Heart of Lightness: The Life Story of an Anthropologist

by Edith Turner

Book Overview

"Edith and Victor Turner were among the most influential researchers and teachers and social and cultural anthropology in the twentieth century. Together they, and Edie alone after Vic's death, raised the idea of participant observation (and indeed of team learning) to heights and depth most anthropologists never achieve." From the Foreword]

This fascinating memoir is a lively testimony to a remarkable partnership and to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845451279
• ISBN13: 9781845451271
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"