The Critics: ‘Anthropology for Dummies’

Before you rush out to buy this book to prepare for, say, a year living with a remote tribe in the Peruvian Amazon, consider Barbara J. King’s review of it on Bookslut. “Learning about Anthropology from Anthropology for Dummies,” she writes, “is like learning about other cultures by becoming a contestant on TV’s The Amazing Race.” Wait. You mean that’s not a good idea, either?

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