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Stimulated by discussions of ethics and responsibility in anthropological fieldwork, this collection of essays explores what happens when people who are the subjects of the research read or hear about what has been written on them. The most acute problems arise from biased media reports in newspapers and on television that misconstrue the findings of the anthropological study. This work shows how long-term relationships of trust and cooperation between subject and researcher can be irrevocably damaged by misinformation, rumor, or lack of forethought. The ten seasoned ethnographers writing with considerable hindsight warn of the dangers of ignoring the native readership and suggest strategies that will avoid misunderstanding and misrepresentations in the future.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine(+). Large grey octavo, gilt to front board and spine, viii, 200 pages, b&w illustrations, 25 cm. Arising from discussions about ethics and responsibility in anthropological fieldwork, these essays explore what happens when people who are the subjects of research, read or hear about what has been written about them. Problems arise from biased media reports, and trust can be lost. Contents: Introduction: fieldwork, text, and audience / Caroline B. Brettell -- Unintended consequences: the myth of "the return" in anthropological fieldwork / Dona L. Davis -- Responding to the anthropologist: when the Spiritual Baptists of Trinidad read what I write about them / Stephen D. Glazier -- Involvement, detachment, and representation on Corsica / Alexandra Jaffe -- Fieldwork in Quebec, scholarly reviews, and anthropological dialogues / Richard Handler -- The student of culture and the ethnography of Irish intellectuals / Elizabeth A. Sheehan -- Whose history is it?: selection and representation in the creation of a text / Caroline B. Brettell -- When they read what the papers say we wrote / Ofra Greenberg -- Is anonymity possible?: writing about refugees in the United States / MaryCarol Hopkins -- Just stories of ethnographic authority / Richard P. Horwitz.; Myths of objectivity and the collaborative process in life history research / Sally McBeth -- The case of mistaken identity: problems in representing women on the right / Faye Ginsburg. Ethnology -- Philosophy. Very mild rubbing to spine foot, extremely gentle rubbing to spine head, light soiling to fore-edges, exceedingly mild rubbing to corners (extremely mild bumping to rear board-rear corner), pencil underlining to few pages throughout book, else Near Fine(+). First edition, first printing (full number line). Seller Inventory # 92091
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