![]() I understand that she did this for company but part of being an anthropologist is excepting the fact that at some point you may experience culture shock. ![]() She died from cerebral malaria, and there were many others in the past just like her who died.ĭettwyler experienced this the first time and yet still brought back her daughter, Miranda. She provides an example of one American who died, her name was Kay. She herself explains how many anthropologists have died in areas of Mali from malaria. First of all Mrs.ĭettwyler, why would you ever subject your young daughter, twice, to a place where the malaria and immense amounts of other diseases are widespread and where fully developed healthy adults have died because of it? This is probably the most selfish thing she could have done. Reading this, many questions arose about different ways Dettwyler went about her research, and how she acted in Mali. My reaction to this book was that it was good first hand feedback to the hardships of cultures in Mali. ![]() ![]() This disease is caused by parasites that burrow through the skin ending up in the urinary tract and can be fatal. She later realized that many cultures believe that the red urine is a sign of being sexually mature and when in reality this was an example of a person with schistosomiasis. ![]()
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