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- catalog abstract "In classical anthropology, subjects of study are seen as vulnerable while their observers are instructed to remain detached and objective. Yet with the emergence during the last decade of a group of anthropologists with recognizable connections to the cultures in which they work, the lines between participant and observer, insider and outsider are no longer so easily drawn. In The Vulnerable Observer, the award-winning anthropologist Ruth Behar offers a new theory and practice for this humanistic anthropology. No longer looking over others' shoulders, she becomes one of the subjects of study as she reflects upon the observer as well as the observed. Eloquently interweaving ethnography and memoir, Ruth Behar reflects on fieldwork in Spain, Cuba, and the United States through her personal stories of loss as a young Cuban Jewish immigrant. Beginning with a poignant essay exploring the refuge she found in her fieldwork as her grandfather died, she proposes an anthropology that is lived and written in a personal voice in the hope that it will lead us toward greater depth of understanding and feeling for those about whom we write.".
- catalog contributor b10060750.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "In classical anthropology, subjects of study are seen as vulnerable while their observers are instructed to remain detached and objective. Yet with the emergence during the last decade of a group of anthropologists with recognizable connections to the cultures in which they work, the lines between participant and observer, insider and outsider are no longer so easily drawn. In The Vulnerable Observer, the award-winning anthropologist Ruth Behar offers a new theory and practice for this humanistic anthropology. No longer looking over others' shoulders, she becomes one of the subjects of study as she reflects upon the observer as well as the observed. Eloquently interweaving ethnography and memoir, Ruth Behar reflects on fieldwork in Spain, Cuba, and the United States through her personal stories of loss as a young Cuban Jewish immigrant. Beginning with a poignant essay exploring the refuge she found in her fieldwork as her grandfather died, she proposes an anthropology that is lived and written in a personal voice in the hope that it will lead us toward greater depth of understanding and feeling for those about whom we write.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 178-191) and index.".
- catalog description "The vulnerable observer -- Death and memory: from Santa María del Monte to Miami Beach -- My Mexican friend Marta who lives across the border from me in Detroit -- The girl in the cast -- Going to Cuba: writing ethnography of diaspora, return, and despair -- Anthropology that breaks your heart.".
- catalog extent "xii, 195 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Vulnerable observer.".
- catalog identifier "0807046302 (cloth)".
- catalog identifier "0807046310 (paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Vulnerable observer.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boston : Beacon Press,".
- catalog relation "Vulnerable observer.".
- catalog subject "301/.0723 20".
- catalog subject "Anthropologists Attitudes.".
- catalog subject "Anthropologists Psychology.".
- catalog subject "Anthropology, Cultural.".
- catalog subject "Anthropology.".
- catalog subject "GN346.4 .B44 1996".
- catalog subject "Observation.".
- catalog subject "Participant observation Psychological aspects.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The vulnerable observer -- Death and memory: from Santa María del Monte to Miami Beach -- My Mexican friend Marta who lives across the border from me in Detroit -- The girl in the cast -- Going to Cuba: writing ethnography of diaspora, return, and despair -- Anthropology that breaks your heart.".
- catalog title "The vulnerable observer : anthropology that breaks your heart / Ruth Behar.".
- catalog type "text".