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-[A] forthright account of the methodological difficulties, frustrations, and interpersonal problems that are an intrinsic part of fieldwork.- --Stephen C. Leavitt, Ethnologist -[R]ich in ethnographic description and reflection . . . Mitchell's skill as a raconteur excites the reader's imagination. The Bamboo Fire is an ideal book for students in introductory anthropology classes, as well as ethnomedicine, social organization, and field methods.- --Marilyn Jean Schlitz, American Anthropologist -Its lively, personal, and extremely accessible prose makes it an entertaining entrEe for the lay reader into the ethnographer's world, while its substantial ethnographic content and relevance to contemporary reflexive trends in anthropology make it an ideal text for general anthropology courses and undergraduate courses in Pacific ethnography.- --P. B. Roscoe, Medical Anthropology Quarterly ""[A] forthright account of the methodological difficulties, frustrations, and interpersonal problems that are an intrinsic part of fieldwork."" --Stephen C. Leavitt, Ethnologist ""[R]ich in ethnographic description and reflection . . . Mitchell's skill as a raconteur excites the reader's imagination. The Bamboo Fire is an ideal book for students in introductory anthropology classes, as well as ethnomedicine, social organization, and field methods."" --Marilyn Jean Schlitz, American Anthropologist ""Its lively, personal, and extremely accessible prose makes it an entertaining entrEe for the lay reader into the ethnographer's world, while its substantial ethnographic content and relevance to contemporary reflexive trends in anthropology make it an ideal text for general anthropology courses and undergraduate courses in Pacific ethnography."" --P. B. Roscoe, Medical Anthropology Quarterly ""Its lively, personal, and extremely accessible prose makes it an entertaining entrEe for the lay reader into the ethnographer's world, while its substantial ethnographic content and relevance to contemporary reflexive trends in anthropology make it an ideal text for general anthropology courses and undergraduate courses in Pacific ethnography."" --P. B. Roscoe, Medical Anthropology Quarterly ""[A] forthright account of the methodological difficulties, frustrations, and interpersonal problems that are an intrinsic part of fieldwork."" --Stephen C. Leavitt, Ethnologist ""[R]ich in ethnographic description and reflection . . . Mitchell's skill as a raconteur excites the reader's imagination. The Bamboo Fire is an ideal book for students in introductory anthropology classes, as well as ethnomedicine, social organization, and field methods."" --Marilyn Jean Schlitz, American Anthropologist ""[A] forthright account of the methodological difficulties, frustrations, and interpersonal problems that are an intrinsic part of fieldwork."" --Stephen C. Leavitt, Ethnologist ""[R]ich in ethnographic description and reflection . . . Mitchell's skill as a raconteur excites the reader's imagination. The Bamboo Fire is an ideal book for students in introductory anthropology classes, as well as ethnomedicine, social organization, and field methods."" --Marilyn Jean Schlitz, American Anthropologist ""Its lively, personal, and extremely accessible prose makes it an entertaining entree for the lay reader into the ethnographer's world, while its substantial ethnographic content and relevance to contemporary reflexive trends in anthropology make it an ideal text for general anthropology courses and undergraduate courses in Pacific ethnography."" --P. B. Roscoe, Medical Anthropology Quarterly

<p> Its lively, personal, and extremely accessible prose makes it an entertaining entree for the lay reader into the ethnographer's world, while its substantial ethnographic content and relevance to contemporary reflexive trends in anthropology make it an ideal text for general anthropology courses and undergraduate courses in Pacific ethnography. <p> --P. B. Roscoe, Medical Anthropology Quarterly

-[A] forthright account of the methodological difficulties, frustrations, and interpersonal problems that are an intrinsic part of fieldwork.- --Stephen C. Leavitt, Ethnologist -[R]ich in ethnographic description and reflection . . . Mitchell's skill as a raconteur excites the reader's imagination. The Bamboo Fire is an ideal book for students in introductory anthropology classes, as well as ethnomedicine, social organization, and field methods.- --Marilyn Jean Schlitz, American Anthropologist -Its lively, personal, and extremely accessible prose makes it an entertaining entrEe for the lay reader into the ethnographer's world, while its substantial ethnographic content and relevance to contemporary reflexive trends in anthropology make it an ideal text for general anthropology courses and undergraduate courses in Pacific ethnography.- --P. B. Roscoe, Medical Anthropology Quarterly [A] forthright account of the methodological difficulties, frustrations, and interpersonal problems that are an intrinsic part of fieldwork. --Stephen C. Leavitt, Ethnologist [R]ich in ethnographic description and reflection . . . Mitchell's skill as a raconteur excites the reader's imagination. The Bamboo Fire is an ideal book for students in introductory anthropology classes, as well as ethnomedicine, social organization, and field methods. --Marilyn Jean Schlitz, American Anthropologist Its lively, personal, and extremely accessible prose makes it an entertaining entrEe for the lay reader into the ethnographer's world, while its substantial ethnographic content and relevance to contemporary reflexive trends in anthropology make it an ideal text for general anthropology courses and undergraduate courses in Pacific ethnography. --P. B. Roscoe, Medical Anthropology Quarterly Its lively, personal, and extremely accessible prose makes it an entertaining entrEe for the lay reader into the ethnographer's world, while its substantial ethnographic content and relevance to contemporary reflexive trends in anthropology make it an ideal text for general anthropology courses and undergraduate courses in Pacific ethnography. --P. B. Roscoe, Medical Anthropology Quarterly [A] forthright account of the methodological difficulties, frustrations, and interpersonal problems that are an intrinsic part of fieldwork. --Stephen C. Leavitt, Ethnologist [R]ich in ethnographic description and reflection . . . Mitchell's skill as a raconteur excites the reader's imagination. The Bamboo Fire is an ideal book for students in introductory anthropology classes, as well as ethnomedicine, social organization, and field methods. --Marilyn Jean Schlitz, American Anthropologist [A] forthright account of the methodological difficulties, frustrations, and interpersonal problems that are an intrinsic part of fieldwork. --Stephen C. Leavitt, Ethnologist [R]ich in ethnographic description and reflection . . . Mitchell's skill as a raconteur excites the reader's imagination. The Bamboo Fire is an ideal book for students in introductory anthropology classes, as well as ethnomedicine, social organization, and field methods. --Marilyn Jean Schlitz, American Anthropologist Its lively, personal, and extremely accessible prose makes it an entertaining entree for the lay reader into the ethnographer's world, while its substantial ethnographic content and relevance to contemporary reflexive trends in anthropology make it an ideal text for general anthropology courses and undergraduate courses in Pacific ethnography. --P. B. Roscoe, Medical Anthropology Quarterly

-[R]ich in ethnographic description and reflection . . . Mitchell's skill as a raconteur excites the reader's imagination. The Bamboo Fire is an ideal book for students in introductory anthropology classes, as well as ethnomedicine, social organization, and field methods.- --Marilyn Jean Schlitz, American Anthropologist -Its lively, personal, and extremely accessible prose makes it an entertaining entrEe for the lay reader into the ethnographer's world, while its substantial ethnographic content and relevance to contemporary reflexive trends in anthropology make it an ideal text for general anthropology courses and undergraduate courses in Pacific ethnography.- --P. B. Roscoe, Medical Anthropology Quarterly -[A] forthright account of the methodological difficulties, frustrations, and interpersonal problems that are an intrinsic part of fieldwork.- --Stephen C. Leavitt, Ethnologist Its lively, personal, and extremely accessible prose makes it an entertaining entrEe for the lay reader into the ethnographer's world, while its substantial ethnographic content and relevance to contemporary reflexive trends in anthropology make it an ideal text for general anthropology courses and undergraduate courses in Pacific ethnography. --P. B. Roscoe, Medical Anthropology Quarterly [R]ich in ethnographic description and reflection . . . Mitchell's skill as a raconteur excites the reader's imagination. The Bamboo Fire is an ideal book for students in introductory anthropology classes, as well as ethnomedicine, social organization, and field methods. --Marilyn Jean Schlitz, American Anthropologist [A] forthright account of the methodological difficulties, frustrations, and interpersonal problems that are an intrinsic part of fieldwork. --Stephen C. Leavitt, Ethnologist Its lively, personal, and extremely accessible prose makes it an entertaining entrEe for the lay reader into the ethnographer's world, while its substantial ethnographic content and relevance to contemporary reflexive trends in anthropology make it an ideal text for general anthropology courses and undergraduate courses in Pacific ethnography. --P. B. Roscoe, Medical Anthropology Quarterly [R]ich in ethnographic description and reflection . . . Mitchell's skill as a raconteur excites the reader's imagination. The Bamboo Fire is an ideal book for students in introductory anthropology classes, as well as ethnomedicine, social organization, and field methods. --Marilyn Jean Schlitz, American Anthropologist [A] forthright account of the methodological difficulties, frustrations, and interpersonal problems that are an intrinsic part of fieldwork. --Stephen C. Leavitt, Ethnologist Its lively, personal, and extremely accessible prose makes it an entertaining entree for the lay reader into the ethnographer's world, while its substantial ethnographic content and relevance to contemporary reflexive trends in anthropology make it an ideal text for general anthropology courses and undergraduate courses in Pacific ethnography. --P. B. Roscoe, Medical Anthropology Quarterly [A] forthright account of the methodological difficulties, frustrations, and interpersonal problems that are an intrinsic part of fieldwork. --Stephen C. Leavitt, Ethnologist [R]ich in ethnographic description and reflection . . . Mitchell's skill as a raconteur excites the reader's imagination. The Bamboo Fire is an ideal book for students in introductory anthropology classes, as well as ethnomedicine, social organization, and field methods. --Marilyn Jean Schlitz, American Anthropologist

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William E. Mitchell is professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Vermont. His work has appeared in numerous journals, including the American Anthropologist; American Ethnologist; Psychiatry; and Natural History. He is the author of Kinship, Ethnicity, and Voluntary Associations (Transaction, 2008).

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