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Paul Stoller

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Washington DC, The United States

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http://paulstoller.com

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Biographies & Memoirs, Literature & Fiction, Social Sciences

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phenomenology, Merleau-Ponty, Songhay philosophy

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January 2009

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Paul Stoller is an anthropologist and novelist who teaches anthropology at West Chester University. He has conducted ethnographic research in the Republic of Niger in West Africa and among West African immigrants in New York City. His books, novels and memoirs are attempts to convey the wisdom of African systems of thought. He is currently doing research on family life among West African immigrants in New York City and is at work on a new novel, The Sorcerer's Burden and a new work of non-fiction, The Business of Social Relations: Global Resilience Among West Africans in the World. His most recent book, The Power of the Bertween: An Anthropological Odyssey was published in December 2008 by The University of Chicago Press. Paul has a new web ...more

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The Return of the Know-Nothings

On the eve of the midterm elections here in the United States, the 3 billion dollar display of misinformation is, to say the least a bit frightening. Given the changing demographics of the United States it is clear that in perhaps one generation white people will no longer be the majority and the specter of the Tea Party, mostly a group of angry and ignorant folks fearful of demographic social an

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	In Sorcery's Shadow: A Memoir of Apprenticeship among the Songhay of Niger by Paul Stoller (Goodreads Author), Cheryl Olkes 3.98 avg rating — 327 ratings — published 1989 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Money Has No Smell: The Africanization of New York City 3.58 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 2002 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stranger in the Village of the Sick: A Memoir of Cancer, Sorcery, and Healing 3.81 avg rating — 93 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fusion of the Worlds: An Ethnography of Possession among the Songhay of Niger 3.82 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1989 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Power of the Between: An Anthropological Odyssey 3.92 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Taste of Ethnographic Things: The Senses in Anthropology 4.14 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 1989 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sensuous Scholarship 4.03 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1997 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jaguar: A Story of Africans in America 3.46 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yaya's Story: The Quest for Well-Being in the World 3.67 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cinematic Griot: The Ethnography of Jean Rouch by Paul Stoller (Goodreads Author), Jean Stoller 3.80 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1992 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Flying higher and higher on the wings of the wind, I am between sky and earth. Below me, I have left traces of my knowledge for the next generation of anthropologists. Above me, the ancestors patiently await my arrival.”
― Paul Stoller, The Power of the Between: An Anthropological Odyssey

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