The Innocent Anthropologist: Notes from a Mud Hut

[Author] Nigel Barley

[Publisher] Guangxi Normal University Press

[Synopsis]

This is a masterpiece of anthropology that breaks academic stereotypes and induces bursts of laughter. British anthropologist Nigel Barley records his firsthand experiences during fieldwork in a Dowayo village in Cameroon, Africa. With a pen full of British humor and self-deprecation, he vividly and amusingly deconstructs the various embarrassments, disasters, and cultural shocks encountered during anthropological fieldwork.