The Rashaayda Bedouin: Arab Pastoralists of Eastern Sudan, by William C. Young. (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology Series) 157 pages, figures, b&w photos, glossary, vocabulary, bibliography, index. Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1996. (Paper) ISBN 0-15-501513-3

1997 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-78
Author(s):  
Charles Lindholm
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Cultural Anthropology ◽  
Fort Worth ◽  
Eastern Sudan

On Others’ Emotions, and Ours: a Reflection on Narratives, Categories, and Heuristic Devices

Relations ◽  
2013 ◽  
pp. 9-22
Author(s):  
Sabrina Tonutti
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Cultural Anthropology ◽  
Collective Phenomena ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Heuristic Devices

This article reflects on some epistemological and methodological tenets of cultural anthropology such as the informants’ role in ethnographical research, the relation between collective phenomena and individuals, and that between case studies (individual level) and abstraction (generalization). These tenets will be addressed focusing on the lack of recognition of animals’ individuality and agency in social relations, and on the related humans/animals opposition. With the topic of the emotional lives of animals as a starting point, the essay sets out to reflect on how the narratives we use to interpret and describe them inform our enquiry within an anthropocentric and essentialist view, consequently biasing our understanding of diversity.

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