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Book SynopsisA real page turner. Kane has turned her first fieldwork experience into an engaging 'Margaret Mead meets Tony Hillerman' narrative, with vivid characters, many tricksters, and even a mysterious death. - Louise Lamphere, University of New Mexico
Trade ReviewKane's book combines the depth of anthropology with the accessibility of the novel. It is written in a captivating and yet rich style, hilarious and entertaining for almost all readers. But above all, the book shows real people and normal human beings. Unlike other anthropology books, often riddled with meaningless, esoteric, anthropological jargon, Kane speaks in plain words and refuses to stand between the reader and the studied. Perhaps we should all go back to our field notes and rewrite our long-forgotten Ph.D. theses in the way Kane does here. The future of anthropology as a discipline may demand just that. -- Irish Journal of Anthropology
Table of ContentsForeword Acknowledgments Introduction, Alice Beck Kehoe 1. Vows 2. At Home on the Range 3. The Kah'nii 4. Missing Bomb City 5. Anthropology: A Mirror for Man 6. Two Italian Towns 7. Not Worrying 8. The Tribal Council 9. Why Anthropology? 10. Crossing Boundaries 11. The Murder 12. Drawing Lessons 13. Kinship Patterns 14. Game-Playing 15. Two-Thirds of the Way 16. Who We Are 17. The Rabbit Net 18. Ethnobabble 19. Ruin... 20. ...and Reprieve 20. The Killer 21. The Mission 22. The Parting Epilogue Discussion Points and Exercises References and Further Readings
