Critical Journeys

Through an 'ethnography of ethnographers', this volume explores the varied ways in which anthropologists become and remain attracted to the discipline. These original and critical contributions provide fascinating insights into the relationship between anthropologists and the nature of the discipline.

Geert De Neve is a Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Sussex, UK. He has conducted extensive fieldwork in Tamilnadu, India. He is interested in issues of anthropology and globalisation, as well as processes of migration, modernity and social transformation. He has published various articles on these topics, and co-edited a book. Maya Unnithan-Kumar is Reader in Social Anthropology at the University of Sussex, UK. She has conducted extensive fieldwork in Rajasthan in North West India and more recently in the UK. Her research interests include kinship, gender and caste in South Asian anthropology, and childbirth, maternal health and reproductive rights in the Anthropology of Reproduction. Maya has published a number of articles, a monograph and several co-edited volumes on these topics.