A Study of Peace Corps Memoir, Travel Writing and Ethnography
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
its mysteries
"I realized then what seems obvious now: another culture would not reveal its mysteries to me at a mere wave of my hand. One has to prepare oneself thoroughly for such an encounter."
I started this blog as a way of recording my thoughts as I worked on my summer directed study course at the University of New Orleans in the summer of 2008. The final paper is here. Now I am at work on my creative thesis and I'm adding stuff as I go.
Summer Directed Study Reading List:
Peace Corps Memoir Mike Tidwell, The Ponds of Kalambayi George Packer, The Village of Waiting Sarah Erdman, Nine Hills to Nambonkaha
Travel Writing Colin Thubron, Behind the Wall Paul Theroux, Dark Star Safari
Ethnographical Writing Anne Fadiman, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down Kris Holloway, Monique and the Mango Rains Martha Ward, Nest in the Wind
Supplemental Reading Carolyn Ellis, The Ethnographic I Anne Medeley and Donna J. Young (Editors), Auto-ethnographies: The Anthropology of Academic Practices
The following were not part of the course:
Peter Hessler, River Town Charles Webb, The Graduate Sebastion Junger, The Perfect Storm Jake Fawson and Steve McNutt, editors, Americans do their Business Abroad: The Peace Corps Latrine Reader Jon Krakauer, Into Thin Air
We have a few blogs here for friends and family: legersabroad for our travels, legers@home for whatever,and some other random mostly unused blogs. we spend most of our time at legers@home.
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