Children in the Field: Anthropological Experiences

by Joan Cassell

Book Overview

The wisdom of taking children on this journey into the abyss of otherness is debatable. That's the point: the unsettled (and unsettling) quality of this book is what makes it worth reading and pondering. --The Women's Review of BooksThe conditions under which knowledge is acquired help shape that knowledge. Yet, until quite recently, the conditions under which anthropologists observe and interact with members of other cultures were considered the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877224773
• ISBN13: 9780877224778
• Release Date: July 1987
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.