'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." With an artist's eye, Meyerson records the daily life of 'Tambo—the cycles of planting and harvest, the round of religious and cultural festivals, her tentative beginnings of friendship and understanding with the Tambinos. The journal charts her progress from tolerated outsider to accepted friend as she and her husband learn and earn, the roles of daughter and son in their adopted family. With its wealth of ethnographic detail, especially concerning the lives of Andean women, 'Tambo will have great value for students of Latin American anthropology. In addition, scholars preparing to do fieldwork anywhere will find it a realistic account of both the hardships and the rewards of such study. |
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... Gary . He was in a jovial mood - in fact , he was rather drunk — and exclaimed when he saw Gary , " Ah , Señor Gavino , ¡ aquí está ! ¿ Cómo está , Papa ? ¿ Allinllanchu ? " grip- ping his hand as if they were lifelong friends , and ...
... Gary show his papers to the local authorities : the president , the mayor , the governor of the district , the director of the schools . Gary had given Baltazar a copy of his letter of introduction from the university , and Baltazar now ...
... Gary early in the morning . I watched for a while from the top of Calle San Juan . Gary came back to the house before long for money : he had been appointed " captain " of the project , which meant mainly that he was expected to supply ...