They lie, we lie : getting on with anthropology

By:

Metcalf, Peter

Material type: Text

9780415262606

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DDC classification:

305.807 21 MET-T

LOC classification:

DS597.367.B47 M48 2002

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Contents:

CHAPTER ONE: LIES 1. Something spoken which is not true 2. They lie, we lie 3. Getting on with anthropology CHAPTER TWO: STRUGGLE 1. Learning experiences 2. Kasi's pre-emptive strike 3. The polite fictions of research proposals 4. Kasi throws up her defenses 5. The siege 6. My fifth column CHAPTER THREE: POWER 1. Hearts and minds 2. Colonial involvements 3. Going into the villages 4. People invisible to the state CHAPTER FOUR: ETHNICITY 1. Lelakness 2. The vanishing point 3. Foregrounding the Berawan 4. Lost tribes 5. The true Berawan 6. Keeping things in perspective CHAPTER FIVE: CLOSURE 1. Lelak 2. Throwing away the old way 3. Kasi's vanishing 4. Cultural obituaries 5. Indignities 6. Demolishing Upriver 7. Constructing Upriver People 8. No closure

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds	Course reserves
Books	IIITD Reference	Social Science	REF 305.807 MET-T (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan		012305		Advanced Ethnographic and Qualitative Research Methods MNS24

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-151) and index.

CHAPTER ONE: LIES
1. Something spoken which is not true
2. They lie, we lie
3. Getting on with anthropology CHAPTER TWO: STRUGGLE
1. Learning experiences
2. Kasi's pre-emptive strike
3. The polite fictions of research proposals
4. Kasi throws up her defenses
5. The siege
6. My fifth column CHAPTER THREE: POWER
1. Hearts and minds
2. Colonial involvements
3. Going into the villages
4. People invisible to the state CHAPTER FOUR: ETHNICITY
1. Lelakness
2. The vanishing point
3. Foregrounding the Berawan
4. Lost tribes
5. The true Berawan
6. Keeping things in perspective CHAPTER FIVE: CLOSURE
1. Lelak
2. Throwing away the old way
3. Kasi's vanishing
4. Cultural obituaries
5. Indignities
6. Demolishing Upriver
7. Constructing Upriver People
8. No closure

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