Emics and Etics: The Insider/Outsider Debate

by Marvin Harris and Thomas N. Headland

The inventor of the concepts of emics and etics, linguist Kenneth Pike, uses this volume as a forum to explain their development and their uSAGE today. He is joined in the debate by renowned anthropologist Marvin Harris. Eight other scholars add to the scholarly discourse and demonstrate applications of the concepts in a variety of disciplines. Referring to insider versus outsider, subjective versus objective views of the world, these concepts are...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803937385
• ISBN13: 9780803937383
• Release Date: September 1990
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.