Heart of Lightness (Paperback)

Edith L.B. Turner

ISBN 10: 1845451279 / ISBN 13: 9781845451271

Published by Berghahn Books, Oxford, 2006

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Paperback. "Edith and Victor Turner were among the most influential researchers and teachers and social and cultural anthropology in the twentieth century. Together they, and Edie alone after Vic's death, raised the idea of participant observation (and indeed of team learning) to heights and depth most anthropologists never achieve." [From the Foreword]This fascinating memoir is a lively testimony to a remarkable partnership and to Edie Turner's own achievements during more than two decades after Victor's untimely death. Edith and Victor Turner were among the most influential researchers and teachers and social and cultural anthropology in the twentieth century. This memoir is a testimony to a remarkable partnership and to Edie Turner's own achievements during more than two decades after Victor's untimely death. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Heart of Lightness (Paperback)
• Publisher: Berghahn Books, Oxford
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1845451279
• ISBN 13: 9781845451271
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

"Edith and Victor Turner were among the most influential researchers and teachers and social and cultural anthropology in the twentieth century. Together they, and Edie alone after Vic's death, raised the idea of participant observation (and indeed of team learning) to heights and depth most anthropologists never achieve." [From the Foreword]

This fascinating memoir is a lively testimony to a remarkable partnership and to Edie Turner's own achievements during more than two decades after Victor's untimely death.

About the Author

Edith L. B. Turner (1921-2016) was on the faculty of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Virginia. She specialized in ritual, religion, healing, and aspects of consciousness, and had done fieldwork among the Ndembu of Zambia, in Mexico, among the Iñupiat of Alaska, and in rural Ireland. Her numerous publications include The Spirit and the Drum (1987), Experiencing Ritual: A New Interpretation of African Healing (1992), and Among the Healers: Stories of Ritual and Spiritual Healing around the World (2005).