Anthropology and Egalitarianism: Ethnographic Encounters from

Anthropology and Egalitarianism: Ethnographic Encounters from Monticello to Guinea-Bissau

Anthropology and Egalitarianism is an artful and accessible introduction to key themes in cultural anthropology. Writing in a deeply personal style and using material from his fieldwork in three dramatically different localesâ€•Indonesia, West Africa, and Monticello, the historic home of Thomas Jeffersonâ€•Eric Gable shows why the ethnographic encounter is the core of the discipline's method and the basis of its unique contribution to understanding the human condition. Gable weaves together vignettes from the field and discussion of major works as he explores the development of the idea of culture through the experience of cultural contrast, anthropology's fraught relationship to racism and colonialism, and other enduring themes.
Country USA
Brand Indiana University Press
Manufacturer Indiana University Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 7 b&w illustrations
ReleaseDate 2010-12-03
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780253222756

Anthropology and Egalitarianism: Ethnographic Encounters from Monticello to Guinea-Bissau