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The Vulnerable Observer:

Anthropology That Breaks Your Heart
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Beacon Press, 1996 - Social Science - 195 pages
In classical anthropology, subjects of study are seen as vulnerable while their observers are instructed to remain detached and objective. Yet with the emergence during the last decade of a group of anthropologists with recognizable connections to the cultures in which they work, the lines between participant and observer, insider and outsider are no longer so easily drawn. In The Vulnerable Observer, the award-winning anthropologist Ruth Behar offers a new theory and practice for this humanistic anthropology. No longer looking over others' shoulders, she becomes one of the subjects of study as she reflects upon the observer as well as the observed.

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An interesting and challenging book that I didn't always agree with, but the author grapples with hard questions about anthropology and the role of the anthropologist (and thus the role of any social ... Read full review

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Whether anthropology is your thing or not, Ruth Behar has issues in mind that may be too provocative to pass up. Behar, a Cuban-born Jew who teaches at the ...
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The Vulnerable Observer
T he era of the objective observer of other cultures is past, the anthropologist Ruth Behar asserts in ''The Vulnerable Observer.'' A sense of attachment to ...
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Behar Publication: The Vulnerable Observer
The Vulnerable Observer: Anthropology that breaks your heart "To write vulnerably is to open a Pandora's box. Who can say what will come flying out? ...
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8 6 2. americananthropologis T • vol . 9 9 , N o . 4 • december. 1 9 9 7. that arise from conflicting desires for both affinal and. agnatic solidarity. ...
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The Vulnerable Observer: Anthropology That Breaks Your Heart. Boston: Beacon Press, 1996. Beverley, John. Testimonio: On the Politics of Truth. ...
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Her text The Vulnerable Observer: Anthropology that Breaks your Heart (1996) provides us with richly textured landscapes that include the relationships ...
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Anthropology of Work. Critical Practices. Lucy Suchman. Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. I. f you are like me, you have on your shelves an abundance ...
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UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA
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About the author (1996)

Ruth Behar-ethnographer, essayist, editor, and poet-is professor of anthropology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She gained national prominence with her bookTranslated Woman: Crossing the Border with Esperanza's Story.Her honors include a MacArthur Fellows Award and a John Simon Guggenheim fellowship.

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TitleThe Vulnerable Observer: Anthropology That Breaks Your Heart
AuthorRuth Behar
Edition2, reprint
PublisherBeacon Press, 1996
ISBN0807046310, 9780807046319
Length195 pages
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Social Science / Anthropology / General
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