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The Innocent Anthropologist

Nigel Barley

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English
Eland
17 February 2026
The funniest book about anthropology that has ever been written. A modern classic to interest and delight all ages. Although set amongst a little-known tribe in the Cameroons, this slim volume reaches out to a vast audience who would otherwise never look at a travel book about West Africa, let alone an anthropological field study. Witty, hilarious and unconventional, but also a remarkable intellectual achievement, for Barley manages to turn the western science of anthropology on its head, so that for once the laugh is on the professional practitioners not the observed.
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Imprint:   Eland
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 135mm,  Width: 215mm,  Spine: 15mm
Weight:   249g
ISBN:   9781906011505
ISBN 10:   1906011508
Pages:   192
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Reviews for The Innocent Anthropologist

'A riotously funny book which actually had me laughing out loud ...' Gerald Durrell, Mail on Sunday '... he does for anthropology what Gerald Durrell did for animal collecting ...' Daily Telegraph 'Nigel Barley's entertaining book has dispelled the happy fantasy of fieldwork for ever...a light touch rare in academics' Sunday Telegraph


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