by Nigel Barley · Magnard · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782210754997
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«L'anthropologie n'est pas un sport dangereux» is the account by anthropologist Nigel Barley, published by Magnard in paperback (296 pp., in French).
Nigel Barley humorously recounts his fieldwork among the Toraja of Indonesia, from his insurance not covering anthropology as a dangerous sport to living with another culture. Amid rituals and misunderstandings, he describes the cultural clash, culminating in a visit by Toraja friends to London.
Part of Magnard's Classiques & Contemporains collection, it includes the complete text and is aimed at the lycée level.
Intended for French secondary and high school students and for readers who want a humorous approach to anthropological fieldwork.
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.
