Yanomami: The Fierce Controversy and What We Can Learn from It

by Robert Borofsky

Yanomami raises questions central to the field of anthropology--questions concerning the practice of fieldwork, the production of knowledge, and anthropology's intellectual and ethical vision of itself. Using the Yanomami controversy--one of anthropology's most famous and explosive imbroglios--as its starting point, this book draws readers into not only reflecting on but refashioning the very heart and soul of the discipline. It is both the most up-to-date...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520244036
• ISBN13: 9780520244030
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 391 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.2"