Peter Metcalf

They Lie, We Lie

Getting on with Anthropology

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Produktbeschreibung

Peter Metcalf gives an engaging account of his fieldwork in Borneo, telling the story of his tortuous relationship with Kasi, a formidable old lady who, for twenty years, tried to strictly control what he learnt about her community.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Oktober 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 138mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 327g
• ISBN-13: 9780415262590
• ISBN-10: 0415262593
• Artikelnr.: 20968527

Autorenporträt

Peter Metcalf has conducted research in Borneo for over two decades. He is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Virginia, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

CHAPTER ONE: LIES 1. Something spoken which is not true 2, They lie, we lie
3. Getting on with anthropology CHAPTER TWO: STRUGGLE 1. Learning
experiences 2. Kasi's pre-emptive strike 3. The polite fictions of research
proposals 4. Kasi throws up her defenses 5. The siege 6. My fifth column
CHAPTER THREE: POWER 1. Hearts and minds 2. Colonial involvements 3. Going
into the villages 4. People invisible to the state CHAPTER FOUR: ETHNICITY
1. Lelakness 2. The vanishing point 3. Foregrounding the Berawan 4. Lost
tribes 5. The true Berawan 6. Keeping things in perspective CHAPTER FIVE:
CLOSURE 1. Lelak 2. Throwing away the old way 3. Kasi's vanishing 4.
Cultural obituaries 5. Indignities 6. Demolishing Upriver 7. Constructing
Upriver People 8. No closure FOOTNOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY