Anthropological Locations: Boundaries and Grounds of a Field Science

by Akhil Gupta

Book Overview

Among the social sciences, anthropology relies most fundamentally on "fieldwork"--the long-term immersion in another way of life as the basis for knowledge. In an era when anthropologists are studying topics that resist geographical localization, this book initiates a long-overdue discussion of the political and epistemological implications of the disciplinary commitment to fieldwork.

These innovative, stimulating essays--carefully chosen to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520206800
• ISBN13: 9780520206809
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"