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Colin Turnbull made a name for himself with The Forest People , his acclaimed study of African Pygmies. His second book, however, The Mountain People , ignited a swirl of controversy within anthropology and tainted Turnbull's reputation as a respected anthropologist. In this scrupulously... read more
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ON MOST MORNINGS IN 1957, the Scottish anthropologist Colin Macmillan Turnbull would wake up in his hut next to his young Mbuti assistant, Kenge, their legs and arms intertwined in the way that Mbuti men like to sleep with each other to stay warm.
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- Roy Richard Grinker (Author)
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Original Language: English
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Publication Date: 2000
ISBN: 0312229461
Page Count: 368
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2000
ISBN: 0312229461
Page Count: 368
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- Dewey: 301.092
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