Borofsky Robert 1944 (2 results)

Borofsky, Robert, 1944-. Yanomami: the fierce controversy and what we can learn from it. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005, 3d printing, xix, 372pp., PAPERBACK, very good, fresh attractive copy. California series in public anthropology, 12. - Yanomami raises questions central to the field of anthropology--questions concerning the practice of fieldwork, the production of knowledge, and anthropology's intellectual and ethical vision of itself. Using the Yanomami controversy--one of anthropology's most famous and explosive imbroglios--as its starting point, this book draws readers into not only reflecting on but refashioning the very heart and soul of the discipline. It is both the most up-to-date and thorough public discussion of the Yanomami controversy available and an innovative and searching assessment of the current state of anthropology. The Yanomami controversy came to public attention through the publication of Patrick Tierney's best-selling book, Darkness in El Dorado, in which he accuses James Neel, a prominent geneticist who belonged to the National Academy of Sciences, as well as Napoleon Chagnon, whose introductory text on the Yanomami is perhaps the best-selling anthropological monograph of all time, of serious human rights violations. This book identifies the ethical dilemmas of the controversy and raises deeper, structural questions about the discipline. A portion of the book is devoted to a unique roundtable in which important scholars on different sides of the issues debate back and forth with each other. This format draws readers into deciding, for themselves, where they stand on the controversy's--and many of anthropology's--central concerns. - CONTENTS: PART I: The controversy and the broader issues at stake -- Chagnon and Tierney in their own words -- How the controversy has played out within American anthropology -- Broader issues at stake in the controversy -- Keeping Yanomami perspectives in mind -- You decide -- A platform for change -- Photographic interlude -- PART II: Round one -- Round two -- Round three -- Three assessments -- Appendix: Summary of the roundtable participants' positions. 9780520244047 ISBN 0520244044.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition.