The tale of Paul Stoller's sojourn among sorcerors in the Republic of Niger is a story of growth and change, of mutual respect and understanding that will challenge all who read it to plunge deeply into an alien world.
The tale of Paul Stoller's sojourn among sorcerors in the Republic of Niger is a story of growth and change, of mutual respect and understanding that ...
Anthropologists who have lost their senses write ethnographies that are often disconnected from the worlds they seek to portray. For most anthropologists, Stoller contends, tasteless theories are more important than the savory sauces of ethnographic life. That they have lost the smells, sounds, and tastes of the places they study is unfortunate for them, for their subjects, and for the discipline itself.
"The Taste of Ethnographic Things" describes how, through long-term participation in the lives of the Songhay of Niger, Stoller eventually came to his senses. Taken together, the...
Anthropologists who have lost their senses write ethnographies that are often disconnected from the worlds they seek to portray. For most anthropol...
