num_pages: 306
description: Subtitle: The Way of an AnthropologistPowdermaker looks back upon a career in anthropology, including her travels to the Pacific islands, the American South during segregation, and Hollywood. An occasionally humorous and insightful look into what makes socities both similar and unique.
language: English
title: Stranger and Friend: The Way of an Anthropologist
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company