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A Plague of Caterpillars

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A Plague of Caterpillars
A Plague of Caterpillars
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Pages: 160 pages
Author: Nigel Barley
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780140098075
Format: tapa blanda
Language: en
Release date: 3/3/1987

ISBN: 9780140098075


Synopsis of A Plague of Caterpillars

En 'A Plague of Caterpillars', Nigel Barley regresa a Camerún al enterarse de que la elaborada y temible ceremonia de circuncisión de los dowayo, que se realiza cada seis o siete años, está a punto de tener lugar. Sin embargo, al igual que muchas otras cosas en este divertido libro del autor de 'The Innocent Anthropologist', la ceremonia de circuncisión resulta frustrantemente esquiva, en parte debido a una extraordinaria plaga de orugas negras y peludas. Mientras tanto, la brujería llena el aire camerunés, un hombre es engañado por su propio pie y un viajero alemán muestra propaganda explícita sobre control de la natalidad a los respetables miembros de la tribu. Bajo la alegría y la risa compartida en esta obra maestra cómica se encuentra una reflexión hábil y sabia sobre los problemas que enfrentan las personas de diferentes culturas al tratar de entenderse mutuamente.



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Nigel Barley

Nigel Barley

Nigel Frederick Barley is a British anthropologist known for his books based on his anthropological field work, which have been treated as travel writing. His first book The Innocent Anthropologist (1983), was an account of field work in Cameroon and was positively reviewed.

Born in 1947Since 198346 titles published43 writing
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