Death of a discipline? : reflections on the history, state, and future of social anthropology in Zimbabwe /

This is a book on the state of social anthropology as an academic discipline in contemporary Zimbabwe. The authors are frustrated and disheartened by a problematic visibility and sluggish growth of the discipline in the country. The book makes an important claim that the future and vibrancy of anthr...

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Xehetasun bibliografikoak
Egile nagusia: Mawere, Munyaradzi
Beste egile batzuk: Nhemachena, Artwell
Formatua: Licensed eBooks
Hizkuntza:ingelesa
Argitaratua: Bamenda, North West Region, Cameroon : Langaa RPCIG 2017.
Sarrera elektronikoa:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvh9vxj0
Aurkibidea:
  • 1. Anthropology, society, and change in conversation
  • 2. Anthropology, Christianity, and the colonial project : a search for a humane anthropology in Zimbabwe
  • 3. Anthropology, politics and recognition : a disciplinary struggle
  • 4. Anthropology and the search for relevance
  • 5. Anthropology in Zimbabwe thirty-five years after independence
  • 6. Debunking the myths, resuscitating the discipline : the future of social anthropology in Zimbabwe
  • 7. Conclusion.