The Power of the Between: An Anthropological Odyssey

It is the anthropologist's fate to always be between things: countries, languages, cultures, even realities. But rather than lament this, anthropologist Paul Stoller.
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Beginning with his early days with the Peace Corps in Africa and culminating with a recent bout with cancer, this book is an evocative account of the circuitous path the author's life has taken, offering a fascinating depiction of how a career is shaped over decades of reading and resear Beginning with his early days with the Peace Corps in Africa and culminating with a recent bout with cancer, this book is an evocative account of the circuitous path the author's life has taken, offering a fascinating depiction of how a career is shaped over decades of reading and research.

He imparts his accumulated wisdom not through grandiose pronouncements but by drawing on his gift for storytelling.


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Graced with humor and narrative elegance, this book is both the story of a distinguished career and a profound meditation on coming to terms with the impermanence of all things. Don't have an account?

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The Accidental Species Henry Gee. The Human Career Richard G. But rather than lament this, anthropologist Paul Stoller here celebrates the creative power of the between, showing how it can transform us, changing our conceptions of who we are, what we know, and how we live in the world.

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Stoller imparts his accumulated wisdom not through grandiose pronouncements but by drawing on his gift for storytelling. The Power of the Between 1.

New York City 7. New World Circuits Immunology and the Village of the Healthy Entering the Village of the Sick With The Power of the Between , Stoller brings us a powerful disciplinary memoir: Dennis Tedlock, author of Breath on the Mirror: Mythic Voices and Visions of the Living Maya.