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They Lie, We Lie: Getting on with Anthropology
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
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.
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