With the Saraguros : the blended life in a transnational world /

The first humanistic portrait of life among southern Ecuador's Saraguros, this work includes a meditative self-reflection on the author's role as anthropologist, the role of cross-cultural understanding in the Andean Highlands and beyond and the meaning of the good life in different cultur...

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Main Author: Syring, David, 1967- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2014]
Edition:First edition.
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Summary:The first humanistic portrait of life among southern Ecuador's Saraguros, this work includes a meditative self-reflection on the author's role as anthropologist, the role of cross-cultural understanding in the Andean Highlands and beyond and the meaning of the good life in different cultural contexts; it further considers how contemporary globalization shapes people's lives and thought.
Physical Description:ix, 161 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [151]-157) and index.
ISBN:9780292760936 (hardback)
0292760930 (hardback)