Crossing cultural boundaries
Subtitle: the anthropological experience.
By: Edited by Solon T. Kimball and James B. Watson.
Contributors: Watson, James B. 1918- joint author.
Series: Chandler publications in anthropology and sociology. Anthropology
Publisher: Chandler Pub. Co.
Published: 1972
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 306
Subjects: Ethnology -- Field work; Anthropology -- Vocational guidance
Notes: Bibliography: p. 303-304.
Table of contents: title: Anthropology as a career. From wife to anthropologist / Rosemary Firth -- Did Frank Hamilton Cushing go native? / Sylvia Gronewold -- On being an anthropologist / A. Irving Hallowell -- How A Chinese village was written / Martin M.C. Yang -- Contrasts in field world on three continents / Kalervo Oberg -- Past perfect / Jan van Baal -- Return to the longhouse / William N. Fenton -- Intricacies of field work : Field work in high cultures / Margaret Mead -- Entering the world of the Aymara / William E. Carter -- Two dollars / Nancy Oestreich Lurie -- On objectivity and fieldwork / Theron A. Nunez -- Talking to strangers / James B. Watson -- Learning a new culture / Solon T. Kimball -- A day at the office / Anthony F.C. Wallace -- Ambiguation and disambiguation in field work / Martin D. Silverman ** Ambiguities and resolutions: Musical stones for the god of thunder / Georges Condominas -- Tswamung : a failed big-man / Anthony Forge -- The answer to a prayer / Homer G. Barnett -- Dago'om : a man apart / Paul Bohannan -- The lonely anthropologist / Anthony Forge ** Epilogue : In search of intimacy / James B. Watson.