Not a Hazardous Sport

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Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 959.80049922 EAN: 9780805009606 ISBN: 0805009604 Label: Henry Holt & Co Manufacturer: Henry Holt & Co Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 206 Publication Date: 1989-04 Publisher: Henry Holt & Co Studio: Henry Holt & Co
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Amusing and interesting Comment: Obviously, there is more to anthropology than simply going to some faraway land and relating tales about one's experiences there. But there's nothing wrong with doing just that, as Nigel Barley does in this book. He starts right out, in the first sentence, by saying that "Anthropology is not a hazardous sport." Anyway, he goes off to Indonesia (actually, to Torajaland, on the island of Celebes) to live, um, non-hazardously. An incident typical of the author's misadventures comes when some of the people he's visiting decide they need to consecrate a new rice barn with blood. They plan to sacrifice a pig to do this. But when they ask him to pass them a machete, he cuts his fingers badly on it. So badly that his blood suffices; they don't need to sacrifice a pig after all. I enjoyed this book, and I recommend it. Customer Rating: Summary: Funny and Informative Comment: I am a student of African and Indonesian spiritual practices. This book, along with Mr. Barley's others, is a refreshing departure from long-winded, ivory-tower lectures. Funny and informative. Customer Rating: Summary: Anthropologist in Indonesia Comment: Nigel Barley is an English antropologist who makes a visit to Torajaland in Sulawesi, Indonesia. He says in his foreword that he want to tell the stories that more traditional antropological books don't tell. The result is sometimes funny but otherwise not very remarkable. More Reviews