Johannes Fabian

Ethnography as Commentary

Writing from the Virtual Archive

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Leading anthropologist reconsiders his notes and interviews from his fieldwork in the Congo in order to comment on ethnographic practices.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 160mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9780822342618
• ISBN-10: 0822342618
• Artikelnr.: 23880994

Inhaltsangabe

Preface vii
Introduction. Closing House--A Late Ethnography 1
Chapter 1. An Event: Closing the House 21
Chapter 2. A Text: Made, Not Found 39
Chapter 3. Kahenga's Work 55
Chapter 4. Kahenga's World 73
Chapter 5. Kahenga's Thoughts 91
Chapter 6. Endings and Ends 111
Notes 125
Works Cited 133
Index 137