Description
| Product ID: | 9781782382928 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | CEDLA Latin America Studies |
| Title: | Dignity for the Voiceless |
| Subtitle: | Willem Assies's Anthropological Work in Context |
| Authors: | Author: Gemma van der Haar, Ton Salman, Salvador Marti i Puig |
| Page Count: | 348 |
| Subjects: | Social and cultural anthropology, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Political activism / Political engagement, Political activism, Latin America |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Willem Assies died in 2010 at the age of 55. The various stages of his career as a political anthropologist of Latin American illustrate how astute a researcher he was. This collection brings together some of Willem Assies' best, most fascinating, and still highly relevant writings. Willem Assies died in 2010 at the age of 55. The various stages of his career as a political anthropologist of Latin American illustrate how astute a researcher he was. He had a keen eye for the contradictions he observed during his fieldwork but also enjoyed theoretical debate. A distrust of power led him not only to attempt to understand “people without voice” but to work alongside them so they could discover and find their own voice. Willem Assies explored the messy, often untidy daily lives of people, with their inconsistencies, irrationalities, and passions, but also with their hopes, sense of beauty, solidarity, and quest for dignity. This collection brings together some of Willem Assies’s best, most fascinating, and still highly relevant writings. |
| Imprint Name: | Berghahn Books |
| Publisher Name: | Berghahn Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2014-06-01 |
