Innocent Anthropologist: Notes from a Mud Hut
Barley, Nigel
ISBN 10: 1906011508 ISBN 13: 9781906011505
Published by Eland, 2026
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The wittiest introduction to the life of a social anthropologist ever written. Studying in the Cameroons for his first experience of fieldwork, Barley discovers that the society of the Dowayo people refuses to conform to the rules of his new discipline. Although set amongst a little-known tribe in the Cameroons, this slim volume reaches out to a vast audience who would otherwise never look at a travel book about West Africa, let alone an anthropological field study. A seminal text for any student in search of a laugh. Witty, hilarious and unconventional, but also a remarkable intellectual achievement; Barley manages to turn the western science of anthropology on its head, so that for once the laugh is on the professional practitioners not the observed.
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Title: Innocent Anthropologist: Notes from a Mud Hut
Publisher: Eland
Publication Date: 2026
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good