{"product_id":"sometime-kin-layers-of-memory-boundaries-of-ethnography-9781789203394","title":"Sometime Kin: Layers of Memory, Boundaries of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tIn \u003cem\u003eSometime Kin\u003c\/em\u003e, Sandra Wallman paints the portrait of an Alpine settlement – its history, economy and culture, and its unusual resistance to outsiders and modernization. Against this, her journal shows the villagers embracing her four small children and acting as participant observers in the two-way process of research. This project happened more than forty years ago and involved a uniquely large fieldwork family, but its insights have wider significance. The book argues that the intrusion of observation inevitably distorts the ordinary life observed, that the challenges of multi-vocality and “truth” are always with us, and that memory is the bedrock of every ethnographic enterprise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“…offers an insightful reflection on the intricacies of fieldwork with the written text that represents it…Being a well-written book that borders on memoir, it will also appeal to a general readership.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (JRAI)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This is an arresting autobiography by an influential British woman anthropologist. Sandra Wallman addresses practical, emotional [and] academic issues around the experience of bringing her family - husband and four young children - to the field in Bellino, a small isolated commune in the Italian alps, in the early 1970s.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Helena Wulff\u003c\/strong\u003e, Stockholm University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Figures\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Perspectives\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Setting\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Boundaries\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Population\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Children\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e School\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Money and Property\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Work\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e Animals\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e Marie\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e Caterina\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e Margherita\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 13.\u003c\/strong\u003e Martin\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 14.\u003c\/strong\u003e Twenty-five Years On\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tEthnographer’s Epilogue\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tCast of Characters\u003cbr\u003e \tGlossary\u003cbr\u003e \tReferences\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042555724119,"sku":"9781789203394","price":84.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781789203394.jpg?v=1750954621","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sometime-kin-layers-of-memory-boundaries-of-ethnography-9781789203394","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}