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Paul Stoller
| url |
http://www.goodreads.com/pstoller
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| gender |
male |
| place of birth |
Washington DC, The United States |
| website |
http://paulstoller.com |
| genre |
Biographies & Memoirs, Literature & Fiction, Social Sciences
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| influences |
phenomenology, Merleau-Ponty, Songhay philosophy |
about this author
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 website, paulstoller.com which up and running.
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