{"product_id":"ethnographic-sorcery-harry-g-west-9780226893983","title":"Ethnographic Sorcery","description":"\u003cp\u003eAccording to the people of the Mueda plateau in northern Mozambique, sorcerers remake the world by asserting the authority of their own imaginative visions of it. While conducting research among these Muedans, anthropologist Harry G. West made a revealing discovery--for many of them, West's efforts to elaborate an ethnographic vision of their world was itself a form of sorcery. In \u003ci\u003eEthnographic Sorcery\u003c\/i\u003e, West explores the fascinating issues provoked by this equation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA key theme of West's research into sorcery is that one sorcerer's claims can be challenged or reversed by other sorcerers. After West's attempt to construct a metaphorical interpretation of Muedan assertions that the lions prowling their villages are fabricated by sorcerers is disputed by his Muedan research collaborators, West realized that ethnography and sorcery indeed have much in common. Rather than abandoning ethnography, West draws inspiration from this connection, arguing that anthropologists, along with the people they study, can scarcely avoid interpreting the world they inhabit, and that we are all, inescapably, ethnographic sorcerers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Harry G. West\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226893987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226893983\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.39h x 5.67w x 0.34d","brand":"Harry G. West","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987269714175,"sku":"9780226893983","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ecbfbf84-2c54-4fbf-aace-de01b3ec25da.jpg?v=1683287975","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ethnographic-sorcery-harry-g-west-9780226893983","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}