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review by ErinVR. July 03, 2010

posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More

Approaches to ethnographic analysis in a postmodern climate

They Lie, We Lie is a deconstructionist interlude in Peter Metcalf’s research and analysis of the Berawan of Borneo. Metcalf combines many theoretical paradigms in his interpretations, nearly all of them having a critical aspect to them. Certain aspects of Berawan life are looked at in political, historical, and social context, and every possible interpretation is considered before moving on to another topic. This deconstruction includes not just the ethnographic data obtained by the author … more

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