Re: Looking for a quote

On Sun, 24 Jul 2005 01:27:07 GMT, Elliot Richmond
<xmrichmond@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Dear group,
>
>I, like you, dislike "drive-by postings" but I am hoping you can
>tolerate this one.
>
>I am trying to chase down a quote. The quote describes the popular
>perception of anthropology and culture as "native" peoples of some
>foreign land with:
>
>"a person clothed in a jungle suit and wearing a pith helmet, lying in
>a hammock under the palm trees on some South Seas Island, watching
>gorgeous brown-skinned men and women dance, while lazily jotting
>things down in a small notebook."
>
>I had previously attributed this quote to:
>
>Kottak, C. P. (1978). Anthropology: The Exploration of Human
>Diversity. New York, Random House
>
>But I can't find it there and it doesn't really sound like Kottak
>anyway.
>
>Does anybody recognize this?

It sounds rather like James Clifford, but I can't find it in the text
I thought it was in. You might also try Geertz's essays on
ethnography.

>
>Thanks in advance for your help.
>
>Elliot Richmond
>Freelance Science Writer and Editor

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