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Title: Dancing Skeletons: Life and Death in West Africa by Katherine Dettwyler ISBN: 0-88133-748-X Publisher: Waveland Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.83 (12 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: nice reflection on time spent in the field
Comment: Dettwyler tells the story of her anthro work in Mali, and it is certainly an interesting read. But there is a tone throughout that is just kind of whiny. Definitely not an ethnography, although I'm not sure it was intended to be, but more of an account of what it is like to do work in rural villages. This is a nice easy read and should give some insight on village life in this part of west Africa, but the book shifts focus quite a bit and the author's tone grows a bit tiresome as the book goes on, but don't let that deter you if you are interested in this subject. Not great, but definitely worthwhile...
Rating: 4
Summary: A vivid narration of children malnutrition in Mali.
Comment: Dancing Skeletons is perhaps one of the most interesting ethnographies I've come across. It's narrative style aid the reader in becoming more interested by the contents of the book. It's a charismatic narration; the reader gets a sense of the darker and lighter aspects of Malian society. It's weakness as an ethnography is the prevalence of an etic point of view. Even so, I highly recommend the book to those who are interested in the subject of malnutrition and growth problems in children.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent introduction to African life
Comment: I am not an anthropologist but a tourist who has visited Africa and is interested in learning more about African people. I found Katherine Dettwyler's book an excellent introduction to how real people live and deal with their lives in Africa. Dettwyler tells us how mothers and children interact, the way families view their children, what day-to-day life in rural Africa is really like. I found it fascinating especially because Dettwyler talks honestly about her reactions to what she found. This book shouldn't be restricted to anthropoogy students.
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Title: A Plague of Paradoxes: AIDS, Culture, and Demography in Northern Tanzania (Worlds of Desire) by Philip Setel, Philp Setel ISBN: 0226748863 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: Medical Anthropology in Ecological Perspective by Ann McElroy, Patricia K. Townsend ISBN: 0813338212 Publisher: Westview Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $42.00 |
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Title: Segu by Maryse Conde, Barbara Bray ISBN: 014025949X Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 03 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Of Spirits and Madness : An American Psychiatrist in Africa by Paul R. Linde ISBN: 0071407995 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Trembling Mountain: A Personal Account of Kuru, Cannibals, and Mad Cow Disease by Robert Klitzman ISBN: 0738206148 Publisher: Perseus Publishing Pub. Date: 07 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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