Reversed gaze :: an African ethnography of American anthropology /

Illustrating how life circumstances can influence ethnographic fieldwork, Mwenda Ntarangwi focuses on his experiences as a Kenyan anthropology student and professional anthropologist practicing in the United States and Africa. Whereas Western anthropologists often study non-Western cultures, Mwenda...

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1. Verfasser: Ntarangwi, Mwenda
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2010.
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Zusammenfassung:Illustrating how life circumstances can influence ethnographic fieldwork, Mwenda Ntarangwi focuses on his experiences as a Kenyan anthropology student and professional anthropologist practicing in the United States and Africa. Whereas Western anthropologists often study non-Western cultures, Mwenda Ntarangwi reverses these common roles and studies the Western culture of anthropology from an outsider's viewpoint while considering larger debates about race, class, power, and the representation of the "other." Tracing his own immersion into American anthropology, Ntarangwi identifies textbooks, ethnographies, coursework, professional meetings, and feedback from colleagues and mentors that were key to his development. Reversed Gaze enters into a growing anthropological conversation on representation and self-reflexivity that ethnographers have come to regard as standard anthropological practice, opening up new dialogues in the field by allowing anthropologists to see the role played by subjective positions in shaping knowledge production and consumption.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xvi, 183 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-176) and index.
ISBN:9780252090240
0252090241
1282941615
9781282941618

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