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Title: Return to Laughter by Elenore Smith Bowen ISBN: 0-385-05312-6 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 20 March, 1964 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Honest and enjoyable
Comment: An enjoyable book by an American anthropologist in a small Nigerian village. Honestly portrays life in a foreign culture and successfully probes the relationship between culture, individuality, and community.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great for the traveler!
Comment: Although the politically correct and socially aware reader may be inclined to huff and puff a little bit over this anthropological journey through Africa, it is neccessary to take into account the actual year that this book was first written. Aside from a few "dated" remarks, this book provides a tender glimpse into the field work of an anthropologist. I think this a great book for those who travel extensively. It really depicts the frustration and loss of pride that come with trying to adjust to another way of life.
Rating: 4
Summary: Another book I push at my friends!
Comment: A young anthropologist is confronted with a quagmire ethical and moral ambiguity as ideals and unconscious assumptions meet the reality of living within a human community. Witch trials and a smallpox epidemic provide a dramatic context for problems familiar to anyone living among strangers, whether in the next town or the next continent. Along the way, Return to Laughter also serves as an engaging, impressionistic, ethnography. In fact, I'm amazed at how many different layers of book Smith Bowen has squeezed into such a quick read.
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Title: Wisdom Sits in Places: Landscape and Language Among the Western Apache by Keith H. Basso ISBN: 0826317243 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1996 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Cocktail Waitress by James P. Spradley, Brenda Mann ISBN: 0471817694 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc Pub. Date: December, 1975 |
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Title: Two Leggings: The Making of a Crow Warrior by Peter Nabokov ISBN: 0803283512 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1982 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Cultural Anthropology: A Contemporary Perspective by Roger M. Keesing ISBN: 0030475821 Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Pub. Date: 14 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $94.95 |
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Title: The Children of Segu by Maryse Conde ISBN: 0345366344 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1990 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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