The Taste of Ethnographic Things : The Senses in Anthropology
by
Paul Stoller
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Contemporary Ethnography
ISBN-10
0812212924
ISBN-13
9780812212921
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Imprint
University of Pennsylvania Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 1st, 1989
Print length
200 Pages
Weight
384 grams
Dimensions
23.50 x 18.90 x 1.10 cms
Product Classification:
Anthropology
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Anthropologists who have lost their senses write ethnographies that are often disconnected from the worlds they seek to portray. For most anthropologists, Stoller contends, tasteless theories are more important than the savory sauces of ethnographic life. That they have lost the smells, sounds, and tastes of the places they study is unfortunate for them, for their subjects, and for the discipline itself. The Taste of Ethnographic Things describes how, through long-term participation in the lives of the Songhay of Niger, Stoller eventually came to his senses. Taken together, the separate chapters speak to two important and integrated issues. The first is methodological-all the chapters demonstrate the rewards of long-term study of a culture. The second issue is how he became truer to the Songhay through increased sensual awareness.
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