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Collected ethnographies

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  • Being Ethnographicby Raymond Madden

    Sage Publications Ltd. 2010; US$ 45.00

    Full of practical 'how to' tips for applying theoretical methods - 'doing ethnography' - this book also provides anecdotal evidence and advice for new and experienced researchers on how to engage with their own participation in the field - 'being ethnographic'. The book clearly sets out the important definitions, methods and applications of field research whilst reinforcing the infinite variability of the human subject and addressing the challenges presented by ethnographers' own passions, intellectual interests, biases and ideologies. Classic and personal real-world case studies are used by the author to introduce new researchers to the reality of applying ethnographic theory and practice in the field. Topics include:... more...

  • Treading Lightlyby Karl-Erik Sveiby; Tex Skuthorpe

    Allen & Unwin 2006; US$ 31.81

    Australian Aboriginals taught themselves thousands of years ago how to build a sustainable society in our fragile landscape. In a unique collaboration, a Swedish knowledge management professor finds out from an Aboriginal cultural custodian how they did it, and what we can learn from them. more...

  • The Adventure of the Realby Paul Henley

    University of Chicago Press 2010; US$ 30.00

    Though relatively unsung in the English-speaking world, Jean Rouch (1917–2004) was a towering figure of ethnographic cinema. Over the course of a fifty-year career, he completed over one hundred films, both documentary and fiction, and exerted an influence far beyond academia. Exhaustively researched yet elegantly written, The Adventure of the Real is the first comprehensive analysis of his practical filmmaking methods.   Rouch developed these methods while conducting anthropological research in West Africa in the 1940s–1950s. His innovative use of unscripted improvisation by his subjects had a profound impact on the French New Wave, Paul Henley reveals, while his documentary work launched the genre of cinema-vérité... more...

  • Interpreting Japanese Societyby Joy Hendry

    Routledge 1998; US$ 69.95

    First published in 1986 Interpreting Japanese Society became something of a classic in its field. In this newly updated edition, the value of anthropology in understanding this ancient and complex nation is clearly demonstrated. more...

  • Japan's Minoritiesby Michael Weiner

    Routledge 1996; US$ 59.95

    Provides clear historical introductions to the six principal ethnic minority groups in Japan, including the Ainu, Chinese, Koreans and Okinawans , and discusses their place in contemporary Japanese society. more...

  • Getting to Know Waiwaiby Alan Tormaid Campbell

    Routledge 1995; US$ 44.95

    A beautifully written account of time spent with the Wayapi that looks forward to Wayapi survivors one hundred years from now and considers what will be left as the destruction of the Amazon rainforest proceeds. more...

  • The Good, the Bad, and the Beautifulby Barry Hallen

    Indiana University Press 2000; US$ 14.35

    The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful Discourse about Values in Yoruba Culture Barry Hallen Reveals everyday language as the key to understanding morals and ethics in Yoruba culture. "This contrasts with any suggestion that in Yoruba or, more generally, African society, moral thinking manifests nothing much more than a supine acquiescence in long established communal values.... Hallen renders a great service to African philosophy." -- Kwasi Wiredu In Yoruba culture, morality and moral values are intimately linked to aesthetics. The purest expression of beauty, at least for human beings, is to possess good moral... more...

  • Jews of the Dutch Caribbeanby Alan F. Benjamin

    Routledge 2002; US$ 120.00

    This book examines the contexts of identity and ethnicity, through a detailed study of a little-known group in Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, with an intriguing history. more...

  • Place and Spirit in Taiwanby Alessandro Dell'Orto

    RoutledgeCurzon 2002; US$ 195.00

    Based on field-work in Taiwan, this book examines the cult of Tudi Gong both as a religio-social phenomenon and as an appropriate medium for exploring and analysing the social changes that have been occurring in contemporary Taiwan. more...

  • Dislocating Masculinityby Andrea Cornwall; Nancy Lindisfarne

    Routledge 1994; US$ 61.95

    ^Dislocating Masculinity offers a radical critique of much of the recent writing on and by men, raising important questions about embodiment, agency and the varieties of masculinity. more...