The Power of the Between: An Anthropological Odyssey

by Paul Stoller

Book Overview

It is the anthropologist's fate to always be between things: countries, languages, cultures, even realities. But rather than lament this, anthropologist Paul Stoller here celebrates the creative power of the between, showing how it can transform us, changing our conceptions of who we are, what we know, and how we live in the world.
Beginning with his early days with the Peace Corps in Africa and culminating with a recent bout with cancer, The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226775356
• ISBN13: 9780226775357
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.8"