Return to Laughter
An Anthropological Novel
$31.50
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
1 January 1987
Summary
This dramatic, revealing novel tells the story of a year with a remote African tribe-a classic of anthropological literature hailed by Margaret Mead as “the first introspective account ever published of what it’s like to be a field worker.“Simply as a work of ethnographic interest, Return to Laughter provides deep insights into the culture of West Africa-the subtle web of its tribal life and the power of the institution of witchcraft. However, the author’s fictional approach gives the book it…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780385053129 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0385053126 |
| Author: | Elenore Smith Bowen |
| Publisher: | Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc |
| Imprint: | Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 1987 |
| Weight: | 254g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 130mm x 18mm |
| Series: | The Natural history library |
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“The first introspective account ever published of what it’s like to be a field worker among a primitive people.” – Margaret Mead
“The first introspective account ever published of what it’s like to be a field worker among a primitive people.” —Margaret Mead
About The Author
Elenore Smith Bowen
Elenore Smith Bowen is the nom de plume of Laura Bohannan, an anthropologist trained at the University of Arizona and Oxford University. The author of several articles in anthropological journals, she has contributed to a number of books on Africa and has taught at Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle.
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