Freedom in Fulani Social Life: An Introspective Ethnography

ISBN-13: 9780226717432 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 320 str.

Paul Riesman; Martha Fuller; Paul Stoller

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Paul Riesman's "Freedom in Fulani Social Life" is based upon his two years of residence among the Jelgobe, a group of semi-nomadic Fulani of the Sahel in Upper Volta, western Africa. Since its original publication, this classic study has profoundly influenced the field of anthropology through its re-examination of the enthnographer's personal input on his research.
""Freedom in Fulani Social Life" richly documents how the ethnographer's own personal and cultural background is implicated in the research process. . . . For this reason, Riesman's] book will be of paramount interest to all ethnographers."-Philip L. Kilbride, "Reviews in Anthropology"
"A remarkably well-written and insightful account of Fulani life. . . . In addition to using the conventional approaches of participating in and observing the daily activities of the Jelgobe . . . Riesman enriches his account by examining his personal feelings about particular incidents."-"Library Journal"
"An interesting and provocative study."-"Choice"
At the time of his death in 1988, Paul Riesman was an anthropologist who taught at Carleton College.