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They Lie, We Lie: Getting on with Anthropology

Peter Metcalf

Peter Metcalf gives an engaging account of his fieldwork in Borneo, telling the story of his tortuous relationship with Kasi, a formidable old lady who, for twenty years, tried to strictly control what he learnt about her community.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Routledge
  • Publish Date: Oct 25th, 2001
  • Pages: 164
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.86in - 5.44in - 0.52in - 0.72lb
  • EAN: 9780415262590
  • Categories: Anthropology - Cultural & Social

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About the Author

Peter Metcalf has conducted research in Borneo for over two decades. He is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Virginia, USA.

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Praise for this book

"In a critically plausible and aesthetically pleasing project, Peter Metcalf addresses some major arguments against, anxieties about, and 'epistemological skepticism' toward anthropology as a whole... The argument Metcalf develops through the book is concretized in richly detailed, thick description of twenty years of ethnographic research... significantly contributes to a critically reflexive dialogue on ethnographic practices." - Anthropology and Education Quarterly