Into the Arms of Africa

by Grinker, Roy Richard

• ISBN13: 9780226309040
• ISBN10: 0226309045
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-11-01
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

Summary

Colin Turnbull made a name for himself withThe Forest People, his acclaimed study of African Pygmies. His second book, however,The Mountain People, ignited a swirl of controversy within anthropology and tainted Turnbull's reputation as a respected anthropologist. In this scrupulously researched biography, Roy Richard Grinker charts the rise and fall of this colorful and controversial man--from his Scottish family and British education to travels in Africa and his great love affair with Joe Towles. Grinker, noted for his own work on the Pygmies, herein gives readers a fascinating account of Turnbull's life and work. Originally published by St. Martin's Press

Author Biography

Roy Richard Grinker is a professor of anthropology at The George Washington University, a position once held by Colin Turnbull. He is the author of Houses in the Rainforest: Ethnicity and Inequality among Farmers and Foragers in Central Africa; Perspectives on Africa: A Reader in Culture, History, and Representation; and Korea and its Futures.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	viii
Pygmalion	1	(8)
The Wizard	9	(10)
Hothouse	19	(14)
Class	33	(14)
The Flute of Krishna	47	(20)
The Rain Forest	67	(18)
Magical Sounds	85	(32)
New York City	117	(22)
The Museum	139	(16)
The Edge of Humanity	155	(16)
Wild Correspondence	171	(18)
Rain	189	(20)
Peter Brook	209	(14)
Virginia	223	(18)
Withdrawal	241	(30)
Death Sentence	271	(22)
Together at Last	293	(26)
Epilogue	319	(2)
Notes	321	(26)
Books by Colin Turnbull	347	(2)
Index	349