Mexican Memoir: A Personal Account of Anthropology and Radical Politics in Oaxaca

by Howard Campbell

Book Overview

Ensconced in the tight kinship network of a local household in Oaxaca, Mexico, the author embarked on a challenging study of a radical ethnic political movement, COCEI. An anthropologist who married a Zapotec Women, the author chronicles his fieldwork in this memoir. His research is interwoven with his personal experiences, addressing the political and ethical dilemmas of contemporary ethnography. Campbell's informants are internationally known...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897897811
• ISBN13: 9780897897815
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"