The Miskitu People of Awastara【電子書籍】[ Philip A. Dennis ]

＜p＞"Most anthropologists who have lived among other people . . . feel a periodic need to go back," writes Philip A. Dennis in the introduction to this book. "Fieldwork gives you a stake in the people themselves, a set of relationships that last the rest of your life . . . and when the time is right, it is important to go back."＜/p＞ ＜p＞Dennis first journeyed to Awastara, a village on the northeastern coast of Nicaragua, during 1978-1979 as a postdoctoral student. He had come to study a culture-bound syndrome in which young women are possessed by devils. In the process, he became fascinated by other aspects of Miskitu cultureーturtle fishing, Miskitu Christianity, community development effortsーthe whole pattern of Miskitu community life. He also formed deep friendships to carry into the future.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Twenty years later he was able to return and continue his ethnographic work. Utilizing ideas from recent interpretive anthropology and a vivid writing style, Dennis describes food habits, la．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る