The Many Faces of a Himalayan Goddess: Haḍimbā, Her Devotees, and Religion in Rapid Change, by Ehud Halperin
Not so very long ago, ethnographic writing sought to convey an air of scientific objectivity by means of a number of rhetorical devices that served to distance the ethnographer from those about whom s/he wrote. This was counterproductive on many levels, not least because the ethnographer’s own embo...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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European Bulletin of Himalayan Research
2022
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| Accés en línia: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sumari: | Not so very long ago, ethnographic writing sought to convey an air of scientific objectivity by means of a number of rhetorical devices that served to distance the ethnographer from those about whom s/he wrote. This was counterproductive on many levels, not least because the ethnographer’s own embodied experiences, feelings and intuitions play a very important role in what s/he writes about ‘the natives’. These days, expectations are quite different: the ethnographer is expected to include h... |
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