Extraordinary Anthropology: Transformations in the Field

Book Overview

What happens when anthropologists lose themselves during fieldwork while attempting to understand divergent cultures? When they stray from rigorous agendas and are forced to confront radically unexpected or unexplained experiences? In Extraordinary Anthropology leading ethnographers from across the globe discuss the importance of the deeply personal and emotionally volatile "ecstatic" side of fieldwork. Anthropologists who have worked in communities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803259921
• ISBN13: 9780803259928
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.9" x 6.2"