Re: African Ethnography

Gregory A. Finnegan (Gregory.A.Finnegan@DARTMOUTH.EDU)
Mon, 29 Aug 1994 10:58:15 EDT

--- Monty Lindstrom wrote:
can anyone remind me
of the name of the author of a book written by a female
anthropologist about her experiences doing fieldwork somewhere
in Africa? This appeared sometime in the 1980s I think... and was published
under a
pseudonym...
--- end of quoted material ---
Pretty sure the book you want is the one listed below. It's reviewed in AA
for June '85 (87:476-8), where both the unusual honesty and the fact that it
required pseudonym are discussed. Tozzer Library has it cataloged under
both the pseudonym and the real name of the author.

Greg.Finnegan@Dartmouth.edu
Reference-Bibliographer
& Adjunct Assoc. Prof. of Anthro.
Dartmouth College Library
6025 Baker Library, Room 104
Hanover NH 03755-3525
603/646-2833 voice
603/646-2167 fax

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Author: Cesara, Manda.
Title: Reflections of a woman anthropologist : no hiding
place / Manda Cesara.
Collation: x, 234 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Imprint: London ; New York : Academic Press, 1982.
Series: Studies in anthropology.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 229-232.
Includes index.
Material Type: Book
Language: english
Subjects: Cesara, Manda.
Ethnologists -- Biography.
Anthropologists, Women -- Biography.
Ethnology -- Field work.
LCCN: 82-182678
ISN: 012164880X
Location: Baker Stacks GN/21/C47/A37/1982