9786612903656
9780822380795
082238079X
9781282903654
1282903659
OCLC:
850212014

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