'Tambo: Life in an Andean VillagePerhaps the best way to sharpen one's power's of observation is to be a stranger in a strange land. Julia Meyerson was one such stranger during a year in the village of 'Tambo, Peru, where her husband was conducting anthropological fieldwork. Though sometimes overwhelmed by the differences between Quechua and North American culture, she still sought eagerly to understand the lifeways of 'Tambo and to find her place in the village. Her vivid observations, recorded in this field journal, admirably follow Henry James's advice: "Try to be one of the people upon whom nothing is lost." |
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| Title | 'Tambo: Life in an Andean Village ACLS Humanities E-Book |
| Author | Julia Meyerson |
| Contributors | American Council of Learned Societies, University of Texas |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | University of Texas Press, 1990 |
| Original from | University of Texas |
| Digitized | 7 Aug 2008 |
| ISBN | 029278077X, 9780292780774 |
| Length | 265 pages |
| Subjects | › › Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social |
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