Return to Laughter by Elenore Smith Bowen

Return to Laughter by Elenore Smith Bowen

This dramatic, revealing novel tells the story of a year with a remote African tribe--a classic of anthropological literature hailed by Margaret Mead as "the first introspective account ever published of what it's like to be a field worker."

Simply as a work of ethnographic interest, Return to Laughter provides deep insights into the culture of West Africa--the subtle web of its tribal life and the power of the institution of witchcraft. However, the author's fictional approach gives the book its lasting appeal. She focuses on the human dimension of anthropology, recounting her personal triumphs and failures and documenting the profound changes she undergoes. As a result, her story becomes at once highly personal and universally recognizable. She has vividly brought to life the classic narrative of an outsider caught up and deeply involved in an utterly alien culture.

Elenore Smith Bowen was popular for her anthropological novel Return to Laughter. She was concerned with exposing the ethnographic interest and experience of anthropologists involved in unfamiliar cultures.

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ISBN 13	9780385053129
ISBN 10	0385053126
Title	Return to Laughter
Author	Elenore Smith Bowen
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Year published	1964-02-20
Number of pages	320
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