15. My Family’s Honor

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. A Kind of Kinship 8
6. 2. Saints and Outcasts 22
7. 3. Mad to Be Modern 35
8. 4. The Evil Eye of the Anthropologist 53
9. 5. Two Women 66
10. 6. Graça 84
11. 7. Insult and Danger 93
12. 8. Shame and Making Truth 112
13. 9. Far from Home, and Being Gnawed on by a Vervet 128
14. 10. Time Travel 139
15. 11. Prostitutes with Honor 151
16. 12. A Widening Circle 166
17. 13. Japa nese Ghosts Don’t Have Feet 181
18. 14. Field Relations, Field Betrayals 194
19. 15. My Family’s Honor 208
20. 16. Return to Nisa 224
21. Contributors 259