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At Home and in the Field - Ethnographic Encounters in Asia and the Pacific Islands (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,556
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At Home and in the Field - Ethnographic Encounters in Asia and the Pacific Islands (Hardcover): Suzanne Finney, Mary...

At Home and in the Field - Ethnographic Encounters in Asia and the Pacific Islands (Hardcover)

Suzanne Finney, Mary Mostafanezhad, Guido Carlo Pigliasco, Forrest Wade Young

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Crossing disciplinary boundaries, At Home and in the Field is an anthology of twenty-first century ethnographic research and writing about the global worlds of home and disjuncture in Asia and the Pacific Islands. These stories reveal novel insights into the serendipitous nature of fieldwork. Unique in its inclusion of "homework"-ethnography that directly engages with issues and identities in which the ethnographer finds political solidarity and belonging in fields at home-the anthology contributes to growing trends that complicate the distinction between "insiders" and "outsiders". The obligations that fieldwork engenders among researchers and local communities are exemplified by contributors who are often socially engaged with the peoples and places they work. In its focus on Asia and the Pacific Islands, the collection offers ethnographic updates on topics that range from ritual money burning in China to the militarization of Hawai'i to the social role of text messages in identifying marriage partners in Vanuatu to the cultural power of robots in Japan. Thought provoking, sometimes humorous, these cultural encounters will resonate with readers and provide valuable talking points for exploring the human diversity that makes the study of ourselves and each other simultaneously rewarding and challenging.

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Imprint: University of Hawaii Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: April 2015
Editors: Suzanne Finney • Mary Mostafanezhad • Guido Carlo Pigliasco • Forrest Wade Young
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 978-0-8248-4759-3
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General
Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > Biological anthropology > General
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LSN: 0-8248-4759-8
Barcode: 9780824847593

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