Re: The Ik
Gerold Firl (geroldf@sdd.hp.com)
10 Dec 1996 20:35:31 GMT
In article <32AB8B66.2FB4@tuna.net>, hsman@tuna.net writes:
|> Seems I read about a group of primitive people, this century, called the
|> Ik (spelling?) noted for their lack of kindness, compassion. Anyone
|> having a bett3er memory than I who might know about a book on them
|> written at least 25 years ago, I'd appreciate a contact by e-mail at
|> hsman@tuna.net
The book was _the mountain people_, by colin turnbull, written
(apparently) as a counterpoint to his classic _the forest people_,
about the mbuti pygmies.
I haven't read _the mountain people_, but it has been suggested in
this newsgroup that the book may be of dubious scholarship. I have
requested more detail regarding this accusation, but none has been
forthcoming. I would love to hear more about the controversy.
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