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Dancing Skeletons
Dancing Skeletons: Life and Death in West Africa, 20th Anniversary Edition | Katherine A. Dettwyler
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One of the most widely used ethnographies published in the last twenty years, this Margaret Mead Award winner has been used as required reading at more than 600 colleges and universities. This personal account by a biocultural anthropologist (…more)
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AshleyHoss820
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Mehso-so

I‘m only giving this a so-so because some of her viewpoints were simply outdated. I did appreciate when she would call herself out for her negative attitude. She could have edited the book in her favor, but didn‘t. I loved learning about the cultural aspects of people living in West Africa. It is also so wonderful to see how connected and similar humans are and yet how we differ also, and not in a this-is-superior/inferior way, just different. ☺️

AshleyHoss820 By the way, Dettwyler was studying malnutrition in adolescents, which I think often led to her frustrations with the local people. There were some cultural differences in how adults perceive children which sometimes contributed (unwittingly) to the malnutrition. Sometimes, it was more a question of lack of access to necessary nutrients, which isn‘t much different than some areas in the United States. 6mo
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Lola
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And it‘s on its way!!! Bye cute little skeletons! #HalloweenGoesPostal #FallBookExchange @BookishMarginalia ☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️

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ella152
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Wow is all I can say after reading this book. It was so eye opening to learn about the everyday problems of the kids in Mali. After reading this, I don't look at things the same way I used to.