On the life of Mikidadi Juma Kichange, an activist from Mafia Island, Tanzania; the author's interaction with the family of Mikidadi, and the general history of Tanzania
Pat Caplan is a social anthropologist who began doing research on Mafia Island for her Ph.D. in the 1960s when Mikidadi and his relatives made her part of their family . She has continued to revisit the island periodically since then and has published several books and written m…
Pat Caplan is a social anthropologist who began doing research on Mafia Island for her Ph. D. in the 1960s when Mikidadi and his relatives made her part of their family. She has continued to revisit the island periodically since then and has published several books and written m…
On the life of Mikidadi Juma Kichange, an activist from Mafia Island, Tanzania; the author's interaction with the family of Mikidadi, and the general history of Tanzania.
Pat Caplan is a social anthropologist who began doing research on Mafia Island for her Ph. D. in the 1960s when Mikidadi and his relatives made her part of their family . She has continued to revisit the island periodically since then and has published several books and written …
Combining theoretical papers and case studies from leading scholars, this book demonstrates how the topic of ethics goes to the heart of anthropology and raises the debatable question of why, and for whom, the anthropological discipline functions. [from publisher's advertisement…
Since the inception of their discipline, anthropologists have studied virtually every conceivable aspect of other peoples' morality - religion, social control, sin, virtue, evil, duty, purity and pollution. But what of the examination of anthropology itself, and of its agendas, …
Since the inception of their discipline, anthropologists have studied virtually every conceivable aspect of other peoples' morality - religion, social control, sin, virtue, evil, duty, purity and pollution. But what of the examination of anthropology itself, and of its agendas, …
Since the inception of their discipline, anthropologists have studied virtually every conceivable aspect of other peoples' morality - religion, social control, sin, virtue, evil, duty, purity and pollution. But what of the examination of anthropology itself, and of its agendas, …
Showing how the topic of ethics goes to the heart of anthropology, this volume raises the controversial question of why - and for whom - the anthropological discipline functions.
Since the inception of their discipline, anthropologists have studied virtually every conceivable aspect of other peoples' morality - religion, social control, sin, virtue, evil, duty, purity and pollution. But what of the examination of anthropology itself, and of its agendas, …